| "One Day I'll Fly Away" | ||||
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| Single by Randy Crawford | ||||
| from the album Now We May Begin | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 5:02 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Sample, Will Jennings | |||
| Producer(s) | Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper | |||
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"One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song performed by American R&B and jazz singer Randy Crawford, from her fourth studio album, Now We May Begin (1980). The song was written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings and produced by Sample, Wilton Felder and Stix Hooper. It received generally favorable reviews from music critics. The song was a commercial success in the international market at the time, reaching number one in Belgium (Flanders) and Netherlands, while peaking at number two in the United Kingdom.
"One Day I'll Fly Away" is Crawford's highest charting single, and has been covered by many artists, including by Nicole Kidman portraying the character of Satine in the 2001 motion picture Moulin Rouge!. In 2013, Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh released a cover of the song as the lead single from her debut studio album, Centre Stage. British electronic trio Vaults's cover version of the song was featured in the John Lewis 2016 Christmas advertisement.