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For the Quiet Riot song, see Guilty Pleasures (Quiet Riot album).
"Fly Too High"
Single by Janis Ian
from the album Night Rains
B-side"Night Rains"
Released1979
Recorded1979
GenrePop
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)Janis Ian, Giorgio Moroder
Producer(s)Harold Faltermeyer
Janis Ian singles chronology
"You Are Love"
(1979) 		"Fly Too High"
(1979) 		"Here Comes the Night"
(1980)

"Fly Too High" is a song by Janis Ian. It is a track from her 1979 LP, Night Rains.

The song became a modest hit in the UK (#44), a major hit in Australia (#7) and The Netherlands (#5), and a number-one hit in South Africa.

"Fly Too High" was written and recorded for the film Foxes, and it is included on the soundtrack.

Chart history

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Janis Ian" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Janis Ian – Fly Too High". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "Billboard > Janis Ian Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  10. ^ "dutchcharts.nl > JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 1980" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "The Official NZ Music Charts > End of Year Charts 1980". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1980". rock.co.za. Retrieved January 14, 2020.


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