Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song)
| "Learning to Fly" | ||||
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Artwork for EMI release; the Columbia release uses the same artwork but replaces cyan with black for the "PF" logo. Various non-UK releases either omit other titles or contain one other title on the front cover [nb1] | ||||
| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||
| from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason | ||||
| B-side | "Terminal Frost" | |||
| Released | 7 September 1987 | |||
| Recorded | November – December 1986 | |||
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| Length | 4:53 (album version) 4:21 (single edit) | |||
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| Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video) on YouTube | ||||
"Learning to Fly" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, and Jon Carin. It was the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It reached number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1987, remaining three consecutive weeks at the top position in the autumn of the same year. Meanwhile, the song failed to chart on the official UK top 40 singles chart. In Spain, the song peaked at number one on the Los 40 Principales chart.