Up Up and Away - Hot air Balloons

[belianis]

After five decades, this is still one of the happiest songs I have ever heard.

[ISEE4ISAW]

AWESOME video. Great photos... Thank you for sharing this!

[ManouOeschger]

I also did a balloon ride!!We hit a roof!!!!! i was sooo scared. I have a video on my channel! check it out!

[academysounds]

2010 balloon crop circle gave a prediction for 2012. 11 people in a balloon hit a power line and turned into a fireball hitting the earth in New Zealand today. People are not meant to fly in hot air balloons you are meant to teach your souls to fly divine.

[64804jonjon]

@academysounds A lot more people die in cars than balloons, so does that mean people are not meant to ride in them?

[555paint]

when was this released? 70? 71?

[MeloCloud]

Kid Cudi WOOOOOOOOO! <3

[holtcatblade]

up up and away in my beautiful motor boat,motor boat!! Classic Homer

[JazzyJeff2891]

Carlton from Fresh Prince actually danced to this song! lol The episode is called Grumpy Young Men

[FREEASTHESTARS]

I love this song- so classic! :D Thanks so much for posting this!

[MsKimberly4191]

wow i cant believe i was face-booking while listening to this song! I was missing out on all the balloon pictures. Had to re-play.

[GoddessMoney]

The song is excellent!!! And very original, instead of the same old worn out content. I will be listning to this when I go to the Hot Air Ballon Festival in Lake Havasu City in January!!!

[MotownConnoisseur30]

I love how people hate this song, yet it won the Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year

[x1307x]

@MotownConnoisseur30

Really? I'm 56 yrs old. I don't remember ANYONE not liking this song. My group of friends absolutely loved The 5th Dimension. We were mostly white guys (grin).

[MotownConnoisseur30]

@x1307x  I've always loved this song and the 5th Dimension. Now that's a group that doesn't get the recognition they deserve!

[1mikie19]

This is Alan Harper's Ringtone on Two and a Half Men.

[mserovey1]

These pictures are making me regret the fact that I have never been on a hot air baloon ride.

[mstrshredder]

My girlfriend thinks I'm totally gay for liking this song....

[Pattywalsh100]

@mstrshredder haha my brother sings that in the shower :P

[DarksideCookiez]

Lol cheesy song, but good pictures.

[CrookyJr]

Dave! Yognaught was here!

[2046november]

I love this song.

[ByteMeMarshan]

Cmon you have to be special to right a song about your balloon and make it really groovy!!!!!!

[fraankie1]

I am Dave(!) Yognaught!!

[Griefers4u]

@fraankie1 SIMON SINGS THIS WHENEVER HE GETS IN A HOT aIR BALLON LOL z deserves 100000 like :L

[lasurfgrl]

love it, love it, love it!!!!

[Michellequin]

DUDE MY SIS AND BEST FRIEND WERE LISTENING TO THIS AND I FOUND IT AND TURNED IT ON!!!! WE'RE ALL ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[habbohallo]

nice prodigy took parts of this :D

[Javimarueda]

Ahhhh the good old hippie days when life was so much simpler. Wonderful song, thank you!!!!!!!

[eddygggg]

Etihad use this tune here in the UAE. It's bloody annoying

[MVR326]

@eddygggg TWA bought the rights to this in the 60s and used it as well. They even changed their slogan to ''up up and away''

does Etihad use this version?

[kfag101]

great stoner song!

[scufitaverde]

i just fund out that prodigy were inspired by this song ;)

[1PartAngel]

Great job, I'm inspired!

[GoddessMoney]

I have driven through New Mexico during the Ballon festival, and it is very beautiful to see so many colorfull ballons in the air all at once. A must add to anyone's Bucket List.

[apophissssahara]

im so excited im soon to do this cant wait.

[THENINTENDOLUMINARY]

lol onlive

[monicamonni]

Happy oldie - so innocent! - spells "freedom" :0)))))))

[thelonearranger1]

I LOVE this song, and these are great pictures.

I especially like :16, 2:17, and 2:27

[mar1234567891000]

Ew it's ugly =0- i like balloons but hate this song!!!!

[mar1234567891000]

Ew it's ugly =0-

[friedie1jeff]

FANTASTIC!

[1mexorgullosdad1]

Who wants to ride in my Ballon?

[GavinS1965]

Thank the LOrtd Satan for Black Sabbath!

[LoveBeing53]

Wonderful work!

I loved it!

and share with my friends in facebook!

Love!

Gil -from Israel :-)

[MERKOLA]

HOT RIDE by Prodigy is better

[tab9991]

FOR WE CAN FLYYYYY

[fab4fan4ever64]

Looks like I'll have to add a new thing to my bucket list... this looks like lots of fun !!

[cruiseguyhawaii]

WOW! Major flashback to 1967. Sorta makes me want to take a ride in an elevator! LOL

[aviationwingnut]

WOW!!!!! I've got to get to New Mexico for that balloon fest. Better yet, I wish I could trade my private pilot hours for balloon pilot hours. Hell, I could never afford a fixed wing 152 and have no clue what a balloon costs. I just like the balloons.

[Metube8880]

Beautiful, just Lovely !!! Thx for sharing !!!!

[ElimRem]

Thumbs up if you have a balloon fettish!

[aviationwingnut]

Now, that's WAY cool!!!! I know how to fly but, have never been in a hot air balloon nor a helicopter. Someone mentioned that the accompanying song was cheesy. I don't think so. I remember it from when I was little. Not much music like that around these days.

[anubis502502]

I should hate this song, it really is cheesy.

But for some reason I love both the song and the video!

[runescapefory]

i say yes for a ride in a hot air balloon so gimme a ride!

[luvthoseclips]

I used to live in Las Vegas, could the mountain scenes towards the end of this video be "Sunrise Mountain"? I've seen hot air balloons in the skies of Vegas but not THIS MANY! I miss Vegas, moved away in 1994 & I now regret the move.

[zhainekid]

the pictures are AWESOME! the music is wierd tho

[itsAndrogyn]

The blinking flower baloon is adorable!!

[n2441e]

Man, I HATE that song. It's so cheesy. - But I liked the shots, so now I don't feel like I need to kill someone =)

[sedona74]

@n2441e jeffer dalhmer in training are we???:)  jk all in fun my dear

[n2441e]

@sedona74 Nope... starting a whole NEW breed of killer. All the other ones are sloppy >=)

[zhainekid]

soooo cool

[zhainekid]

my little brother loves this..... when its over he says uh-oh<3

[JaneDoe1965]

love is song.. was it a cm. for PANAM???

[spacequeen]

Nicely done! &hearts;

[luckyvet]

highest quality youtube recording of this song.

A++

[RamonaFromPomona]

Beautiful pictures for one of my favorite songs. Thanks for sharing.

[Cooleemee43]

Look in the sky, it is balooooooooon!

[floityte]

This is one of the neatest videos. AWESOME !!!!

[kfag101]

This is about an erect penis!

[danobsboyfriend]

@kfag101 I fuck my boyfriend arse all night to this song.

[ryan23791]

@kfag101 Here we go again...more nonsense from assclowns like you.

[kfag101]

@ryan23791 google it asshole!

[ryan23791]

@kfag101 You're just wrong. You nay not it know it, but your wrong. oK, FAG?

[kfag101]

@ryan23791 suck my erect penis!! lol

[warwicksunrise]

Hi I really do like this song a lot up in away my Beautiful Balloon

[kfag101]

great uplifiting song! great stoned and sober!

[zarakhast]

Wow, what a fantastic video. I absolutely love this song and this video really does it justice !

[Leopardsand]

You should come to the Albuquerque balloon fiesta! It's the most amazing event, and most of the time it's beautiful weather. Thanks for posting, it's a great video!

[chemkouv]

Hot Ride - The Prodigy...

[neweast1]

beautiful,did an amazing job with photos

[culpit]

Mixing a great song with all those beautiful balloon photographs was like Heaven. :)

[sail027li]

Damn, visceral memories of when I was really little in the late 60's

[geonerd]

Gotta love the Heene family theme song!

[Jeansieguy]

This was the jingle used by TAA (Trans Australian Airways) in the 1970s...

[Jeansieguy]

Maybe TAA didn't have any planes?

[MoDiva38]

This reminds me of being a little girl in Chicago back in the 70's...wonderful!!

[Halpin2006]

That is one thing I have GOT to do before I die. Attend the Festival of 1000 Balloons in Albequerqe, New Mexico!!!

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love flying high?

(2) Why some of us enjoy flying balloons and airship instead of jumbo jets?

(3) What is the enjoyment of sensations to fly in balloons that cannot be enjoyed by flying in aeroplane?

(4) If Flight Simulator has a "flying balloon" to pilot, will this be attractive to girls as well as elderly players?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

[MADDOG6400]

The only way I knew this song was because it was featured on an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" were Carlton starts dancing to this song and Will looks at him as if he's an idiot! Lol.

[soberbunny92]

This is lovely and so well made. Thank you so much, I'm using it in my Physics project tomorrow for school!

[jettwonder]

I love this song. I hope to go up, up and away in an airplane in 2010!

[chkjns]

jettwonder - what you love here is the MAGIC sound of the Bossa Nova beat !

I have only recently realized how many hits were based on this sound. Check out my playlist..................

Bossa Nova - the Magic Beat

Brazil sent us a fantastic gift with the introduction of Bossa Nova !

[neweast1]

always reminds me of twa nice video

[FREEASTHESTARS]

I LOVEE THISS! <3

[neweast1]

father is a moroon.leave the kid alone his only 6 for g sakes,however it does give credance to the air forces theories on ufo sightings.

[eguevara4803]

balloon boy!!

[gufok]

this song beat beatles in grammy

[andyboeing747]

just saw Jimmy Webb sing this with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra ,, GREAT!!!!

[DragonJamez]

I first heard this song in The Simpsons episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (Season 7). It involves a number of key changes and chord changes I've LOVED for as long as I can remember! Board a hot-air balloon, AND FLY UP, UP AND AWAY!

[nakluts]

ALBUQUERQUE!

[bluebirdcanflyphotos]

Love the pictures, especially the reflections of the balloons! Take care, Linda

[1lemurian]

Activating the pineal gland, A.K.A. the "third eye" will release Natural DMT.

Some are haters, some are idiots. These days, I'd say for lack of knowledge the people perish!

[Doglovr22]

balloonfest

[madcrazy1672]

Must be the effect of the LSD hitting the nervous system. Possibly astral projection?

[henrysinaga]

Whoa lots of balloons

[mardybirdy]

this is probably the cheeriest vid ob youtube!

you couldnt possibly feel sad watching this.....

[rayjr62]

And the 5th Dimension included Ms. Marilyn McCoo, one of the most beautiful voices and finest looking women to have ever walked the planet.

[camcameron71]

now days people say Beyonce is good looking, in Marilyn McCoo's youth she blew Beyonce away in the looks department.

[rayjr62]

I still stand by what I posted a month ago. She was one of the finest looking women to ever walk the planet- along with Brenda Holloway. Beyonce couldn't touch either one of them.

[songster54]

This was the Fifth Dimension's first major hit. If i remember correctly, it made it all the way up to #1 on the Boston Top 40 charts thanks to the constant airplay it received on WMEX and WRKO which were the two main Top 40 stations in Boston in 1967. It made the Top 10 on the Billboard charts but for some reason it was really promoted and took off big in Boston.

[rayjr62]

I am 46 and I remember when Der Weinerschnitzel, a hot dog / fast food chain, gave out LPs (with a $4.00 purchase, I think) to all customers as a "promotional" item that corresponded with the release of this song. I think they ever ran TV ads promoting the sale. If memory serves me, there were several 5th Dimension songs as well as some tunes by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, plus Chris Montez.

[AvlDao]

And it went on to snare the biggest Grammy Award, "Record Of The Year," as well as "Song of the Year" for writer, Jimmy "MacArthur Park" Webb.

[maeusesheriff]

This is the song of my life. I want them to play it at my funeral. And when I arrive in my heavenly room this song will play for me.

[skyler1586]

Lol this is my favorite song.

[csebrigh]

i love......i love..

[FantasyBalloonFlight]

Come for a breathtaking balloon ride with Fantasy Balloon Flights! Our balloon is center at 1:58!!

[PrincessBDF]

pretty......WHAT A LAME SONG!!!!!!!!!!!

[graciedaddy6]

This is wonderful! Great work!!

[VenusBlue4u]

Oh my, I was just cruising through looking for this song and found this lovely video...beautiful balloons

[missthat5islandfeel]

Thank you so much. This song is not even my generation. I was looking for this song for a long time. didn't know who sang this song. now i know. I thought the song was called 'red balloon'.