Flying High Again
"Flying High Again" | ||||
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Single by Ozzy Osbourne | ||||
from the album Diary of a Madman | ||||
B-side | "I Don't Know" (live) | |||
Released | October 1981 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 4:44 | |||
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Producer(s) | Max Norman | |||
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Flying High Again" on YouTube | ||||
"Flying High Again" is a song by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released in 1981 from his second album as a solo artist Diary of a Madman (1981). Released as a single, it reached number two on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in 1982.[1]
Although the song has been assumed to be about marijuana use, Osbourne has stated that the song was inspired by his successful re-emergence as a solo artist after being fired from Black Sabbath and subsequently believing his career was over.[citation needed] The song is in the key of A-flat major.[2]
Gina Boldman of AllMusic praised guitarist Randy Rhoads for the solo in the song as one of his best. She called "Flying High Again" "a good-time heavy metal song that was hard to take seriously" but "one of Ozzy's most likable and memorable songs of his early-'80s period."[3] In 2015, radio station 100.7 WZLX ranked it the 223rd greatest song.[4]
An animated music video was released to YouTube on 5 November 2021 celebrating guitarist Randy Rhoads, who was killed in an airplane accident a year later following the single's release.[5]
Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals
- Randy Rhoads – guitar
- Bob Daisley – bass
- Lee Kerslake – drums
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Rock Tracks. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0-89820-153-5.
- ^ "Flying High Again". Musicnotes. 25 May 2013.
- ^ Boldman, Gina. "Fling High Again Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "Top 1,007 Classic Rock Countdown: 300 – 201". WZLX. December 30, 2015. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "Ozzy Osbourne – Flying High Again (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
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