Are You Ready to Fly

"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

"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]

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

  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.