Flight (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Flight
| cover = Lifehouse Flight cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lifehouse
| album = Out of the Wasteland
| released = November 18, 2014
| format =
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop • alternative rock • Pop rock • Soft rock
| length = 4:17
| label = Jason Wade Music
| writer = Jason Wade
| producer =
| chronology = Lifehouse
| prev_title = Between the Raindrops'
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Hurricane
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{External music video |{{YouTube|polHMqkLJPE|"Flight"}}}}
}}
"Flight" is a 2014 song by American alternative rock band Lifehouse. Written by lead singer Jason Wade, the track served as a preview of the band's album Out of the Wasteland, released in May 2015.{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=17730766&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141203132411/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=17730766&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2014|title=Jason Wade|publisher=Repertoire.bmi.com|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://creativeallies.com/contests/1002-design-an-album-cover-for-lifehouse-seven/project_brief|title=Design An Album Cover for Lifehouse Seven|work=Creative Allies|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://lifehousemusic.com/news/lifehouses-current-single-flight/|title=Lifehouse Lifehouse's Current Single "Flight"|author=The Uprising Creative|work=Lifehouse|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/fans-of-lifehouse-know-this-particular-band-has-102960012141.html|title=Lifehouse Premieres Lyric Video for Single 'Flight'|date=18 November 2014|publisher=Yahoo.com|accessdate=10 December 2014}} It was the first new recording released by the band since their hiatus in July 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lifehouse/posts/10151742035249025|title=Lifehouse - A letter from Jason: To my friends and fans,... - Facebook|publisher=Facebook.com|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/11/listen-lifehouse-releases-new-single-flight/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123133602/http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/11/listen-lifehouse-releases-new-single-flight/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 23, 2014|title=LISTEN: Lifehouse Releases New Single "Flight"|work=CONFRONT Magazine|accessdate=10 December 2014}}
Background and composition
Unlike previous Lifehouse singles, the song is a piano ballad. It begins solely with a simple chord and melody set before growing to include drums, bass, and electric guitar. After the second chorus, it builds to a climactic crescendo.{{cite web|url=http://www.trendingrecords.com/2014/11/premiere-lifehouse-flight/|title=Premiere! Lifehouse – Flight|publisher=Trendingrecords.com|accessdate=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083220/http://www.trendingrecords.com/2014/11/premiere-lifehouse-flight/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}} Wade had previously stated that writing on the piano was a skill he had wanted to develop.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiponline.com/1982/lifehouse-interview-2006.html|title=Lifehouse – Interview [2006]|publisher=Hiponline.com|accessdate=10 December 2014}}
Music video
A lyric video, directed by Thomas Kirk, was released alongside the song, featuring actress TL Forsberg. The clip was filmed in one single shot with no cut, and weaves in and around an abandoned diner and motel in the desert in point of view before focusing on a woman sitting on a bed and communicating the song's closing lyrics to the camera using sign language.{{cite web|url=https://creativeallies.com/contests/1002-design-an-album-cover-for-lifehouse-seven/more_info|title=Design An Album Cover for Lifehouse Seven|work=Creative Allies|accessdate=10 December 2014|archive-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208131711/http://creativeallies.com/contests/1002-design-an-album-cover-for-lifehouse-seven/more_info|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://evigshed.com/lifehouse-new-single-flight-available-today/|title=Lifehouse New Single "Flight" available today - Evigshed Mag|author=Sylvie Lesas|work=Evigshed Mag|accessdate=10 December 2014}}
References
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Category:Lifehouse (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Jason Wade
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