Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song)

For other uses, see Learning to fly.
"Learning to Fly"
Artwork for EMI release; the Columbia release uses the same artwork but replaces cyan with black for the "PF" logo. Various non-UK releases either omit other titles or contain one other title on the front cover
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
B-side"Terminal Frost"
Released7 September 1987[1]
RecordedNovember – December 1986
Genre
Length4:53 (album version)
4:21 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Ezrin
  • David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Not Now John"
(1983) 		"Learning to Fly" / "Terminal Frost"
(1987) 		"On the Turning Away"
(1987)
Music video
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video) on YouTube

"Learning to Fly" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, and Jon Carin. It was the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.[2][3] It reached number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1987, remaining three consecutive weeks at the top position in the autumn of the same year. Meanwhile, the song failed to chart on the official U.K. top 40 singles charts.[4][5] On the other hand, in Spain, the song peaked at number 1 on the Los 40 Principales chart.[6]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 35.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  3. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  4. ^ "Allmusic: Pink Floyd (Awards) Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  5. ^ "Pink Floyd singles". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  6. ^ "Números 1 del año 1987 - Los 40 Principales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 Aug 2018.