One Day I'll Fly Away

"One Day I'll Fly Away"
Single by Kimberley Walsh
from the album Centre Stage
Released	January 4, 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	Musical theatre
Length	3:43
Label	Decca
Songwriters	Joe Sample, Will Jennings
Producers	Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
Kimberley Walsh singles chronology
"One Vision" (2012) "One Day I'll Fly Away" (2013)
Music video
"One Day I'll Fly Away" on YouTube

Following her solo endeavours and musical theatre performances, Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh decided to record a studio album featuring her own renditions of popular hits from musicals, commenting that "I've always loved musical theatre and doing Shrek the Musical definitely reignited the passion in me."^[23] For the album, Walsh commented that she wanted "to share the love I have for musical theatre by taking some classic songs and completely reinventing them. The melodies in so many musical songs are so brilliant, I knew we could create something special by experimenting with the production, and I really feel like we've come up with some interesting takes on classic songs."^[23]

On December 21, 2012, "One Day I'll Fly Away" premiered in full through the label's official SoundCloud account.^[24] The song was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden and produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger. It was officially released on January 4, 2013, as the lead single from Centre Stage through digital download under Decca Records.^[25] Along with the album version, the digital release of "One Day I'll Fly Away" includes the Radio Edit and The Alias Club Mix.^[25] Peter Robinson of Popjustice compared the latter to Psy's Gangnam Style (2012).^[26]

The accompanying music video was directed by Paul Caslin^[27] and produced by Amy James through production company JJ Stereo. It was shot in 2K on an Arri Alexa on January 4, 2013, at Pinewood Studios,^{[citation needed]} with 4music publishing behind-the-scenes pictures of the shooting session.^[28] The lyric video premiered on January 12, 2013, through VEVO,^[29] while the music video premiered on January 17, 2013.^{[citation needed]} It features Walsh performing the song in different settings, until she is joined by Pasha Kovalev and they perform a ballet number.^[30] On January 23, 2013, Walsh performed "One Day I'll Fly Away" at the National Television Awards,^[31] and on February 2, 2013, at G.A.Y.^[32]

• Digital download^[33]

1. "One Day I'll Fly Away" – 3:43
2. "One Day I'll Fly Away" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
3. "One Day I'll Fly Away" (The Alias Club Mix) – 6:22

Shirley Bassey released a cover of the song on her 1996 album The Show Must Go On. Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever covered the song and released it on Exordium (2003).^[35] Gospel singer Ruben Studdard released a cover as a Wal-Mart-exclusive bonus track on his fourth album, Love Is (2009).^[36] The opening bars of "One Day I'll Fly Away" have also appeared on the 2010 Leaving Certificate Music Listening exam in Ireland, as an unprepared Aural Awareness excerpt on Q6.^[37] Italian singer Bianca Atzei covered the song and released it as a single on December 9, 2013.^{[38][better source needed]}

British soprano Sarah Brightman recorded an operatic version of the song, but it was not available on either CD or as a digital download until 2015, when her version was included in the first of the three volumes of the digital download Rarities (hence her "Test version"). British electronic trio Vaults covered the song for the John Lewis 2016 Christmas advertisement.^[39]