Fly Too High

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"Fly Too High"
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Single by Janis Ian
from the album Night Rains
B-side "Night Rains"
ReleasedOctober 12, 1979 (UK) [1]
Recorded1979
Genre Pop
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Janis Ian, Giorgio Moroder
Producer(s) Harold Faltermeyer
Janis Ian singles chronology
"You Are Love"
(1979)		"Fly Too High"
(1979)		"Here Comes the Night"
(1980)

"Fly Too High" is a song by Janis Ian. It is a track from her 1979 LP, Night Rains.

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The song became a modest hit in the UK (#44), a major hit in Australia (#7) and The Netherlands (#5), and a number-one hit in South Africa.

"Fly Too High" was written and recorded for the film Foxes , and it is included on the soundtrack.

Chart history

References

  1. ↑ "Promo disc with release date". Discogs . September 1979.
  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. ↑ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Janis Ian" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Billboard > Janis Ian Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard . Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 1980-01-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report . Retrieved January 14, 2020– via Imgur.com.
  12. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl > JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 1980" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  13. ↑ "The Official NZ Music Charts > End of Year Charts 1980". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1980". rock.co.za. Archived from the original on January 16, 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2020.


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