title: Make My Heart Fly
text: # Make My Heart Fly
  
  "Make My Heart Fly" is a song by Scottish music duo the Proclaimers. Originally released on the band's 1987 album This Is the Story, "Make My Heart Fly" saw a more complete, full-band release as a single in 1988.
  
  ## Versions
  
  ### Album version
  
  The version of "Make My Heart Fly" featured on This Is the Story was performed in the same stripped-back acoustic vein as the rest of the record, featuring as its sole instrumentation the backing vocals and acoustic guitar of Charlie Reid, and the lead vocals of Craig Reid.
  
  ### Single version
  
  For release as a single in 1988, "Make My Heart Fly" saw a longer version recorded with a full-band arrangement.
  
  ## Cover versions
  
  Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies covered "Make My Heart Fly" for their 1988 demo album Buck Naked.
  
  ## Reception
  
  In 1989, Bill Wyman of Chicago Reader described "Make My Heart Fly" as "a painted love song [...] of heroic intensity" and "one of the high points" of the album.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Album version
  
  * Craig Reid - vocals
  * Charlie Reid - vocals, acoustic guitar
  
  Single version
  
  * Craig Reid - vocals
  * Charlie Reid - vocals, 12-string guitar
  * Arun Ahman - drums, percussion
  * Hugh Burns - electric guitars
  * Ian Maidman - bass, keyboard
  * Gary Taylor - acoustic guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1987) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | UK Singles (OCC) | 63 |
  