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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Fly
| cover = Single Sugar Ray Fly.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sugar Ray
| album = Floored
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* Alternative rock
* reggae
* reggae fusion
* pop rock
| length =
* 4:04 (original)
* 4:52 (featuring Super Cat)
| label =
* Atlantic
* Lava
| writer = Sugar Ray
| producer = David Kahne
| prev_title = Mean Machine
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = RPM
| next_year = 1998
| misc =
}}
"'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).
The song became the band's first hit, holding the 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.
Composition and music
"Fly" is an alternative rock, reggae, reggae fusion, and pop rock song, that incorporates elements of dancehall and ska.
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)."Jay S. Jacobs. "Sugar Ray: Living the Dream." PopEntertainment.com, 2009 [http://www.popentertainment.com/mcgrath.htm]
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
See also
* List of 'RPM' number-one singles of 1997
* List of 'RPM' Rock/Alternative number-one singles
* List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1997 (U.S.)
* Number one modern rock hits of 1997
References
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Lava Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by McG
Category:Reggae fusion songs
Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Song recordings produced by David Kahne
Category:Sugar Ray songs
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