Mighty Wings

"Mighty Wings"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Top Gun (soundtrack)
B-side	"Dog Fight #3"
Released	1986
Format	7", 12"
Genre	Heavy metal, power pop
Length	3:50
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Harold Faltermeyer, Mark Spiro
Producer(s)	Harold Faltermeyer
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"How About You" (1985) "Mighty Wings" (1986) "It's Only Love" (1986)
Alternative Cover Japanese cover of "Mighty Wings"

"Mighty Wings" is a single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1986 as the final single from the soundtrack of the film "Top Gun". The track was written by German musician, composer and producer Harold Faltermeyer and American songwriter/producer Mark Spiro.

The "Top Gun" soundtrack peaked at #1 in America, with the first "Top Gun" single "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins being a big success, peaking at #2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 while the following single "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin peaked at #1 and the third single "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Loverboy peaked at #12. As the next release, "Mighty Wings" was chosen to continue the soundtrack's commercial success.

The single failed to make a national impact, failing to chart at all. No further singles were released from the album.

No music video was created for the single, unlike the previous "Top Gun" singles.

The band never performed the song live, and neither has the song appeared on any Cheap Trick release other than the single.

In August 2009, the song was unofficially uploaded to YouTube where it has gained over 800,000 views since.

As indicated by the title, the song's lyrics are related to the film's theme.

During an interview by MTV's Alan Hunter with guitarist Rick Nielsen and vocalist Robin Zander, from Spring Break in Daytona, Nielsen mentioned "Mighty Wings", stating "We just finished a song in the studio last night with Harold Faltermeyer, recording a song for his movie called "Top Gun" which has Tom Cruise in it, and so the song we did was called "Mighty Wings". We didn't write it but we did it, and it sounds pretty cool. That's coming out this summer."

Both tracks were produced by Harold Faltermeyer. Mark Spiro, who co-wrote "Mighty Wings" with Faltermeyer, would later work with Cheap Trick vocalist Robin Zander in writing two tracks; one titled "Walkin' Shoes" which appeared on Zander's 1993 solo album "Robin Zander", whilst the other "Ride the Pony" was written for the solo album but never used, later being recorded by Cheap Trick for their 1994 album "Woke up with a Monster". The song "Walkin' Shoes" was later re-recorded for Zander's unreleased 2010 solo album Countryside Blvd.