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 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Rafe VanHoy | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Chancey | |||
| The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"Sail Away" is a song written by Rafe VanHoy, and first recorded by American country music artist Sam Neely. Neely's version was released in September 1977. The single peaked at number 98 on Hot Country Songs and 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
It was later covered by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in April 1979 as the first single from their album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived. The song spent thirteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at number two. In Canada, the song spent three weeks at the number one position on the RPM Country Tracks chart, reaching that position on the June 2, 1979 chart.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 29 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 8 |
| Preceded by | RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 2-June 30, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" by Ronnie Milsap |
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