"I Am Pegasus" is a pop rock song written and recorded by American-Australian singer-songwriter Ross Ryan, which was issued as a single in September 1973 ahead of his third album, My Name Means Horse (February 1974).[1] It was produced by Peter Dawkins for EMI Music Australia, which peaked at No. 2 on the Australian charts.
| "I Am Pegasus" | ||||
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| Single by Ross Ryan | ||||
| from the album My Name Means Horse | ||||
| B-side | "Country Christine Waltz" | |||
| Released | September 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
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| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ross Ryan | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Dawkins | |||
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Ryan told APRAP's Debbie Kruger in March 2002 how he had merged two songs, "One was about the fact that I had just discovered that Ross means horse... also at the time I was having a really disastrous attempt at a relationship with an air hostess... [I was] getting nowhere with them, so I combined them and got a flying horse. And I came up with Pegasus... I looked up all the things that rhymed with Pegasus and I got Dimitrius and Sagittarius."[2] The writing process took the artist about two months and after Dawkins heard it, the producer felt, "it was the obvious single."[2]
Track listing
editAll track were written by Ross Ryan.[3]
- I Am Pegasus - 3:25
- Country Christine Waltz - 4:14[4]
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 2 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6][7] | 14 |
References
edit- ^ Johnson, Chris (1 November 2014). "Ross Ryan: 'I am Pegasus' legend comes to Canberra". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b Kruger, Debbie (March 2002). "They Wrote the Songs: Songwriters discuss the stories and inspirations behind their most famous songs". APRAP. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "'I Am Pegasus' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 30 July 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
- ^ "Ross Ryan – 'I Am Pegasus'". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. 30 December 1974. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 426. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.