Sail Away (Sam Neely song)
| "Sail Away" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
| from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived | ||||
| B-side | "The Only One"[1] | |||
| Released | April 7, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter | Rafe Van Hoy | |||
| Producer | Ron Chancey | |||
| The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"Sail Away" is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, and first recorded by Sam Neely in 1977. The single peaked at number 98 on Hot Country Songs and 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Kenny Rogers recorded it for Love or Something Like It.
It was then covered by The Oak Ridge Boys, and was the first single from The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived in April 1979. It spent thirteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number two. In Canada, the song spent three weeks in the number one position on the RPM Country Tracks chart, reaching that position on the June 2, 1979 chart.[3] Rogers' version was singled in the United Kingdom and is included on The Kenny Rogers Singles Album.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 2 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 29 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 8 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1979) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 39 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Whitburn, p. 293
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 2, 1979". RPM. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.