Fly Away ( John Denver song ) - wikipedia Fly Away ( John Denver song ) `` Fly Away '' Single by John Denver featuring Olivia Newton - John from the album Windsong B - side `` Two Shots '' Released November 1975 Genre Country folk, soft rock Length 4 : 13 Label RCA Records Songwriter ( s ) John Denver Producer ( s ) Milt Okun John Denver featuring Olivia Newton - John singles chronology `` Calypso '' ( 1975 ) `` Fly Away '' ( 1975 ) `` Christmas for Cowboys '' ( 1975 ) `` Calypso '' ( 1975 ) `` Fly Away '' ( 1975 ) `` Christmas for Cowboys '' ( 1975 ) `` Fly Away '' is a 1975 song written and performed by John Denver featuring vocals by Olivia Newton - John. Released as a single from the Windsong album, `` Fly Away '' peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart in early - 1976, Denver 's sixth number one on this chart. `` Fly Away '' also peaked at number 12 on the country chart. The song is an ode to longing for simpler times and a simpler way of life. Rolling Stone magazine remarks, `` At this point, John Denver albums are as numerous as potted plants in the apartments of these urbanites, and both are symptoms of the same longing. The singer acknowledges his average listener in ' Fly Away '. '' Contents 1 Chart performance 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Chart ( 1975 -- 76 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 12 Canadian RPM Top Singles 13 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Canadian RPM Country Tracks 28 See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1976 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Only Olivia 's album information regarding `` Fly Away '' Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1996 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 103. ^ Jump up to : John Denver 's Windsong from SuperSeventies External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics John Denver Studio albums John Denver Sings Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It 's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Different Directions Love Again All Aboard ! Live albums An Evening with John Denver Live in London Live at the Sydney Opera House The Wildlife Concert The Best of John Denver Live Sing Australia Christmas in Concert The Harbor Lights Concert Live in the U.S.S.R. Live at Cedar Rapids Specialty albums Rocky Mountain Christmas A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday Christmas, Like a Lullaby Forever, John Compilation albums John Denver 's Greatest Hits John Denver 's Greatest Hits Volume 2 John Denver 's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Very Best of John Denver John Denver : A Portrait The John Denver Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits Tribute albums The Music Is You : A Tribute to John Denver Singles `` Take Me Home, Country Roads '' `` Rocky Mountain High '' `` Sunshine on My Shoulders '' `` Annie 's Song '' `` Back Home Again '' `` Sweet Surrender '' `` Thank God I 'm a Country Boy '' `` I 'm Sorry '' `` Calypso '' `` Fly Away '' `` Looking for Space '' `` Like a Sad Song '' `` Some Days Are Diamonds ( Some Days Are Stone ) '' `` The Cowboy and the Lady '' `` Perhaps Love '' `` Shanghai Breezes '' `` Dreamland Express '' `` And So It Goes '' Related articles Discography Filmography Perhaps Love `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fly_Away_(John_Denver_song)&oldid=865972239 '' Categories : 1975 songs 1976 singles John Denver songs Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Songs written by John Denver Song recordings produced by Milt Okun RCA Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 October 2018, at 11 : 40 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings with john denver on fly away
Answer: Olivia Newton-John