Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song)

"Learning to Fly" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, and Jon Carin. It was the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It reached number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in September, 1987, remaining three consecutive weeks at the top position in the autumn of the same year. Meanwhile, the song failed to chart on the official U.K. top 40 singles charts. On the other hand, in Spain, the song peaked at number 1 on the Los 40 Principales chart.

"Learning to Fly"
Artwork for EMI release; the Columbia release uses the same artwork but replaces cyan with black for the "PF" logo. Various non-UK releases either omit other titles or contain one other title on the front cover
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
B-side"Terminal Frost"
Released14 September 1987
RecordedNovember  December 1986
GenrePop rock
Length4:53 (album version)
4:21 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Ezrin
  • David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Not Now John"
(1983)
"Learning to Fly" / "Terminal Frost"
(1987)
"On the Turning Away"
(1987)
Music video
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video) on YouTube
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