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Are You Ready to Fly

January 01, 1970

"Are You Ready to Fly" is a song by Zambian-born singer Rozalla, released in February 1992 by Pulse 8 as a single from her second album, Everybody's Free (1992). The song was written by Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox, and produced by Band of Gypsies. It achieved a certain success in many countries, including the United States, where it topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and was also a hit across continental Europe, peaking within the top five in Belgium, Denmark and Spain. New York City-based director Ed Steinberg directed its music video.[2][3] The song won an award in the category "Best Single of the Year" on the 1993 Hi-NRG Music Awards in New York.[4]

"Are You Ready to Fly"
Single by Rozalla
from the album Everybody's Free
Released10 February 1992 (1992-02-10)[1]
Genre
Length3:55
LabelPulse 8
Songwriter(s)
  • Nigel Swanston
  • Tim Cox
Producer(s)Band of Gypsies
Rozalla singles chronology
"Faith (In the Power of Love)"
(1990) 		"Are You Ready to Fly"
(1992) 		"I Love Music"
(1993)
Music video
"Are You Ready to Fly" on YouTube

In 1995, the song was covered by German happy hardcore band Dune with reasonable success in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Critical reception edit

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "The furor surrounding Rozalla's No. 1 hit, "Everybody's Free", has hardly started to subside, and she launches into an equally delightful trip into the realm between rave and hi-NRG." He noted further that the song "benefits from a plethora of strong remixes that work just about every format angle imaginable. An instant club smash."[5] Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly described it as "incandescent".[6] A reviewer from Music & Media commented that "the Zimbabwean singer takes off for another flight to the top. This third single in her bouncing pop/dance style completes her hat trick."[7]

Andy Beevers from Music Week stated that the song "is in much the same vein" as "Faith (In the Power of Love)" and "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)".[8] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it "another Yazz-style smoothly soaring and shuffling galloper".[9] Charles Aaron from Spin found that "the beats are really, really fast and the synths occasionally sinister, so this is technicially techno, but it's more like soul salvation raving in the wilderness."[10] Sylvia Patterson from Smash Hits called it a "hugely merrily Italo-House piano-filled frollicker not unlike "Everybody's Free" except slightly less manic and even more singable."[11]

Track listings edit

Charts edit

Appearance in other media edit

The song was used in the TV commercial of the NBA in 1993, featuring Michael Jordan, Harold Miner, Shawn Kemp, Clyde Drexler and others.

Cover versions edit

The song was covered by German happy hardcore band Dune in 1995 with reasonable success in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

American songwriter, record producer and remixer Jason Nevins remixed the song for his 2003 album.

References edit

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 8 February 1992. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Rozalla: Are You Ready to Fly". IMDb. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Rozalla - Are You Ready to Fly". Eurokdj.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Hit Machine Wins With NRG: Boy Krazy, Rozalla Score Trophies" (PDF). Billboard. 30 October 1993. p. 31. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ Flick, Larry (10 October 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ^ Linden, Amy (21 August 1992). "Everybody's Free". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  7. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 7 March 1992. p. 12. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ^ Beevers, Andy (1 February 1992). "Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 8. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  9. ^ Hamilton, James (15 February 1992). "DJ Directory: Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ^ Aaron, Charles (February 1993). "Singles Review". Spin: 86. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  11. ^ Patterson, Sylvia (5 February 1992). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 54. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 240.
  13. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  14. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  15. ^ Canada dance peak
  16. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 14. 4 April 1992. p. 14. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 11. 14 March 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  18. ^ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 11. 14 March 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  19. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Rozalla". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 220. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly" (in French). Les classement single.
  21. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  22. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  23. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Rozalla".
  24. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rozalla" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  25. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  26. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  27. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly". Singles Top 100.
  28. ^ "Rozalla – Are You Ready to Fly". Swiss Singles Chart.
  29. ^ UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  30. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 February 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  31. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  32. ^ "Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. 26 December 1993. p. 38. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  33. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  34. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1992". Ultratop. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  35. ^ "1992 Year-End Airplay Charts: European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 51/52. 19 December 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  36. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  37. ^ 1992 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 26 July 2008)
  38. ^ Canada end-of-year dance peak

January 01, 1970
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Are You Ready to Fly is a song by Zambian born singer Rozalla released in February 1992 by Pulse 8 as a single from her second album Everybody s Free 1992 The song was written by Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox and produced by Band of Gypsies It achieved a certain success in many countries including the United States where it topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart The single reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and was also a hit across continental Europe peaking within the top five in Belgium Denmark and Spain New York City based director Ed Steinberg directed its music video 2 3 The song won an award in the category Best Single of the Year on the 1993 Hi NRG Music Awards in New York 4 Are You Ready to Fly Single by Rozallafrom the album Everybody s FreeReleased10 February 1992 1992 02 10 1 GenreHouse breakbeatLength3 55LabelPulse 8Songwriter s Nigel Swanston Tim CoxProducer s Band of GypsiesRozalla singles chronology Faith In the Power of Love 1990 Are You Ready to Fly 1992 I Love Music 1993 Music video Are You Ready to Fly on YouTube In 1995 the song was covered by German happy hardcore band Dune with reasonable success in Germany Switzerland and the Netherlands Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listings 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Appearance in other media 5 Cover versions 6 ReferencesCritical reception editLarry Flick from Billboard wrote The furor surrounding Rozalla s No 1 hit Everybody s Free has hardly started to subside and she launches into an equally delightful trip into the realm between rave and hi NRG He noted further that the song benefits from a plethora of strong remixes that work just about every format angle imaginable An instant club smash 5 Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly described it as incandescent 6 A reviewer from Music amp Media commented that the Zimbabwean singer takes off for another flight to the top This third single in her bouncing pop dance style completes her hat trick 7 Andy Beevers from Music Week stated that the song is in much the same vein as Faith In the Power of Love and Everybody s Free To Feel Good 8 James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it another Yazz style smoothly soaring and shuffling galloper 9 Charles Aaron from Spin found that the beats are really really fast and the synths occasionally sinister so this is technicially techno but it s more like soul salvation raving in the wilderness 10 Sylvia Patterson from Smash Hits called it a hugely merrily Italo House piano filled frollicker not unlike Everybody s Free except slightly less manic and even more singable 11 Track listings edit7 single Are You Ready to Fly rainbow mix 3 55 Are You Ready to Fly marauder a cappella edit 3 57 12 maxi Are You Ready to Fly rainbow mix 6 55 Are You Ready to Fly marauder a cappella mix 6 10 Are You Ready to Fly tekno mix 6 49 Are You Ready to Fly marauder mix 7 24 CD single Are You Ready to Fly rainbow mix 3 55 Are You Ready to Fly marauder a cappella edit 3 57 CD maxi Are You Ready to Fly rainbox mix radio edit 3 55 Are You Ready to Fly marauder a cappella 6 10 Are You Ready to Fly kaleidoscope mix 6 40 Are You Ready to Fly kalimba mix 7 05Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1992 Peakposition Australia ARIA 12 88 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 13 21 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 14 5 Canada Dance Urban RPM 15 2 Denmark IFPI 16 5 Europe Eurochart Hot 100 17 17 Europe European Dance Radio 18 4 Finland Suomen virallinen lista 19 9 France SNEP 20 11 Germany Official German Charts 21 25 Ireland IRMA 22 16 Italy Musica e dischi 23 9 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 24 32 Netherlands Single Top 100 25 26 Spain AFYVE 26 4 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 27 15 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 28 6 UK Singles OCC 29 14 UK Dance Music Week 30 17 US Hot Dance Club Play Billboard 31 1 US Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales Billboard 32 1 US Hot 100 Airplay Billboard 31 63 Zimbabwe ZIMA 33 6 Year end charts edit Chart 1992 Position Belgium Ultratop Flanders 34 40 Europe European Dance Radio 35 10 Germany Official German Charts 36 100 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 37 29 Chart 1993 Position Canada Dance Urban RPM 38 38Appearance in other media editThe song was used in the TV commercial of the NBA in 1993 featuring Michael Jordan Harold Miner Shawn Kemp Clyde Drexler and others Cover versions editThe song was covered by German happy hardcore band Dune in 1995 with reasonable success in Germany Switzerland and the Netherlands American songwriter record producer and remixer Jason Nevins remixed the song for his 2003 album References edit New Releases Singles Music Week 8 February 1992 p 17 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly IMDb Retrieved 25 February 2024 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly Eurokdj com Retrieved 25 February 2024 Hit Machine Wins With NRG Boy Krazy Rozalla Score Trophies PDF Billboard 30 October 1993 p 31 Retrieved 8 October 2020 Flick Larry 10 October 1992 Single Reviews PDF Billboard Retrieved 25 January 2018 Linden Amy 21 August 1992 Everybody s Free Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 25 February 2020 New Releases Singles PDF Music amp Media 7 March 1992 p 12 Retrieved 26 February 2018 Beevers Andy 1 February 1992 Dance PDF Music Week p 8 Retrieved 1 October 2020 Hamilton James 15 February 1992 DJ Directory Hot Vinyl PDF Music Week in Record Mirror Dance Update Supplemental insert p 7 Retrieved 2 October 2020 Aaron Charles February 1993 Singles Review Spin 86 Retrieved 15 March 2018 Patterson Sylvia 5 February 1992 New Singles Smash Hits p 54 Retrieved 6 October 2020 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 240 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly in German O3 Austria Top 40 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly in Dutch Ultratop 50 Canada dance peak Top 10 Sales in Europe PDF Music amp Media Vol 9 no 14 4 April 1992 p 14 Retrieved 21 March 2018 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 9 no 11 14 March 1992 p 23 Retrieved 21 March 2018 European Dance Radio PDF Music amp Media Vol 9 no 11 14 March 1992 p 24 Retrieved 31 October 2021 Pennanen Timo 2021 Rozalla Sisaltaa hitin 2 laitos Levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1 1 1960 30 6 2021 PDF in Finnish Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava p 220 Retrieved 4 July 2022 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly in French Les classement single Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly in German GfK Entertainment charts Irish Single Chart Irishcharts ie Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 April 2008 Classifiche Musica e Dischi in Italian Retrieved 30 May 2022 Set Tipo on Singoli Then in the Artista field search Rozalla Nederlandse Top 40 Rozalla in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly in Dutch Single Top 100 Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly Singles Top 100 Rozalla Are You Ready to Fly Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts com Retrieved 10 April 2008 Top 60 Dance Singles PDF Music Week 22 February 1992 p 24 Retrieved 29 September 2020 a b Billboard allmusic com Retrieved 10 April 2008 Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales PDF Billboard 26 December 1993 p 38 Retrieved 21 November 2019 Zimbabwe Kimberley C Zimbabwe singles chart book Harare C Kimberley 2000 Jaaroverzichten 1992 Ultratop Retrieved 14 May 2020 1992 Year End Airplay Charts European Dance Radio PDF Music amp Media Vol 9 no 51 52 19 December 1992 p 20 Retrieved 25 February 2024 Top 100 Single Jahrescharts GfK Entertainment in German offiziellecharts de Retrieved 14 May 2020 1992 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade ch Retrieved 26 July 2008 Canada end of year dance peak Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Are You Ready to Fly amp oldid 1210115249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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