# Make My Heart Fly

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"**Make My Heart Fly**" is a song by Scottish music duo [the Proclaimers](/source/The_Proclaimers). Originally released on the band's 1987 album *[This Is the Story](/source/This_Is_the_Story)*, "Make My Heart Fly" saw a more complete, full-band release as a single in 1988.

## Versions

### Album version

The version of "Make My Heart Fly" featured on *This Is the Story* was performed in the same stripped-back [acoustic](/source/Acoustic_music) vein as the rest of the record, featuring as its sole instrumentation the [backing vocals](/source/Backing_vocals) and [acoustic guitar](/source/Acoustic_guitar) of Charlie Reid, and the [lead vocals](/source/Lead_vocals) of Craig Reid.[2]

### Single version

For release as a single in 1988, "Make My Heart Fly" saw a longer version recorded with a full-band arrangement.[3]

## Cover versions

Canadian rock band [Barenaked Ladies](/source/Barenaked_Ladies) covered "Make My Heart Fly" for their 1988 demo album *[Buck Naked](/source/Buck_Naked)*.[4]

## Reception

In 1989, Bill Wyman of *[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)* described "Make My Heart Fly" as "a painted love song [...] of heroic intensity" and "one of the high points" of the album.[5]

## Personnel

**Album version**[2]

- Craig Reid - vocals
- Charlie Reid - vocals, acoustic guitar

**Single version**[3]

- Craig Reid - vocals
- Charlie Reid - vocals, 12-string guitar
- Arun Ahman - drums, percussion
- Hugh Burns - electric guitars
- Ian Maidman - bass, keyboard
- Gary Taylor - acoustic guitar, keyboard, backing vocals

## Charts

Chart (1987) Peak position

## References

1. ["Music Week"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-02-06.pdf). p. 33.

1. The liner notes entail *This Is the Story* musical personnel

1. The liner notes for the Germany 12-inch single release entail band personnel, and track length

1. Lemieux, Patrick (2014). [*The Barenaked Ladies Chronology*](https://books.google.com/books?id=sD7pBgAAQBAJ&q=the+proclaimers+make+my+heart+fly+buck+naked&pg=PA7). Illustrated ed. Lulu. p. 7. ISBN 9780991984091. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

1. Wyman, Bill (27 April 1989). ["The Proclaimers--Sunshine on Leith - Music Review"](https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-proclaimers--sunshine-on-leith/Content?oid=873774). *Chicago Reader*. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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