The Free Design - Kites Are Fun (1970)

“Kites Are Fun“ is a song by American group The Free Design from their debut studio album by the same name. Kites Are Fun“ is a 2-minute-41-second soft pop song switching between the keys of E major and A major, with a tempo of 138 beats per minute. The vocals range from F#3 to B4. The song is carried by instruments such as acoustic guitar, tambourines, bass guitar, soft drums and a flute. The song, written by Chris Dedrick and produced by Enoch Light, is themed off of childhood and uses kites to symbolize youth, innocence and memories, describing a group of children, presumably the Dedrick siblings, running, laughing and flying kites in a field far away from their parents because they “don’t realize how fun kites are.“ On the B-side is a song titled “The Proper Ornaments.“ Reception and charts[edit source] A writer for Billboard magazine called it an “interesting rhythm item by a unique pop group,“ said it had “some of the f