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"Jet Airliner" is a song composed by Paul Pena in 1973 and popularized by the Steve Miller Band in 1977. Pena wrote and recorded "Jet Airliner" in 1973 for his New Train album. [ 4 ] However, New Train was not released until 2000 , [ 5 ] due to conflicts between him and his label.
"Jet Airliner" is a song by German pop duo Modern Talking from their fifth studio album, Romantic Warriors. It was released as the album's lead single on 18 May 1987 in Germany and in other European territories.
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written and recorded by American singer John Denver [1] in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings. Its original title was "Babe I Hate to Go". He made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas of that year. [2]
Three singles were released from the album in 1977 with the first single, "Jet Airliner", being the most successful. The album peaked in the top 10 of the trade charts in four countries, including Canada where the album topped RPM magazine's 100 Albums chart. [5] The album has gone on to become one of the group's most successful studio outings.
Ben Sidran gave an unreleased copy of New Train to Steve Miller, who recorded Pena's "Jet Airliner" with his band for their 1977 album Book of Dreams. The "Jet Airliner" single went to #8 on the Billboard chart. Pena's primary source of income in his later years were royalties from that single. The album remained unreleased for 27 years.
However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the programme Wings: Band on the Run (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney said that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject; indeed, the true meaning of the lyrics has defied all ...
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The deluxe edition includes the entirety of Greatest Hits 1974-78 with the exception of "Winter Time" which is on the standard edition, and both editions feature some of the band's most popular singles like "The Joker," "Take the Money and Run," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Jet Airliner," "Swingtown," "Jungle Love," and "Abracadabra." Previously ...