Song · REO Speedwagon
“Time For Me To Fly” by REO Speedwagon
From the album You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978)
“Time For Me To Fly” by REO Speedwagon appears on 21 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1982 and 2025. It was first released in 1978 on the album You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish. Its best result is #50 on the 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #818 classic rock song of all time.
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Kevin Cronin started "Time for Me to Fly" in the early '70s, writing it in Boulder, Colorado, with the Rocky Mountains for inspiration, and it took him 10 years to finish. He wanted it on REO Speedwagon's 1976 album R.E.O., but producer John Stronach didn't like it, and the rest of the band sided with him. So Cronin reworked the arrangement, finished the chorus and brought it back.
By 1978 the band was producing itself, and the song made it onto You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish as its second single, with Cronin, Gary Richrath and Paul Grupp at the controls. Cronin sings and plays guitar next to Richrath, Neal Doughty adds Moog, Bruce Hall plays bass and Alan Gratzer drums. It's a big, soaring rocker, and it got a second life on the charts after Netflix's Ozark put it to use.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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Also listed as: Time for Me To Fly; Time for Me to Fly; Time For Me to Fly.
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