Flying High Again Ozzy Osbourne

Flying High Again Album: Diary of a Madman (1981)
by Ozzy Osbourne (and mostly Randy Rhodes)

Released in 1981 from his second album as a solo artist Diary of a Madman (1981). Released as a single, it reached number two on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in 1982.

Although the song has been assumed to be about marijuana use, Osbourne has stated that the song was inspired by his successful re-emergence as a solo artist after being fired from Black Sabbath and subsequently believing his career was over. The song is in the key of A major.

Gina Boldman of AllMusic praised guitarist Randy Rhoads for the solo in the song as one of his best. She called "Flying High Again" "A good-time heavy metal song that was hard to take seriously" but "one of Ozzy's most likable and memorable songs of his early-'80s period."In 2015, radio station 100.7 WZLX ranked it the 223rd greatest song.

An animated music video was released to YouTube on 5 November 2021 celebrating guitarist Randy Rhoads, who was killed in an airplane accident a year later following the singles release.

Ozzy Osbourne - lead vocals
Randy Rhoads - guitar
Bob Daisley - bass
Lee Kerslake - drums
Written by: Ozzy Osbourne, Randall Rhoads
Album: Diary Of A Madman
Released: 1981

Oh no, oh no
Here we go now, here we go now
Oh no, oh no
Here we go now

Got a crazy feeling I don't understand
Gotta get away from here
Feelin' like I should've kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear

Momma's gonna worry
I've been a bad, bad boy
No use saying sorry
It's something that I enjoy

'Cause you can't see what my eyes see
(I can see it, I can see it)
And you can't be inside of me
Flying high again

I can see through mountains, watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colours of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy? You bet

Momma's gonna worry
I've been a bad, bad boy
No use saying sorry
It's something that I enjoy

If you could be inside my head
You'd see that black and white is red
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Come on and join me

Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Come on and join me

Oh no, oh no
Here we go now, here we go now
Oh no, oh no
Here we go now

Daddy thinks I'm lazy he don't understand
Never saw inside my head
People think I'm crazy but I'm in demand
Never heard a thing I said

Momma's gonna worry
I've been a bad, bad boy
No use saying sorry
It's something that I enjoy

Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again