[2] Scottish hard rock band Nazareth reworked the song in 1973 to make it their own with a powerful, driving hard-rock treatment which was a hit in Canada, Germany (where it reached number one) and the UK.
You remember them: the gap-toothed vocalist, Dan McCafferty, had hair like a kitchen scourer and a voice to match.
Among the tracks on their 1973 album Loud 'n' Proud, produced by the former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover, is a taut version of "This Flight".
"We used to listen to Joni as we were travelling round in the van," recalls Nazareth's bass-player, Pete Agnew.
Joni paid the Scottish band the greatest compliment after "This Flight Tonight" became a worldwide hit for them, touching down at No 11 in the UK.