"You Gonna Fly" is the title of a song written by Preston Brust, Chris Lucas

LoCash Cowboys

LoCash Cowboys is an American country music duo composed of Chris Lucas and Preston Brust, natives of Baltimore, Maryland and Kokomo, Indiana, respectively. The duo is signed to R&J Records , for which they have released three singles...

 and Jaren Johnston. It was recorded by Australian country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...

, who recorded the song for his 2010 album Get Closer

Get Closer (Keith Urban album)

Upon its release, Get Closer received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable...

. It was released as the fourth single in October 2011.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four stars out of five, saying that it "doesn't do much to separate itself from many of Urban's other uptempo hits" but "puts a big smile on your face from start to finish." Tara Seetharam of Country Universe gave the song a B+, calling his delivery "so three-dimensional that it practically pulls you into the bed of his truck."

Chart performance

"You Gonna Fly" debuted at number 45 on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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chart for the week of 5 November 2011.
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Chart (2011)	Peak position