"Castles in the Air" is a song by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, which he originally released as a single in 1971 and subsequently re-recorded and re-released a decade later.

Although native to the city, he decides to forsake not only his urban 'castle in the air' but also his love interest there.

Because of his desire for and love of a country life, he decides to seek romance with a like-minded woman.

After the success of the "American Pie" single, "Castles in the Air" was included as the B-side to its follow-up, "Vincent", and received enough radio airplay to reach the Hot 100 chart as a "flip".

"Castles in the Air" became McLean's final pop hit before his genre shift to country music in the mid-1980s.