# Songs about planes and flying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 31, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675 "2025-01-31T13:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/161 "2025-02-01T15:50:02Z")
_When the pilot informed us of what he was planning And I heard the dirty words “emergency landing”…_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fWVOSfHbQ8s/maxresdefault.jpg "I'd Rather Be Right Here") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWVOSfHbQ8s) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/162 "2025-02-01T16:41:24Z")
“Weird Al” Yankovic - **Airline Amy** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fK5TiqQn7wo/maxresdefault.jpg "Airline Amy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK5TiqQn7wo) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/163 "2025-02-01T17:14:23Z")
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings is flying, and an excuse to post [one of my favorite songs.](https://youtu.be/HgQEwbM9AUE) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/164 "2025-02-01T17:35:54Z")
_Vernon’ll meet me when the BOAC lands Keys to the M.G. will be in his hands_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RBFU5YnhPqc/hqdefault.jpg "Amazulu - Montego Bay (Official Video) 1986") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBFU5YnhPqc) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/165 "2025-02-01T17:41:07Z")
This is a bit in jest, because I know that many people ridicule this song for having, well, a dearth of lyrics. But actually I kinda like it, I’ve always had a soft spot for Disco, and Munich Disco was great. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wC_kCnm3GYQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (1975) • TopPop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_kCnm3GYQ) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/166 "2025-02-01T17:41:18Z")
**BOAC** = British Overseas Airways Corporation [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nS5_EQgbuLc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (2018 Mix / Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5_EQgbuLc) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/167 "2025-02-02T19:06:09Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > the Kray twins Down the rabbit hole -[Kray twins - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins) Murders (with other crimes) who gained some celebrity status. And insane. Back to flying. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/168 "2025-02-03T03:34:05Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Down the rabbit hole _He nailed my head to the floor, and he once nailed my wife’s head to a coffee table_. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/169 "2025-02-06T18:03:36Z")
Iron Maiden’s ‘Aces High’ "_Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines_ _Remove all the wheelblocks, there’s no time to waste"_ Iron Maiden’s’ “Tailgunner” _Climb into the sky, never wonder why, Tail gunner_ Monty Python “I’m so Worried”, wherein the singer is worried about the baggage retrieval system at Heathrow Motorhead’s “Going to Brazil” _Flying down to Rio, going to Brazil_ ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/170 "2025-02-06T19:04:42Z")
**Staring At The Rude Boys** by UK punk band **The Ruts** contains a single reference to planes with the line “The punks in the corner are speeding like a jet” but - if you like that sort of early punk / power pop music - it’s a really great song. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/171 "2025-02-07T03:55:06Z")
“Silver Bird” - Mark Lindsay [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o1Kyc_M3n_E/maxresdefault.jpg "Mark Lindsay - Silver Bird (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Kyc_M3n_E) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/172 "2025-02-07T19:40:45Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > British Heavy Rock band **Saxon** did **747** (Strangers in the Night) And much more recently they did “Secret of Flight” [https://youtu.be/BGIIFlr74WI?si=vII0CS6647Wf6n9W](https://youtu.be/BGIIFlr74WI?si=vII0CS6647Wf6n9W) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/173 "2025-02-07T19:51:27Z")
Whoops! Ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/174 "2025-02-07T19:54:22Z")
[Skywriter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8yEvCpq7DU) A beautiful song by Jimmy Webb performed by Art Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/175 "2025-02-07T20:12:11Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > A beautiful song by Jimmy Webb performed by Art Garfunkel That reminds me of “A Heart In New York” by Art Garfunkel, one of his solo songs he played at the Central Park Concert (with Paul Simon of course). It’s a beautiful song that has the opening lines: _New York, to that tall skyline I come, flyin’ in from London to your door_ _New York, lookin’ down on Central Park_ _Where they say you should not wander after dark_ So sort of the opposite of the Byrds’ “Eight Miles High”, which describes flying into London from the US. Art didn’t write it himself though, but I don’t know the songwriters. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kX7p1pxEhKs/maxresdefault.jpg "Simon & Garfunkel - A Heart In New York (from The Concert in Central Park)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7p1pxEhKs) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/176 "2025-02-07T21:07:43Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KYE4-_Yzj60/hqdefault.jpg "Arlo Guthrie- Coming Into Los Angeles [Live Woodstock 1969]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYE4-_Yzj60) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/177 "2025-02-07T21:15:35Z")
Here’s a forgotten song that fits the bill (and will put a smile on a few faces). Mark Lindsay singing [Silver Bird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Kyc_M3n_E) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/178 "2025-02-07T22:35:23Z")
> [@Songs about planes and flying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/176): > > [[Arlo Guthrie- Coming Into Los Angeles [Live Woodstock 1969]] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYE4-_Yzj60) > [@peccavi](#): > > [Coming into Los Angeles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRpj9mCl0qg) - Arlo Guthrie > > _Coming in from London, from over the pole_ > _Flyin’ in a big airliner_ > _Chickens flyin’ everywhere around the plane_ > _Could we ever feel much finer?_ Hey, we picked the same YouTube link! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/179 "2025-02-08T00:42:45Z")
Look up! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675/180 "2025-02-08T01:39:57Z")
I’m back! Had a smooth plane trip both ways. Nice to see the thread is still going strong after a week. Here’s another: Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom _ **Vernon’ll meet me when the BOAC lands** _ _Keys to the M.G. will be in his hands_ _Adjust to the drivin’, and I’m on my way_ _It’s all on the right side in Montego Bay_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-planes-and-flying/1013675.md?page=10)