| Time for Me to Fly | |
| Cover: | Time_for_Me_to_Fly_-_REO_Speedwagon.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | REO Speedwagon |
| Album: | You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish |
| B-Side: | Runnin' Blind |
| Released: | July 1978 (US)[1] |
| Recorded: | October 1977 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 3:43 |
| Label: | Epic/CBS |
| Producer: | Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Paul Grupp |
| Prev Title: | Roll with the Changes |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Lucky for You |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"Time for Me to Fly" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon, released in 1978 as the second single from the album You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish. It was written by lead singer Kevin Cronin and took 10 years to write.[2] The song originally reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] but later reached number 34 on the Digital Songs chart after being used in Netflix's Ozark.[4] It also reached number 90 on the Canadian charts.[5] The song has a BPM of 81 BPM and plays in 4/4 time signature. Cash Box praised the "melodic singing and acoustic guitar work...enveloping chorus and...catchy lyric."[6] Record World said that it is "characteristic of the group's imaginative use of rock's common raw materials."[7]
Cronin said:
Cronin also said:
In 2021, REO Speedwagon's home state of Illinois used the song as "Time for Me to Drive" for a tourism campaign.[8]
Dolly Parton recorded a bluegrass version for her 1989 album White Limozeen.[9] It was released as the fourth single from the album in January 1990 and peaked at No. 39 on the U.S. Billboard Country chart.
