Fear of Flying (album) Mýa recorded by the same name — not from Erica Jong's 1973 novel of the same name. During an interview with "Billboard", which discussed the name, Mýa noted that while she had not been aware of the book, she later "started reading it and noticed a lot of similarities: ""Fear of Flying" is a metaphor for the ups and downs of life. It's about handling things like an adult, knowing you must have faith to make anything happen." Interscope hired photographer and director David LaChapelle to shoot the images for the album's packaging. While she admired the work of Dave
Fear of Flying (album) biggest single-week Nielsen SoundScan tally and had bested her debut album's biggest single-week tally which scanned 64,868 during the holiday season of 1998. In its second and third week, "Fear of Flying" moved estimated 42,784 and 33,907 additional units. Thirteen weeks after its release, the album sat at number 109 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies to retailers on June 8, 2000. By the end of the year, "Fear of Flying" had sold roughly 886,938 copies. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on March 28, 2001 and