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) remained on "Billboard" 200 album chart for 52 consecutive weeks. As of May 2003, "Fear of Flying" has sold 1.2 million copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Fear of Flying" was ranked the 144th best-selling album of 2000 and the following year the 178th best-selling in the United States. Internationally, "Fear of Flying" charted moderately. In Switzerland, the album debuted at number 84, before peaking at number 33 and spent a total of 16 consecutive weeks on the Swiss Albums Chart. It debuted at number 54 on the Australian Albums Chart and reached number 28 in