Castles in the Air (song)

"Castles in the Air"
Single by Don McLean
from the album Believers
B-side"Crazy Eyes"
ReleasedOctober 1981
GenreEasy listening
LabelMillennium
Songwriter(s)Don McLean
Producer(s)Larry Butler
Don McLean singles chronology
"Since I Don't Have You"
(1981)
"Castles in the Air"
(1981)
"He's Got You"
(1987)

"Castles in the Air" is a song by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, which he originally released as a single in 1971 and subsequently re-recorded and re-released a decade later. The song describes a man who is unsatisfied with and weary of an urban lifestyle. Although native to the city, he decides to forsake not only his urban 'castle in the air' but also his love interest there. Because of his desire for and love of a country life, he decides to seek romance with a like-minded woman.