Fly (Dixie Chicks album)

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Fly is the fifth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 1999. The album was very successful for the group, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It has received diamond status by the RIAA on June 25, 2002 in the United States, for shipments of 10 million units.^[2] It has sold 8,396,000 copies in the United States as of October 2013.^[3]

The tracks "Ready to Run", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Without You", "Goodbye Earl", "Cold Day in July", "Heartbreak Town", "Some Days You Gotta Dance" and "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" were all released as singles; "Sin Wagon" also charted without officially being released. "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was previously recorded by The Ranch, a short-lived country trio founded by Keith Urban in the late 1990s. Urban plays guitar on the Dixie Chicks' rendition.

The album earned 4 Grammy nominations in 2000, and the group won 2: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Ready to Run and Best Country Album. It was also nominated for Album of the Year and the writers of Ready to Run, Marcus Hummon and Martie Seidel were nominated for Best Country Song.

Track listing

"Ready to Run" (Marcus Hummon, Martie Seidel) – 3:52
"If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" (Matraca Berg, Annie Roboff) – 3:05
"Cowboy Take Me Away" (Seidel, Hummon) – 4:51
"Cold Day in July" (Richard Leigh) – 5:12
"Goodbye Earl" (Dennis Linde) – 4:19
"Hello Mr. Heartache" (Mike Henderson, John Hadley) – 3:49
"Don't Waste Your Heart" (Emily Robison, Natalie Maines) – 2:49
"Sin Wagon" (Maines, Robison, Stephony Smith) – 3:37
"Without You" (Maines, Eric Silver) – 3:32
"Some Days You Gotta Dance" (Troy Johnson, Marshall Morgan) – 2:27
"Hole in My Head" (Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller) – 3:22
"Heartbreak Town" (Darrell Scott) – 3:53*
"ain't no thang but a chicken wang" – 0:01*
"Let Him Fly" (Patty Griffin) – 3:07

*Note: Track 13 is unlisted on the back cover and disc, though it is listed as "ain't no thang but a chicken wang" in the booklet. On some pressings of the CD, "Heartbreak Town" lasts 3:47 on track 12 and fades into track 13, which plays the last six seconds of the song. On other pressings of the CD, track 12 lasts for the full 3:53 seconds, and track 13 contains no audio, only lasting for 0:01. Digital versions of the album remove the blank track completely, bumping "Let Him Fly" up to track 13.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[4]

Dixie Chicks

Natalie Maines — lead vocals, background vocals, handclapping
Emily Robison — acoustic guitar, banjo, Dobro, vocals, handclapping, lap steel guitar
Martie Seidel — fiddle, mandolin, viola, background vocals

Additional musicians

Pat Buchanan — electric guitar
Blake Chancey — handclapping
Steve Conn — accordion
Marcus Hummon — acoustic guitar on "Ready to Run"
Mike Henderson – electric guitar on "Hole in My Head"
Dennis Linde — acoustic guitar on "Goodbye Earl"
Terry McMillan — percussion
Lloyd Maines — steel guitar
George Marinelli – electric guitar on "Cold Day in July" and "Hello Mr. Heartache"
Bob Mason – cello
John Mock — concertina, bodhrán, tin whistle
Greg Morrow — drums
Steve Nathan — Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
Tom Roady – percussion
Charlie Robison — handclapping
Matt Rollings — Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
Randy Scruggs — acoustic guitar
Adam Steinberg – acoustic guitar on "Let Him Fly" and "Without You"
Bryan Sutton — acoustic guitar on "Sin Wagon"
Alan Umstead – violin
Catherine Umstead – violin
Keith Urban — electric guitar on "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. — acoustic guitar on "Ready to Run" and "Without You"
Paul Worley — acoustic guitar, background vocals

"Iffy harmony" vocals on "Goodbye Earl" performed by the "Do-Wrongs": Blake Chancey, Paul Worley, Charlie Robison.

String section on "Without You"

Strings conducted and arranged by Dennis Burnside.

Violins – Martie Seidel, Carl Gorodetsky, Pamela Sixfin, Lee Larrison, Connie Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, Mary Katherine Van Osdale, David Angell, Janet Askey, Karen Winkelman, Cate Myer, Catherine Umstead
Violas – Kris Wilkinson, Jim Grosjean, Gary Van Osdale, Monisa Angell
Cellos – Bob Mason, John Catchings

Production

Producers: Blake Chancey, Paul Worley
Engineers: Tony Castle, Mark Martin, Chris Rowe, Clarke Schleicher, Billy Sherrill
Assistant engineer: Tony Castle
Mixing: John Guess, Patrick Murphy
Mastering: Denny Purcell
Assistant mastering engineer: Jonathan Russell
Editing: Tony Castle
Art direction: Tracy Baskette-Fleaner, Bill Johnson
Design: Gina R. Binkley
Photography: Ed Rode, Albert Sanchez
Photo consultant: Dari Marder
Stylist: Renee Fowler
Hair stylists: Jennifer Davis, Alex Dizon, Daniel Erdman, Melanie Shelley, Michael Silva
Make-up: Debra Ferullo, Stacey Martin, Maital Sabbon

Cover lettering from Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell Bloch Sandved.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	1
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	6

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[6]	3× Platinum	300,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[8]	10× Platinum	8,396,000^[3]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2000	Fly	Best Country Album
2000	"Ready to Run"	Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

References

↑ Christgau, Robert. "Fly". Robert Christgau.
↑ RIAA Bestsellers
1 2 Paul Grein (October 30, 2013). "Katy Perry Knocks Miley Cyrus Down a Couple Pegs". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
↑ Fly (CD booklet). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1999. 69678.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Fly". Music Canada.
↑ "British album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Fly". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Fly in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
↑ "American album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Fly". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

Preceded by Christina Aguilera by Christina Aguilera	Billboard 200 number-one album September 18 – October 1, 1999	Succeeded by Ruff Ryders' First Lady by Eve
Preceded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain Latest Greatest Straitest Hits by George Strait I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack	Top Country Albums number-one album September 18 – November 12, 1999 January 15 – March 24, 2000 April 8 – June 9, 2000 June 17 – August 17, 2000	Succeeded by LeAnn Rimes by LeAnn Rimes Latest Greatest Straitest Hits by George Strait I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack Burn by Jo Dee Messina
Preceded by Wide Open Spaces by Dixie Chicks Come on Over by Shania Twain Breathe by Faith Hill Breathe by Faith Hill	RPM Country Albums number-one album September 27 – October 3, 1999 May 29 – June 11, 2000 June 26 – July 2, 2000 August 7–20, 2000	Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Breathe by Faith Hill Breathe by Faith Hill Burn by Jo Dee Messina
Preceded by Come On Over by Shania Twain	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 2000	Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Tim McGraw

Dixie Chicks

Natalie Maines Emily Robison Martie Maguire Laura Lynch Robin Lynn Macy

Studio albums	Thank Heavens for Dale Evans Little Ol' Cowgirl Shouldn't a Told You That Wide Open Spaces Fly Home Taking the Long Way

Compilations	Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks The Essential Dixie Chicks

Singles	"I Can Love You Better" "There's Your Trouble" "Wide Open Spaces" "You Were Mine" "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" "Ready to Run" "Cowboy Take Me Away" "Goodbye Earl" "Cold Day in July" "Without You" "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" "Heartbreak Town" "Some Days You Gotta Dance" "Long Time Gone" "Landslide" "Travelin' Soldier" "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" "Top of the World" "I Hope" "Not Ready to Make Nice" "Everybody Knows" "The Long Way Around" "The Neighbor" "Daddy Lessons"

Live recordings	An Evening with the Dixie Chicks Top of the World Tour: Live (DVD)

Tours	Fly Tour Top of the World Tour Vote for Change Accidents & Accusations Tour Long Time Gone Tour DCX MMXVI World Tour

Related articles	Discography Monument Records Columbia Records Awards and nominations Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing Court Yard Hounds "You Can't Hurry Love" "Sin Wagon" "Roly Poly"

Collaborators	Lloyd Maines David Grissom Dan Wilson

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