Expecting to Fly (song)
| "Expecting to Fly" | ||||
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| Single by Buffalo Springfield | ||||
| from the album Buffalo Springfield Again | ||||
| B-side | "Everydays" | |||
| Released | December 16, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Young | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Nitzsche | |||
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"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.[1] The song appeared on their 1967 album, Buffalo Springfield Again.[2] 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 sixties' 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".[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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).
References[]
- ^ Buffalo Springfield, "Expecting to Fly" Chart Positions Retrieved March 1, 2014
- ^ Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again Retrieved March 1, 2014
- ^ Thirteen Senses, "Expecting to Fly" single release Retrieved March 1, 2014
- ^ of Montreal, "Expecting to Fly" single release Retrieved March 1, 2014
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