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Time for Me to Fly (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Time for Me to Fly
| cover = Time_for_Me_to_Fly_-_REO_Speedwagon.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = REO Speedwagon
| album = You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish
| B-side = Runnin' Blind
| released = July 1978 (US)
| recorded = October 1977
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 3:43
| label = Epic/CBS
| writer = Kevin Cronin
| producer = Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Paul Grupp
| prev_title = Roll with the Changes
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Lucky for You
| next_year = 1978
| misc =
}}
"'Time for Me to Fly'" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon, released in 1978 as the second single from the album 'You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish'. It was written by lead singer Kevin Cronin and took 10 years to write. The song originally reached number 56 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, but later reached number 34 on the Digital Songs chart after being used in Netflix's 'Ozark'. It also reached number 90 on the Canadian charts. The song has a BPM of 81 BPM and plays in 4/4 time signature. 'Cash Box' praised the "melodic singing and acoustic guitar work...enveloping chorus and...catchy lyric."
Cronin said:
Cronin also said:
Dolly Parton also recorded the song for her 1989 album, 'White Limozeen'.
In 2021, REO Speedwagon's home state of Illinois used the song as "Time for Me to Drive" for a tourism campaign.
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