It’s one of his best songs yet
Joe Smith
10:24 7th June 2021

The second song released from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds' next record, Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021), ‘Flying On The Ground’, is Noel Gallagher returning to form, bigger and better than ever.

On the track, produced by Noel and Paul ‘Strangeboy’ Stacey, The High Flying Birds are taken to dizzying new heights, soaring triumphantly as they tackle this new sound head on. With Motown-esque backing vocals, and testaments to Noel’s songwriting ability, we can confidently say it’s one of the best tracks they’ve ever released.

With the single comes a new music video, premiering tonight at 6pm, which acts as a companion piece to Noel’s previous single ‘We’re On Our Way’.

On the single, Noel has said:

“Flying On The Ground is literally the best thing I’ve released since the last thing I released.  If Burt Bacharach wrote for Motown this is what it would sound like … only not as good … obviously.”

Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021) arrives 11 June via Sour Mash Records. Pre-order the album here.


Photo: Matt Crockett