Fly Like an Eagle

" Fly Like an Eagle" is a song written by  Steve Miller and by Steve Miller Band guitarist Steve McCarty for the  album of the same name.  The song went to number 2 on the  Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of March 12, 1977, kept from the top spot by " Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) by  Barbra Streisand. The single edit can be found on  Greatest Hits (1974–1978). The song has an unusually mellow and "dreamy" feel. It is usually played in tandem with "Space Intro".

Background
An earlier 1973 version of the song features a more bluesy and less funk-inspired rhythm, and guitar taking the synthesizer parts (albeit with similar delay effects). The lyrics are slightly different, indicating that the place the eagle wants to fly away from is a Native American reservation.

The main guitar hook in the song was first used in a slightly different form on Miller's 1969 track "My Dark Hour" (which featured Paul McCartney).

Cover versions
The song was sampled by Vanilla Ice for his single Rollin' in My 5.0. Ice has performed Fly Like an Eagle as a guest performer during Steve Miller Band shows.

The Neville Brothers covered this song on their album "Family Groove" in 1994. Steve Miller played some guitar parts on this version.

The artist Seal covered this song for the Space Jam soundtrack, even sampling Steve Miller's original "Space Intro" parts in the song's chorus. This version peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number 2 on the Canadian RPM 100 Chart. The single was his first top ten since 1995's "Kiss from a Rose".

Polvo covered the song live, introducing it with 'This is a song about blatant localism'.

In 1998, guitarist Ed Hamilton covered the song from his album "Groovology."

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">American Nu metal band Limp Bizkit reference the song's hook on their song "Crushed", which featured on the soundtrack of the film End of Days.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Phish covered the song at its New Year's Eve show in the early minutes of January 1, 2013.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Lord Finesse Sampled this track

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Xzibit and Nate Dogg samples this track on Been a Long Time.