"Flying" lyrics

All four members of the band contributed to the writing of this song. It happened for the first time, that all of them shared credits as composers.

This song is their first instrumental one published by EMI, and their only instrumental released on Parlophone Records.

The original version of this song was more than 9 minutes long, because the tape loops were used to extend the ending, but it was eventually cut down to about 2 minutes.

In the film this composition is played during a scene where oddly-coloured landscapes of Iceland mixed with some unused footage from the film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964) are shown.