"Up, Up and Away"
Single bythe 5th Dimension
from the albumUp, Up and Away
B-side	"Which Way to Nowhere"
Released	May 1967
Recorded	February 22, 1967
Studio	Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Psychedelic pop sunshine pop easy listening
Length	2:40
Label	Soul City
Songwriter	Jimmy Webb
Producers	Johnny Rivers andMarc Gordon
The 5th Dimension singles chronology
"Another Day, Another Heartache" (1967) "Up, Up and Away" (1967) "Paper Cup" (1967)

"Up, Up and Away"

The 5th Dimension's "Up, Up and Away" fromUp, Up and Away

---

Problems playing this file? Seemedia help.

"Up, Up and Away" is a 1967 song written byJimmy Webb and recorded (as "Up–Up and Away") by US soul-pop actthe 5th Dimension with backing from members ofThe Wrecking Crew.^[1] Their original version reached no. 7 onBillboard'sHot 100 in July 1967 and no. 9 on itsEasy Listening chart,^[2] and number one in bothCanada andAustralia. In 1999, Webb's song placed 43 on BMI's "Top 100 Songs of the Century".^[3]

A canonical example ofsunshine pop, themed around images ofhot air ballooning, it cleaned up at the10th Annual Grammy Awards in 1968, winning forRecord of the Year,Song of the Year,Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,Best Performance by a Vocal Group,Best Performance by a Chorus andBest Contemporary Song. The five Grammy wins was a standalone record for most Grammys received by a single song until 2025 whenKendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" tied it at the67th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2003, the song was inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame.^[4]

The musical backing was dominated by members ofThe Wrecking Crew,^[5] including trumpeterTony Terran.^{[citation needed]}

According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians laid down the initial instrumental track on February 22, 1967:^[6]

• Hal Blaine (drums)
• Larry Knechtel (keyboards)
• Gayle Levant (harp)
• Joe Osborn (bass)
• Johnny Rivers (guitar)
• Tommy Tedesco (guitar)
• Jimmy Webb (piano)

Two other session players featuring prominently in the final mix wereAl Casey (acoustic guitar) andBud Shank (piccolo).^[7]

• In theUnited Kingdom the 5th Dimension single failed to chart. Released first, a version by US vocal act theJohnny Mann Singers reached no. 6 in August 1967.^[15] This rendition won aGrammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus in 1968, while the version by 5th Dimension won the Record of the Year.^[16]
• Frank Ifield released a cover version on EMI (UK) Columbia label as a 1967 A-side single (released on July 7, 1967).^[17]

• For a time,Dionne Warwick's song "I'll Never Love This Way Again" preceded reports about people with HIV/AIDS onRush Limbaugh’s radio show.^[18] These later became "condom updates", preceded by "Up, Up and Away".^[19]
• The song was adapted, with new lyrics, as an advertising jingle forTrans World Airlines, which then used "Up, Up, and Away — TWA" as its slogan.^[20] It was also adapted into a jingle in Australia for the now defunctTrans Australia Airlines in the 1970s.^[21][22][23]

• Guitar Tabs & Lyrics
• Images of 1967 Single

• 1967 songs
• 1967 singles
• Songs written by Jimmy Webb
• The 5th Dimension songs
• Grammy Award for Record of the Year
• Grammy Award for Song of the Year
• Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus
• Ballooning
• Songs used as jingles
• Number-one singles in Australia
• RPM Top Singles number-one singles

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles with hAudio microformats
• All articles with unsourced statements
• Articles with unsourced statements from November 2023