Fly (Nickelback song)

"Fly"
Single by Nickelback
from the album Curb
Released	July 1996
Format	Airplay
Recorded	1996
Genre	Grunge
Length	2:53
Label	Shoreline / select / self-released
Producer	Nickelback
Nickelback singles chronology
- "Fly" (1996) "Leader of Men" (2000)

"Fly" is the only single from Nickelback's debut Curb. A music video was shot for it, also a first for the band. The drums featured in the song were played by the original drummer, Brandon Kroeger. "Fly" was played on local radio stations, but wasn't very successful. The single did not make it to the charts.

Meaning

It is about Chad Kroeger as a kid, asking where bad men go when they die, and his mother tells him that they grow wings and they fly to Heaven or Hell. He is still mystified, though, and he wants to try to "fly" using his father's gun to kill himself to see where he goes.

Music video

"Fly" was featured in the Canadian independent film Horsey, and clips from the film were used in the music video for the song, intercut with footage of the band performing. The clips with the band were filmed in a studio out at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. The music video was released on July 13, 1996. Much Music was the only channel to ever show it upon initial release.