# Songs about air travel and airplane culture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500 "2014-08-25T20:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/21 "2014-08-25T21:34:13Z")
Rush - “YYZ” (YYZ is the code for Pearson Int’l Airport in Toronto) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/22 "2014-08-25T21:44:40Z")
Fly By Night, Rush. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/23 "2014-08-25T22:35:52Z")
[United Breaks Guitars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/24 "2014-08-25T23:18:51Z")
Daniel - Elton John “Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain.” [LA International Airport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj8f30Iguw0) - Susan Raye. (Hey, you didn’t say it had to be _good_ 😃 ) Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra Up, Up and Away - 5th Dimension. Not originally about powered aircraft, but used for advertisements by TWA and the Australian domestic airline TAA (later to become part of Qantas). That said, the OP nailed it with 100 Miles Away by the Hoodoo Gurus - sums up business travel perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/25 "2014-08-25T23:34:02Z")
[Fly at Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKY7yonQ_I4), Chilliwack, except it’s not really about flying on a plane. Damned fine song from a lesser known Canadian band from the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/26 "2014-08-25T23:39:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _Leavin’ On A Jet Plane_. John Denver or Peter, Paul and Mary. > > ETA: _note to self:type faster._ John Denver wrote the song. And he technically left on an airplane, not a jet, but still it was prophetic. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/27 "2014-08-25T23:46:41Z")
[Travelin’ Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcJ5WQSamQ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival “737 comin’ out of the sky Won’t you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride I want to move Playin’ in a travelin’ band, yeah Well I’m flyin’ ‘cross the land tryin’ to get a hand Playin’ in a travelin’ band” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/28 "2014-08-25T23:47:39Z")
[On the Good Ship Lollipop.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLSqpYyPD8) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/29 "2014-08-25T23:50:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [On the Good Ship Lollipop.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLSqpYyPD8) Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/30 "2014-08-25T23:55:24Z")
[Flight 505](http://www.metrolyrics.com/flight-505-lyrics-rolling-stones.html) by the Rolling Stones. Include buying the ticket and getting a drink on the plane. And crashing. [This Flight Tonight](http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=62) by Joni Mitchell. And So Long Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb? 😛 ETA [Five Miles Out](https://www.google.com/search?q=five+miles+out+mike+oldfield+lyrics&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) by Mike Oldfield, though this is about a private plane. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/31 "2014-08-26T00:56:53Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sky Pilot, The Animals. No. The song gets its title for a slang term for a military chaplain, and described the chaplain blessing the troops before battle, where they are killed. The words “How high can you fly?” refers to going to heaven, and that the chaplain will never get there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/32 "2014-08-26T01:02:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > No. The song gets its title for a slang term for a military chaplain, and described the chaplain blessing the troops before battle, where they are killed. > > The words “How high can you fly?” refers to going to heaven, and that the chaplain will never get there. That adds some context. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/33 "2014-08-26T01:41:00Z")
[Airport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liH-uW2iymk) - The Motors ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/34 "2014-08-26T02:07:14Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Airport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liH-uW2iymk) - The Motors I like that! ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/35 "2014-08-26T03:25:43Z")
[Shut Your Mouth and Get Your Ass On The Plane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sHQWqUA-E) by the Drive-By Truckers, from their “Southern Rock Opera” album about an ill-fated, Lynyrd Skynyrd-type band. “When it comes your time to go, ain’t no good way to go about it Ain’t no use in thinking bout it You’ll just drive yourself insane There comes a time for everything And the time has come for you to shut your mouth and get your ass on the plane” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/36 "2014-08-26T03:39:26Z")
[Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/37 "2014-08-26T03:43:14Z")
From the album I mentioned earlier, [_I Wanted Wings_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFtVyDl2xTM). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/38 "2014-08-26T04:06:35Z")
[“Waitress in the Sky”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbCaF9rvlQ) - The Replacements [“Lady Pilot”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWC0E2vcYg) - Neko Case ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/39 "2014-08-26T04:33:07Z")
[30KFT](http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858529907/), Assemblage 23 - but probably best not to listen to that one until you land. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/40 "2014-08-26T05:54:34Z")
One of my all-time favorites: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CIEBErVs0fY/hqdefault.jpg "the duprees - you belong to me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEBErVs0fY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500.md?page=3)