747 (Strangers in the Night)

About 747 (Strangers in the Night)

"747 (Strangers in the Night)" is a song by Saxon from their 1980 album Wheels of Steel. It is one of the few Saxon songs that has been played on every tour since its release. Lyrically, the song tells a story about a power cut that forced planes in New York City to remain in ascent in 1965 with the power outage, forcing a Scandinavian flight to detour to Kennedy airport in the dark. The flight mentioned, "Scandinavian 101", was actually Scandinavian Airlines flight 911 and was likely flown on a Douglas DC-8, as the 747 was still under development at the time and only entered commercial airline service in 1969, four years after the outage. The incident caused a major overhaul in safety and prompted the usage of reserve fuel tanks, as Scandinavian 911 almost used up all its fuel. more »

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1982

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We got a 747 coming down in the night
There's no power, there's no runway lights
Radio operator try to get a message through
Tell the flight deck New York has no lights

There's no power, what do we do
A 747 coming down in the night
Try to get a message through
We were strangers in the night

Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
We were strangers in the night

Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
This is Scandinavian 101

Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sun
Kennedy, you should be in sight
We can't see a thing here in the night
Navigator says we're on the flight path

There's no radio, no sign of life
This is Sandinavian 101
For Gods sake get the ground lights on
'Cause we were strangers in the night

Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
We were strangers in the night

Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
There's a 747 goin' into the night

There's no power they don't know why
They've no fuel they gotta land soon
They can't land by the light of the moon
They're overshooting there's no guiding lights

Set a course into the night
Scandanavian 101
For Gods sake get your ground lights on
We were strangers in the night

Lost on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
We were strangers in the night

Lost on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
Strangers in the night

We were strangers in the night
Strangers in the night
We were strangers in the night
Strangers in the night

Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
We were strangers in the night

Flight 101
Strangers in the night going nowhere

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Saxon

Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single "Motorcycle Man" stayed in the charts for over 5 months. They still tour regularly and have sold more than 13 million albums worldwide. Saxon have also influenced many bands such as Metallica and Megadeth.[dead link] more »

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