"Fly By II" is a song by English boy band

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. It was released on 18 March 2002 as the fourth single from their debut studio album, '' All Rise'' (2001). The release includes the band's first non-album exclusive, "Love R.I.P". "Fly By II" is a remixed version of the ''All Rise'' album track "Fly By", which samples the song "

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" by

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, while the remix samples from

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's " Hypnotize". The remix reached number six on the

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Music video

The video for "Fly by II" features

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battling. The members of Blue then proceed to go upstairs to a

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club, where they dance while performing. The video featured an appearance by

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Track listings

UK and New Zealand CD single # "Fly By II" – 3:48 # " All Rise" (acoustic) – 3:40 # "Love R.I.P." – 3:38 UK cassette single and European CD single # "Fly By II" – 3:48 # "Megamix" – 6:56 UK DVD single # "Fly By II" (video) – 3:49 # "This Temptation" (

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RnB radio rub) – 4:31 # "A Year in the Life of..." 1:30 European CD single # "Fly By" – 3:48 # "Love R.I.P." – 3:38 Australian CD single # "Fly By II" – 3:49 # "All Rise" (acoustic version) – 3:40 # "Love R.I.P." – 3:38 # "This Temptation" (Blacksmith RnB rub) – 4:30 # "Megamix" – 6:56

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the '' All Rise'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded and mixed at StarGate Studios (Norway) * Vocals recorded at

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(London, England) * Additional vocals recorded at Studio 1 (Oslo, Norway) * Mastered at

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(New York City) and Sony Music Studios (London, England) Personnel *

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– production ** Mikkel SE – writing, all instruments ** Hallgeir Rustan – writing, all instruments ** Tor Erik Hermansen – writing, all instruments *

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– writing * Blue – all vocals * Neil Tucker – engineering * Chris Sansom – additional vocals engineering *

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– mastering * John Davis – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fly By Ii 2001 songs 2002 singles Blue (English band) songs Innocent Records singles Music videos directed by Jake Nava Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers) Songs written by Hallgeir Rustan Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Songs written by Simon Webbe Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen Virgin Records singles