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"Fly" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray. It appears on their 1997 album Floored twice: one version with reggae artist Super Cat (track four) and the other without (track 13).

"Fly"
Single by Sugar Ray
from the album Floored
ReleasedJune 17, 1997 (1997-06-17)
Genre
  • Alternative rock
  • reggae
  • reggae fusion
  • pop rock
Length
  • 4:04 (original)
  • 4:52 (featuring Super Cat)
Label
  • Atlantic
  • Lava
Songwriter(s)Sugar Ray
Producer(s)David Kahne
Sugar Ray singles chronology
"Mean Machine"
(1995)		 "Fly"
(1997)		 "RPM"
(1998)
Music video
"Fly" on YouTube

The song became the band's first hit, holding the No. 1 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for four consecutive weeks and spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 because a physical CD single was not released commercially in the US, although it was a huge hit on US radio. The song also reached No. 1 on Canada's RPM 100 chart and peaked at No. 31 in Australia.

As a result of the success of "Fly", Floored sold well and was certified double platinum. The song was included on VH1's countdown of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s" at number 52.[1]


Composition and music


"Fly" is an alternative rock,[2][3][4] reggae,[5][6] reggae fusion,[7] and pop rock song,[8] that incorporates elements of dancehall[9] and ska.[10]

Sugar Ray's lead singer Mark McGrath explained that this song had a bouncy beat, yet it was about death; "Fly" too seemed like a bright, up-tempo song but "there is this stark imagery in there. There's loss in it. There is loss of a mother, obviously. I thought it was a good way to juxtapose the lyrics with the melody on that, similar to what Gilbert O'Sullivan did on "Alone Again (Naturally)."[11]


Charts



Release history


Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States May 16, 1997
  • Mainstream rock
  • modern rock
  • AC radio
  • Atlantic
  • Lava
 [29]
June 17, 1997 — [30]
August 5, 1997 Contemporary hit radio [31]
United Kingdom January 19, 1998
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [32]

See also



References


  1. "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s: Not Enough Pavement". Stereogum. December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. Richin, Leslie (January 12, 2017). "20 Alternative Rock Hits Turning 20 in 2017". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. Cosores, Philip (July 4, 2017). "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  4. Galluci, Michael (February 16, 2013). "Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos From 1997". Diffuser. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. BOEHM, MIKE (June 25, 1997). "Rip-Off Artist Hopes to 'Fly' : SUGAR RAY "Floored" Lava/Atlantic (**)". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  6. "Please Enjoy This Sugar Ray Cover of Brian Eno and John Cale's "Spinning Away"". Spin. February 10, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  7. "Did 1997 contain the worst two weeks in music history?". music.avclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  8. Shaffer, Claire (May 30, 2019). "Sugar Ray Announce First Studio Album in 10 Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  9. "CNN - Sugar Ray flying high with new hit - September 9, 1997". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  10. Kaufman, Gil (July 29, 1997). "SUGAR RAY SCORES HIT WITH 'FLY'". MTV. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  11. Jay S. Jacobs. "Sugar Ray: Living the Dream." PopEntertainment.com, 2009
  12. "Sugar Ray feat. Super Cat – Fly". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  13. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3355." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  14. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 3404." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  15. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3315." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  16. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (13.11. – 20.11. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). November 13, 1997. p. 22. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  17. "Sugar Ray feat. Super Cat – Fly" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  18. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  19. "Sugar Ray: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  20. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  21. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  22. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  23. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  24. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  25. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  26. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  27. "RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  28. "RPM's Top 100 Hit Tracks of '98" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 63, no. 12. December 14, 1998. p. 20. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  29. Reece, Doug (September 20, 1997). "Lava/Atlantic's Sugar Ray Flying High with 'Floored'". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 38. p. 11. The label followed quickly with 'Fly,' servicing mainstream rock [...] modern rock, and AC May 16.
  30. Weiss, Dan (June 16, 2017). "Sugar Ray 'Fly' & Third Eye Blind 'Semi-Charmed Life' Turn 20". Stereogum. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  31. "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1208. August 1, 1997. p. 38.
  32. "New Releases". Music Week. January 17, 1998. p. 35.


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