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Expecting to Fly (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Expecting to Fly'" is a song written by Neil Young and performed by Buffalo Springfield. The song reached #98 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in 1968.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Expecting+to+Fly+by+Buffalo+Springfield&id=7489 Buffalo Springfield, "Expecting to Fly" Chart Positions] Retrieved March 1, 2014 The song appeared on their 1967 album, 'Buffalo Springfield Again'.[http://www.discogs.com/Buffalo-Springfield-Buffalo-Springfield-Again/release/2530941 Buffalo Springfield, 'Buffalo Springfield Again'] Retrieved March 1, 2014 Producer Jack Nitzsche provided the orchestral arrangement featuring a string section plus an oboe. Live versions from Young's early solo performances appear on the albums 'Live at the Riverboat 1969', 'Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968', and 'Live at the Cellar Door'.
In the 2018 music documentary film, 'Echo in the Canyon', it is suggested "Expecting to Fly" marks and exemplifies a shift in a late 1960s's movement from group-oriented folk rock compositions toward more individualized performances and single-artist recordings.
Other versions
* Thirteen Senses released the song in 2005 in the United Kingdom as the B-side to their single "The Salt Wound Routine".[http://www.45cat.com/record/9870782 Thirteen Senses, "Expecting to Fly" single release] Retrieved March 1, 2014
* Metric recorded a version in 2011.
* Emily Haines occasionally played it live during her 'Knives Don't Have Your Back' shows.
* of Montreal released the song as a single in 2011 in Norway.[http://www.45cat.com/record/spl003no of Montreal, "Expecting to Fly" single release] Retrieved March 1, 2014
* Tom Wilson recorded the song for the Neil Young Tribute Album 'Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young', released in 2007.
In media
* Buffalo Springfield's version appears in the films 'Coming Home' (1978), 'Purple Haze' (1982), 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998), and 'Joy' (2015), as well as in the 'Lillyhammer' Season 3 episode "Foreign Affairs" (2014).
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Category:1967 songs
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Category:Of Montreal songs
Category:Atco Records singles
Category:Vertigo Records singles
Category:Neil Young songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Nitzsche
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