TONES AND I - FLY AWAY

FLY AWAY

TONES AND I

SONGWRITER: TONI WATSON

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE

LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 2021

 

         Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her breakout single, "Dance Monkey", was released in May 2019 and reached number one in over 30 countries.

          In 2019, she broke the Australian record for the most weeks at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart by any artist with 16 weeks. By mid-January 2020, "Dance Monkey" had spent its 24th and final week at number one, beating Bing Crosby's all-time Australian record for his version of "White Christmas", which spent 22 weeks at the top in 1943.

      "Dance Monkey" was accredited 16× platinum by ARIA for shipments of over 1,120,000 units, by mid-2021. Tones was the most awarded artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, winning four of eight nominations. Tones and I released her debut extended play, The Kids Are Coming, on 30 August 2019, which peaked at number three in Australia, and top 10 in several countries. Her debut album, Welcome to the Madhouse, was released via Bad Batch on 16 July 2021. It debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's lead single "Fly Away" peaked at number four in Australia and number 11 in the UK.

     Welcome to the Madhouse is the debut studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Tones and I, released on 16 July 2021 through Bad Batch Records. The album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts.

     At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Artist, while Giulia Giannini McGauran & Mitchell Eaton were nominated for Best Cover Art for their work on this album.

        At the J Awards of 2021, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

I had a dream that someday

I would just fly, fly away

And I always knew I couldn't stay

So I had a dream that I'd just fly away

 

I've been on my own for a minute

Is it only me out here

Searching for the place to begin it

Is it me? Is it you? Is it fear?

Standing on the line I was given

People stare and ask me why I'm here

No one seems to think that I fit in

But I don't wanna be like them

 

No, 'cause I don't wanna be like them

'Cause I know that I, know that I

 

I had a dream that someday

I would just fly, fly away

And I always knew I couldn't stay

So I had a dream that I'd just fly away, away, oh

Oh-oh, woah, oh, I'd fly away

 

No one knew how low I was feeling

I was scared to reach it all

Knowing I was here for a reason

But I was scared that if I tried, I'd fall

So where do I go now I'm in it?

I never thought it'd be like this

Dreaming all my life and I did it

Thought the grass was greener than then it is

 

'Cause I had a dream that someday

I would just fly, fly away

And I always knew I couldn't stay

So I had a dream that I'd just fly away, away, oh

Oh-oh, woah, oh, I'd fly away

Oh, woah, woah, oh I'd fly away

 

'Cause I had a dream that someday

I would just fly, fly away

And I always knew I couldn't stay

So I had a dream that I'd just fly away, away, oh

 

Oh-oh, woah (fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away)

Woah, woah, woah (fy away, fly away, fly away)

I'd fly away.