Time Flies (album)
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Time Flies is the third studio album by Vaya Con Dios
Vaya Con Dios (band)
Vaya Con Dios is a Belgian musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt . Their name is Spanish for "Go with God"...

. Even more than the previous album, this is a melancholic album and is more gypsy and soul
Soul music
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 oriented. The reason for the theme is because Vaya Con Dios was mainly the partnership of Dani Klein with Dirk Schoufs and in 1991 the pair decided to go their separate ways. On 24 May 1991 Schoufs, who was only 29, died from AIDS
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 because he had become HIV
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-positive due to his heroin addiction.

The album did very well and was their first number one album in the Netherlands and was the number one album in Switzerland for five weeks and the band embarks on their first world tour in 1993. Time Flies was the first album from Vaya Con Dios which did not end with a song in French.

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Time Flies" 3:39
2. "Forever Blue" 3:58
3. "Farewell Song" 3:09
4. "So Long Ago" 2:55
5. "Still a Man" 3:36
6. "Heading for a Fall" 3:42
7. "Mothers and Daughters" 2:31
8. "Listen" 3:19
9. "Bold and Untrue" 3:08
10. "Muddy Waters" 3:17
11. "For You" 3:10
12. "Brave Jane" 3:16
13. "At the Parallel" 2:57

Chart performance

Chart Date Peak position Certification
Dutch Album Top 100
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September 1992 8 Platinum
Swiss Album Charts
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April 10, 1992 1 (5 weeks) 3 x Platinum
Austrian Top 40
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November 22, 1992 4  
Norwegian VG-lista
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February 1993 11  
Swedish Sverigetopplistan
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January 27, 1993 13  
Hungarian Albums Chart
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February 22, 1993 12  
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