Flying High Again

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“Flying High Again”
“Flying High Again” cover
Single by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Diary of a Madman
B-side "I Don't Know (Live)"
Released 1981
Format 7" Vinyl (45 RPM)
Recorded 1981
Genre Heavy metal
Length 4:44
Label Jet, Epic
Writer(s) Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake
Producer Max Norman
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
"Mr. Crowley"
(1980)
"Flying High Again"
(1981)
"Over the Mountain"
(1982)

"Flying High Again" is a song by British heavy metal rock artist Ozzy Osbourne. It is the 2nd track on his 1981 album, Diary of a Madman. This song seems to pertain to the usage of drugs, with "Flying High" meaning "getting high: the use of the line "Mama's gonna worry, I've been a bad, bad boy" seems to refer to Sharon Osbourne, who Ozzy has often referred to as "Mama," worrying about Ozzy's health during his drug addiction.

It has reached No. 2 In the Mainstream Rock Charts in 1982.

There are a number of the references in the song that sound like a description of Synesthesia, or perhaps the effects of taking LSD. For example "black and white is red" could be colour number synesthesia.

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