Walking in the air
The song Walking in the Air was founded in 1982 by Howard Blake for the animated film The Snowman ( The Snowman written), which on the same based children's book. The music theme accompanies a little boy and a snowman on their flight to the North Pole.
In the film, the song is performed by Peter Auty , who was then singing in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral . The 1985 single was sung by Aled Jones . It reached number 5 in the UK pop charts and marked the beginning of his music career. In the following years many more cover versions were produced in a wide variety of styles, from pop to metal.
“Walking in the Air” became an annual feature of British television. The song became so popular that a parodic version was used in a 2006 commercial for the soft drink Irn-Bru . In the amended text, the boy and the snowman fly over Edinburgh , Loch Ness and Glasgow . When the boy refuses to give the snowman any of the drink, the snowman takes the can from him and throws the boy down into the snow next to King George Square.
Cover versions (selection)
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- 1982 - The Snowman (film), singing by Peter Auty
- 1983 - Guitar instrumental Snowman on Bent Out of Shape by the hard rock band Rainbow
- 1985 - Walking in the Air (single) by Aled Jones
- 1994 - Forest (album) by George Winston , piano version, no vocals
- 1998 - Oceanborn (album) by Nightwish
- 2000 - Demo for Friends and Family (album) Hayley Westenra
- 2001 - Christmas Hits: 50 Festive Favorites (collector's album) Walking in the Air sung by Declan Galbraith
- 2003 - Cliff at Christmas (album) by Cliff Richard
- 2004 - Walking In The Air (Album) by Chloë Agnew ( Celtic Woman )
- 2005 - The Snowman by Rosa Mundi (Geoff Rushton, Peter Christopherson , Rose McDowall)
- 2005 - Henkäys Ikuisuudesta (album) by Tarja Turunen
- 2007 - Over the Rainbow (album) by Connie Talbot
- 2007 - You Raise Me Up - The Best of Aled Jones (album) Aled Jones uses both his former soprano voice and the current baritone
- 2007 - Angelis (album) debut album by the band of the same name
- 2008 - One Voice (album) Andrew Johnston sings in a duet with Faryl Smith
- 2013 - Walking In The Air (Single) by Heart In Hand
- 2014 - Airwalker by Dj Promo
- 2016 - Walking in the Air (Single) by DJ Ciaran McAuley
- 2018 - Birdy (Christmas 2018 on their Youtube channel)
- 2019 - Walking In The Air (Single) by AURORA
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irn Bru commercial on YouTube
- ↑ Chart sources: UK FI
- ↑ Promo - Airwalker. In: SoundCloud. Retrieved March 17, 2016 .
- ↑ DJ Ciaran McAuley at soundcloud.com