The Song Thunderbird was released as the last track on Quiet Riot’s 1983 album Metal Health. The song is a tribute their former guitarist Randy Rhoads. Rhoads released two albums with Quiet Riot and then went to play guitar for Ozzy Osbourne. Randy Rhoads sadly passed away in a plane crash in 1982 o...
Hello, you, yes, it's me
You can't come back, you're flyin' free
You think you found
Everything that you need
Fly away, fly away
To your new home
Across the seas
Oh, leave your nest
Oh baby leave the best thing
That you've been
Fly on, thunderbird fly
Fly on, spread your wings to the sky
Fly on, thunderbird fly
On your own and I'm alone
In the shadow of what we done
And I can't help but think
That someday you'll be back home
Fly away, fly away
To your new home
Across the bay
And give your best
Ooh, baby leave the best thing
That you've been
Fly on, thunderbird fly
Fly on, spread your wings to the sky
Fly on, thunderbird fly
Fly on
When all is said, all is done
Still I live and carry on
Don't look back but think of me
We'll meet again, fly away
Fly on, thunderbird fly
Fly on, spread your wings to the sky
Fly on, thunderbird fly
Fly on, thunderbird fly
(You've got fly away)
Fly on, spread your wings to the sky
(On to the sky)
Fly on Thunderbird
(Fly)
Thunderbird was written by Kevin DuBrow.
Thunderbird was produced by Spencer Proffer.
Quiet Riot released Thunderbird on Thu Mar 24 1983.
Bassist Rudy Sarzo explained to Guitar World that “Thunderbird” was the launching point for Metal Health:
“Thunderbird” was written after Randy [Rhoads] left when Kevin [DuBrow] was calling his band DuBrow instead of Quiet Riot … I got a phone call from Kevin, and he said, ‘Hey, do you want to come...