Walking in the Air Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book "The Snowman". The song forms the centrepiece of "The Snowman", which has become a seasonal favourite on British and Finnish television. The story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. "Walking in the Air" is the theme for the journey. They attend a party of snowmen, at which
Walking on Air (Katy Perry song) described the song as "frothy". Marah Eakin from "The A.V. Club" commented that "when Perry does stretch [...] she tends to falter", and mentioned "Walking on Air" and "Dark Horse" as examples. Consequence of Sound's Chris Bosman described the song as a "vanilla re-interpretation of Hercules and Love Affair". Helen Brown from "The Daily Telegraph" classified "Walking on Air" as a "forgettable bit of Nineties rave nostalgia", while James Reed from "The Boston Globe" deemed it "buoyant", and ABC News music writer Mesfin Fekadu called it "irresistible". Kyle Anderson from "Entertainment Weekly" described the track as a "David Guetta-esque blast