Randy Crawford One Day I'll Fly Away May 2026

The main hook adapts Tchaikovsky’s "Waltz of the Flowers" .

"One Day I'll Fly Away" is the signature hit by American jazz and R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Now We May Begin . Randy Crawford One Day I'll Fly Away

Reached #2 in the UK (1980) and topped charts in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands . The main hook adapts Tchaikovsky’s "Waltz of the Flowers"

Lyricist Will Jennings described the song as focusing on "emotional bondage" and a profound desire for freedom. Commercial Performance with production by Sample

Written for Crawford by Joe Sample and Will Jennings, with production by Sample, Wilton Felder, and Stix Hooper.