Peak
12
Weeks
32
Score
4,363
Chart Year
1999
This song was done very quickly, after the album was already finished. Kravitz originally intended it to be a B-side only, but a friend who heard the song convinced him to call his record company, stop the whole procedure and add the song to the album. >> This won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Kravitz won the same award the next two years for "American Woman" and "Again." The lyrics are very simple, which makes the song great for sports montages and movie scenes where there is no deep meaning trying to be conveyed. Kravitz feels good songwriting can be done with very basic ideas. Kravitz told Guitar World magazine that sometimes the sound of a guitar or amp you pick up makes you play a certain type of riff, and when he picked up the guitar that time, the sound made him play the riff for this song. >> Kravitz wrote this in the Bahamas, where he often lives during the summer and winter. In 2019, it was used in a travel campaign for the Islands of the Bahamas. The singer, who is part Bahamian through his mother, also appeared in the ads and described his early experiences visiting the islands when he was a child. Kravitz on the song's popularity: "People can identify with it, because it's a song about escaping and going to this other world - this other place where things are different." This was used in the movies Coyote Ugly (2000) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).
I wish that I could fly Into the sky So very high Just like a dragonfly I'd fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please, oh I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah, yeah, yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah, yeah, yeah Let's go and see the stars The Milky Way or even Mars Where it could just be ours Let's fade into the sun Let your spirit fly Where we are one Just for a little fun Oh, oh, oh yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah, yeah, yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah, yeah, yeah I got to get away (get away, get away) Girl, I got to get away (get away, get away) Oh, oh, oh yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah (with you), yeah, yeah (oh yeah) I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah I got to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away, yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah Oh girl, I got to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away, yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 5, 1998 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Dec 12, 1998 | 48 | 78 |
| 3 | Dec 19, 1998 | 45 | 81 |
| 4 | Dec 26, 1998 | 53 | 73 |
| 5 | Jan 2, 1999 | 52 | 74 |
| 6 | Jan 9, 1999 | 45 | 81 |
| 7 | Jan 16, 1999 | 41 | 85 |
| 8 | Jan 23, 1999 | 39 | 87 |
| 9 | Jan 30, 1999 | 39 | 87 |
| 10 | Feb 6, 1999 | 40 | 86 |
| 11 | Feb 13, 1999 | 41 | 85 |
| 12 | Feb 20, 1999 | 32 | 94 |
| 13 | Feb 27, 1999 | 34 | 92 |
| 14 | Mar 6, 1999 | 36 | 90 |
| 15 | Mar 13, 1999 | 31 | 95 |
| 16 | Mar 20, 1999 | 31 | 95 |
| 17 | Mar 27, 1999 | 28 | 98 |
| 18 | Apr 3, 1999 | 29 | 97 |
| 19 | Apr 10, 1999 | 22 | 104 |
| 20 | Apr 17, 1999 | 22 | 104 |