One Day I'll Fly Away
"One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song performed by American R&B and jazz singer Randy Crawford, from her fourth studio album, Now We May Begin (1980)."One Day I'll Fly Away" is Crawford's highest charting single, and has been covered by many artists, including by Nicole Kidman portraying the character of Satine in the 2001 motion picture Moulin Rouge!.In 2013, Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh released a cover of the song as the lead single from her debut studio album, Centre Stage."[2] Writing about the singer's life for The Daily Telegraph, critic Helen Brown said that "in the pouty world of the jazz chanteuse, Randy Crawford's smile is unique," adding that "even on the saddest of songs, A Rainy Night in Georgia or One Day I'll Fly Away, you could hear those trembling lips spread outwards and upwards through the tears.[36] The opening bars of "One Day I'll Fly Away" have also appeared on the 2010 Leaving Certificate Music Listening exam in Ireland, as an unprepared Aural Awareness excerpt on Q6.