Up, Up and Away (song)

Up, Up and Away (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Up, Up and Away


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Caption =
Type =
Format = Vinyl
alt Artist = Originally recorded by The Fifth Dimension

Published = 1966

track_no = 8
Recorded =
Genre =
Language = English

Composer =

Tracks = 15
prev = See the Little Children
prev_no = 7
next = Friday's Child
next_no = 9
Misc =
Artist = Nancy Sinatra
Album = Movin' With Nancy (sountrack)

Released = 1968

Recorded = 1966
Length = 2:26
Label = Reprise
Writer = Jimmy Webb
Producer = Bob Gaudio
Audio sample? = [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:j9fyxzysldae amg]
amg = 18060
:"Up, Up and Away" redirects here. For other uses, see Up, up, and away."Up, Up and Away" is a 1967 song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by The Fifth Dimension, that became a major pop hit, reaching #7 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and sold well Canada as well.

A canonical example of sunshine pop, themed around images of hot air ballooning, it cleaned up at the Grammy Awards of 1968, winning for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental, and the big prizes of Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. Al Casey was the guitarist on this recording.

In the United Kingdom, the Johnny Mann Singers' cover version became the Top 10 hit version, with The Fifth Dimension not charting.

The Impressions released their version on their 1968 album We're a Winner.

Mrs. Miller sung a cover version in 1968 on her LP record "Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing". She has been known for her renditions of popular songs and singing out of tune.

Cultural references

Fred Norris of "The Howard Stern Show" uses a sitar-only cover of this song when discussing or introducing a guest of South Asian heritage.

In varied forms, this song was used as an advertising jingle by two now-defunct airlines: Trans World Airlines in the U.S., and Trans Australia Airlines.

Brian W. Aldiss refers to the song in his short science-fiction story "Near Earth Object".

Is used in the episode 9 Lives of the television show Psych.


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