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45 single, Side A. Columbia (38-73226) (1990)
Image credit: TheJudge at 45cat.com
"Time for Me to Fly" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on January 1, 1990, by Columbia Records as the fourth single from Dolly's twenty-ninth solo studio album, White Limozeen. The song was written by Kevin Cronin and produced by Ricky Skaggs. Cronin originally recorded the song with his band REO Speedwagon and took the song to number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. Dolly's cover peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Track listing

Side A
  • Time for Me to Fly (Kevin Cronin) 2:51
Side B
  • The Moon, the Stars and Me (Wayland Patton, Diana Rae) 3:20

Audio

Critical reception

The single was reviewed in the January 13, 1990 issue of Billboard magazine. The review said, "A banjo and mandolin-flecked uptempo essay on righteous indignation. Sharp and assertive."

Cashbox reviewed the single the following week in their January 20, 1990 issue. It said, "Bite your tongue, REO Speedwagon—you ain't got nothin' on Dolly. Come on, just imagine it: Put the pedal to the metal when it comes to tempo, add an extraordinary banjo/fiddle background plus that well-known Parton vocal power and the results give us an explosive tune that will rock country radio off the face of the earth. Produced by both Parton and Ricky Skaggs, "Time For Me to Fly" should fly straight to the top."
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Billboard review, January 13, 1990.
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Cashbox review, January 20, 1990.

Commercial performance

"Time for Me to Fly" debuted at number 67 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated February 3, 1990. It peaked at number 39 on the chart dated March 24, its eighth week on the chart. The single charted for 11 weeks. The single also peaked at number 23 on the Cashbox Country Singles chart and number 39 on the RPM Country Singles chart in Canada.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the White Limozeen liner notes.
"Time for Me to Fly"
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Barry Beckett – piano
  • Mike Brignardello – Bbass
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Bela Fleck – banjo
  • Steven A. Gibson – electric guitar
  • Vince Gill – electric guitar solo
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • Doug Johnson – mixing
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Lisa Silver – background vocals
  • Ricky Skaggs – acoustic guitar, mandolin, producer
  • Curtis Young – background vocals
  • Lianna Young – background vocals
"The Moon, the Stars and Me"
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Terry Crisp – steel guitar
  • Steven A. Gibson – electric guitar
  • John Jarvis – piano
  • Doug Johnson – mixing
  • Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Craig Nelson – bass
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Ricky Skaggs – duet lines, harmony vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar solo, producer
  • Curtis Young – harmony vocals