{{Short description|1975 English language song from Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Fly, Robin, Fly | cover = Fly Robin Fly by Silver Convention German vinyl single.jpg | alt = | caption = German and Yugoslav vinyl picture sleeve | type = single | artist = Silver Convention | album = Save Me | B-side = {{ubl|"Tiger Baby"|"I Like It"}} | released = September 1975 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Disco<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= The Silver Convention – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 30 April 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-silver-convention-mn0000755950/biography}}</ref>|Euro disco<ref>{{cite book|first= Nelson |last= George |author-link= Nelson George |year= 1988 |title= The Death of Rhythm and Blues |publisher= Penguin Books |isbn= 0142004081 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GgHIe-GFjZUC&q=%22Eurodisco%22&pg=PT162 |quote= Silver Convention's "Fly Robin Fly" was the first Eurodisco crossover hit direct from Munich.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/1-hits/every-1-hit-song-from-1975-ranked-from-worst-to-best|title=Every #1 hit song from 1975 ranked worst to best|first=Matt|last=Mitchell|date=December 7, 2025|magazine=Paste|access-date=January 19, 2026|quote=It’s a Euro-disco song with some touches of funk packed into it.}}</ref>|pop<ref name= "Breihan 2019">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Silver Convention's "Fly, Robin, Fly"|website= Stereogum |date= August 14, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2054604/the-number-ones-silver-conventions-fly-robin-fly/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= And just like "Sugar, Sugar" before it, "Fly, Robin, Fly" is effective machine-pop music.|accessdate= June 26, 2023}}</ref>}} | length = 3:50 (single version)<br />5:32 (album version) | label = {{hlist|Jupiter|Midland International}} | writer = {{hlist|Sylvester Levay|Stephan Prager}} | producer = Stephan Prager | prev_title = Always Another Girl | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Get Up and Boogie | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|wC_kCnm3GYQ|"Fly, Robin, Fly" (''TopPop'', 1975)}}}} }}
"'''Fly, Robin, Fly'''" is a song by the German disco group Silver Convention from their debut studio album ''Save Me'' (1975). Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager wrote the song, and the latter produced it. "Fly, Robin, Fly" was released as the third single from ''Save Me'' in September 1975, reaching number one on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Thanks to the success of "Fly, Robin, Fly", Silver Convention became the second German act to have a number one song on the American music charts. The song received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title= Silver Convention |website= Grammy.com |access-date= 20 September 2019 |url= https://www.grammy.com/artists/silver-convention/7953}}</ref>
"Fly, Robin, Fly" carries the distinction of being a ''Billboard'' chart-topper with only six words: the chorus simply repeats "''Fly, Robin, fly''" three times, with an ending of "''Up, up to the sky''". During a segment on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs, it was revealed that the original working title was "Run, Rabbit, Run".
==Chart and commercial performances== In the United States, it rose to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 1975, staying there for three weeks. It was both preceded and succeeded by "That's the Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band. The single was also number one on the Soul Singles Chart for one week.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 2004 |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 |publisher= Record Research |page= 526}}</ref> "Fly, Robin, Fly" also spent three weeks at number one on the Dance/Disco Chart.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |year= 2004 |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003 |publisher= Record Research |page= 233}}</ref> In Canada, the song also reached the pole position in the charts, hitting number one in the ''RPM'' Top Singles Chart on 17 January 1976,<ref name="CAN"/> knocking the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" from the top slot, managing to keep it for a single week before being replaced by C. W. McCall's "Convoy" a week later.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= RPM Top Singles |magazine= RPM |volume= 24 |issue= 17 |date= 24 January 1976 |access-date= 16 May 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4077a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4077a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4077a}}</ref>
As of February 1976, the single sold 1.5 million copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|first= Henry |last= Edwards |title= Music/Recordings – Notes: Three Little Frauleins from Rock Are We, Etc. |newspaper= The New York Times |date= 15 February 1976 |page= D-20 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/122709350 |id= {{ProQuest|122709350}} |url-access= registration }}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1975–1976) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus76">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 131 |via= Imgur |date= 27 December 1976 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}</ref><ref name="KMR">{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- {{singlechart|Austria|9|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Flanders|3|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Canadaadultcontemporary|6|chartid=4056|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=4071a|access-date=5 June 2013|refname="CAN"}} |- |France (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|title= Le Détail par Artiste |website= InfoDisc |access-date= 16 May 2016 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_S.php |id= Select "Silver Convention" from the artist drop-down menu |language= fr}}</ref> |align="center"|28 |- {{singlechart|Germany|3|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|songid=374|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|5|year=1975|week=52|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|8|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=7 July 2013}} |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|16|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Norway|8|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Sweden|16|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Switzerland|5|artist=Silver Convention|song=Fly, Robin, Fly|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- {{singlechart|UK|28|date=19751129|access-date=5 June 2013}} |- |US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref name="awards"/> |align="center"|6 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="awards">{{cite web|title= The Silver Convention – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 June 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-silver-convention-mn0000755950/awards}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot Disco Singles<ref name="awards"/> |align="center"|1 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles<ref name="awards"/> |align="center"|1 |- |US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending November 22, 1975 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19751122.html |archive-date= 3 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121003101320/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19751122.html}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |US ''Record World''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Singles Chart |magazine= Record World |page= 31 |date= 6 December 1975 |access-date= 17 September 2017 |issn= 0034-1622 |url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/75/RW-1975-12-06.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1975) !Rank |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus76"/> |align="center"|89 |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= 1975 Wrap Up |magazine= RPM |volume= 24 |issue= 14 |date= 27 December 1975 |access-date= 9 September 2018 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4057b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4057b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4057b}}</ref> |align="center"|103 |- |US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1975 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html |archive-date= 20 September 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120920051220/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html}}</ref> |align="center"|44 |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1976) !Rank |- |Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1976 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= 30 April 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1976 |language= nl}}</ref> |align="center"|47 |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 200 singles of '76 |magazine= RPM |volume= 26 |issue= 14 & 15 |date= 8 January 1977 |access-date= 16 May 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5173a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5173a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5173a}}</ref> |align="center"|31 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1976 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= 30 April 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1976}}</ref> |align="center"|14 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Silver Convention|title=Fly Robin Fly|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1976}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Silver Convention|title=Fly_ Robin_ Fly|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1975}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Uses== The song appeared in the 1997 drama film ''Boogie Nights''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hough |first=Quinn |date=2021-07-03 |title=Every Song In Boogie Nights |url=https://screenrant.com/boogie-nights-movie-soundtrack-songs/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>
The song is used in King of the Hill Season 4, Episode 21 "''Nancy Boys''" at the roller rink scene.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
In April 2016, students and teachers from Methodist College, a Hong Kong secondary school, produced an educational "campus television" video by introducing four geometry methods in determining the congruence of triangles (SAS, SSS, ASA, AAS; Side-Angle-Side, Side-Side-Side, Angle-Side-Angle, Angle-Angle-Side), through a song playfully naming "RHS" (Right-angle-Hypotenuse-Side, the fifth evidence for proving congruent triangles) which lines to the tune of "Fly, Robin, Fly". Resembling the members of the band, choreographed arm and legs movements are also featured by the Hong Kong students, in order to introduce the mathematical concepts together with the lyrics ("Side angle side, side side side, angle side angle, angle angle side."). The clip has become a viral video which garnered over 800,000 views and over 50,000 "likes" on Facebook within a week, becoming one of the temporary hot topics in Hong Kong during late April, with various online parodies and social {{lang|ja|italic=no|kusos}} provoked.<ref>{{cite news|first= Shirley |last= Zhao |title= Maths is fun ... and groovy? Hong Kong pupils' music video goes viral |newspaper= South China Morning Post |date= 20 April 2016 |access-date= 7 May 2016 |url= https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1937281/maths-fun-and-groovy-hong-kong-pupils-music-video}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Maths song featuring three HK students goes viral |work= EJ Insight |date= 20 April 2016 |access-date= 7 May 2016 |url= http://www.ejinsight.com/20160420-maths-song-featuring-three-hk-students-goes-viral}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Kinling |last= Lo |title= Smash song gives maths a new angle |newspaper= The Standard |date= 20 April 2016 |access-date= 7 May 2016 |url= http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=168482}}</ref>
==See also== * List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1975 * List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1975 * List of number-one dance singles of 1975 (U.S.) * List of number-one R&B singles of 1975 (U.S.) * List of number-one singles of 1976 (Canada)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|2sVcG6z9j8I|"Fly, Robin, Fly"}} by Apartment20, featuring Ramona Wulf * {{Discogs master|117692|Fly, Robin, Fly|type=single}}
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