- Flying High Again
Infobox Single
Name = Flying High Again
Artist =Ozzy Osbourne
from Album = Diary of a Madman
B-side = "I Don't Know (Live)"
Released = 1981
Format = 7" Vinyl (45 RPM)
Recorded =1981
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:44
Label = Jet, Epic
Writer =Ozzy Osbourne ,Randy Rhoads ,Bob Daisley ,Lee Kerslake
Producer =Max Norman
Certification =
Chart position = * #2 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #16 (UK Singles)
Last single = "Mr. Crowley "
(1980)
This single = "Flying High Again"
(1981)
Next single = "Over the Mountain "
(1982)"Flying High Again" is a song by British heavy metal rock artist
Ozzy Osbourne . It is the 2nd track on his 1981 album, "Diary of a Madman". This song seems to pertain to the usage ofdrugs , with "Flying High" meaning "getting high: the use of the line "Mama's gonna worry, I've been a bad, bad boy" might refer toSharon Osbourne , who Ozzy has often referred to as "Mama," worrying about Ozzy's health during his drug addiction. However, Bob Daisley was Ozzy's main lyricist at the time, so this is doubtful.It has reached No. 2 In the Mainstream Rock Charts in 1982.
There are a number of the references in the song that sound like a description of
Synesthesia , or perhaps the effects of taking LSD.Personnel
*
Ozzy Osbourne -vocals
*Randy Rhoads - guitar
*Bob Daisley - bass
*Lee Kerslake - drums
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