Fly (Sugar Ray song)

Sugar Ray's lead singer [[Mark McGrath]] explained that this song had a bouncy beat, yet it was about death; 'Fly' too seemed like a bright, up-tempo song but "there is this stark imagery in there. There's loss in it. There is loss of a mother, obviously. I thought it was a good way to juxtapose the lyrics with the melody on that, similar to what [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]] did on '[[Alone Again (Naturally)]]'."{{Cite web|title=Sugar Ray: Living the Dream.|url=http://www.popentertainment.com/mcgrath.htm|access-date=2023-01-15|first= Jay S.|last=Jacobs|date=August 14, 2009|website=www.popentertainment.com}} The other members wrote it without him as McGrath left during a rehearsal, and McGrath originally did not want to record the song and was downright wanting to quit the band, as he was preferring heavier music, "just wanted to scream and yell because I was scared to be onstage in the first place", and afraid his voice would not work with a mellower tune. His friend [[McG]], who would eventually direct the video for 'Fly', convinced him otherwise, telling about the song's merits and asking "Where else you gonna go—work at [[Del Taco]]?"[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-19-ca-18988-story.html Behind the McMusic : McG, Director of Hip Videos for MTV and VH1, Started Rolling Credits as a Kid Back in Newport ], [[Los Angeles Times]]

Sugar Ray's lead singer [[Mark McGrath]] explained that this song had a bouncy beat, yet it was about death; 'Fly' too seemed like a bright, up-tempo song but "there is this stark imagery in there. There's loss in it. There is loss of a mother, obviously. I thought it was a good way to juxtapose the lyrics with the melody on that, similar to what [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]] did on '[[Alone Again (Naturally)]]'."{{Cite web|title=Sugar Ray: Living the Dream.|url=http://www.popentertainment.com/mcgrath.htm|access-date=2023-01-15|first= Jay S.|last=Jacobs|date=August 14, 2009|website=www.popentertainment.com}} The other members wrote it without him as McGrath left during a rehearsal, and McGrath originally did not want to record the song and was downright wanting to quit the band, as he was preferring heavier music, "just wanted to scream and yell because I was scared to be onstage in the first place", and afraid his voice would not work with a mellower tune. His friend [[McG]], who would eventually direct the video for 'Fly', convinced him otherwise, telling about the song's merits and asking "Where else you gonna go—work at [[Del Taco]]?"[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-19-ca-18988-story.html Behind the McMusic : McG, Director of Hip Videos for MTV and VH1, Started Rolling Credits as a Kid Back in Newport ], [[Los Angeles Times]]

==Sampling==

The song is sampled in [[Fix_Ur_Face|Fix Ur Face]].

==Track listings==

==Track listings==