"Sail Away"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived
B-side"The Only One"[1]
ReleasedApril 7, 1979
GenreCountry
Length3:30
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Rafe Van Hoy
Producer(s)Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Come On In"
(1978) 		"Sail Away"
(1979) 		"Rhythm Guitar"
(1979)

"Sail Away" is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, 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] Kenny Rogers covered the song on his Love or Something Like It album.

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]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 3
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

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Whitburn, p. 293
  3. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 2, 1979". RPM. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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