Born to Fly (song)

"Born to Fly"
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Single by Sara Evans
from the album Born to Fly
B-side	"I Could Not Ask for More"
Released	June 26, 2000
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:35 (single edit) 5:36 (album version)
Label	RCA Nashville
Writer(s)	Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott
Producer(s)	Sara Evans, Paul Worley
Sara Evans singles chronology
"That's the Beat of a Heart" (2000) "Born to Fly" (2000) "I Could Not Ask for More" (2001)
Music video "Born to Fly" at CMT.com

"Born to Fly" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist, Sara Evans. It was released in June 2000 as the lead-off single and title track from her album Born to Fly. It became Evans' second Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2001. Evans wrote this song with Marcus Hummon and Darrell Scott.

Content

"Born to Fly" is an up tempo country song, co-written by Sara Evans with Marcus Hummon and Darrell Scott, that is backed primarily with fiddles. The song's narrator is portrayed as a person wanting to expand their horizons and dreams of being somebody, who is tired of being stuck in the same place, and wants to get out. The song makes analogies to a bird spreading its wings and flying to its new destination.

The album version features a long instrumental outro for the song.

Music video

The music video shows Evans portraying Dorothy, the main character from The Wizard of Oz motion picture. The video features many of the same story elements as the movie, such as a tornado, a wicked witch, and a little black dog. The video earned the Country Music Association Video of the Year award in 2001, Evans' first (and only as of 2011).

The music video was ranked #34 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos.

Cover versions

• Country singer Lauren Alaina covered this song on the tenth season of American Idol.
• Danielle Bradbery covered this song on the fourth season of The Voice.

Chart performance

"Born to Fly" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 2000.

Chart (2000–2001)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
US Billboard Hot 100	34

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	55

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	39

Preceded by "My Next Thirty Years" by Tim McGraw

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single January 20, 2001

Succeeded by "Without You" by Dixie Chicks