Walking on Air (Kerli song)

"Walking on Air"
Single by Kerli
from the album Kerli and Love Is Dead
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 4:27 (album version)
  • 3:47 (radio edit)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Lester Mendez
Kerli singles chronology
"Beautiful Inside[1]"
(2004) 		"Walking on Air"
(2008) 		"The Creationist"
(2009)

"Walking on Air" is a song performed by Estonian singer Kerli. It is the first official single from her debut album, Love Is Dead (2008).[2] It was originally featured on her now out of print self-titled EP (2007).[3] Kerli wrote the song with Lester Mendez, who also produced it. It's about "following your dreams and just going with the flow."[4]

"Walking on Air" was featured twice on the United States dance competition So You Think You Can Dance (season 5 and season 6). The song was also featured on a season 16 episode of the U.S. dance competition series Dancing with the Stars on May 7, 2013. The song and parts of the music video were featured in a promo for the television series Fringe. It was also iTunes' "Free Single of the Week" for the week of July 21, 2008.[5] It was downloaded more than 550,000 times during its promotion week, and is the largest "Free Single of the Week" download total in iTunes history.[6] The song had received mixed to positive reviews from music critics who praised the storyline of the song.

The music video, directed by Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro (the team known as "Aggressive"), debuted on May 19, 2008.[7] As of March 29, 2012, it has remained in the iTunes Top 200 Alternative Music Video charts since its release.[8] The video features an inverted house theme where everything is opposite of what it is supposed to normally be.[9]

An EP containing five remixes of "Walking on Air" was released on October 14, 2008.[10] It contains remixes by Ralphi Rosario, Armin van Buuren and Josh Harris.

  1. ^ "Kerli - Beautiful Inside (Live 2004)" – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Walking On Air: WORLD PREMIERE!". Kerli [Official Site]. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  3. ^ "Kerli - Kerli (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Kerli Interview". Pop Culture Madness. November 15, 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Kerli (July 22, 2008). "Kerli's WALKING ON AIR is iTunes Free Single of the Week!!". Facebook.com. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  6. ^ "Kerli". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  7. ^ Anitai, Tamar. "New Video: Kerli, 'Walking on Air'". MTV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  8. ^ "Walking on Air on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ Alex Topaller, Dan Shapiro. Behind the Scenes of "Walking on Air". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  10. ^ "Walking On Air (Remixes) - EP". iTunes. January 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2010.