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"Sail On" is a Commodores song written by Lionel Richie from their 1979 album Midnight Magic. Released as the first of three singles from the album, it was produced by both Commodores and James Anthony Carmichael .
"Sail On, Sailor" (mislabeled "Sail On Sailor" on original pressings) is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. It was written primarily by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson with Ray Kennedy , Tandyn Almer , and Jack Rieley .
Sail on to victory, and sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray! Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh! Farewell to foreign Shores, we sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay; Through our last night ashore, drink to the foam, Until we meet once more, here's wishing you a happy voyage home! Blue of the mighty deep, Gold of God's great sun;
The final verse was written about Simon's then-wife Peggy Harper, who had noticed her first gray hairs ("Sail on, silvergirl"). [18] [19] It does not refer to a drug abuser's hypodermic needle, as is sometimes claimed. [20] The verse was Garfunkel's idea, but Simon reportedly did not like it. [21]
Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection is the fifth compilation from the band Kansas, originally released in 2004.Along with two CDs that include tracks from each one of the band's studio albums, the compilation also includes a 16-track companion DVD which features numerous television appearances, videos, and live recordings.
The group's only album for Maranatha, Sail On Sailor, was released in 1975 and featured album art by Rick Griffin. [2] The group toured extensively from 1970 to 1977. They disbanded in 1977 partly due to "road touring fatigue." [2] They reunited in 1980 to independently issue a second full-length album. Members Oden Fong and Lewis McVay went on ...
"Sailor" is the title of the English-language rendering of the 1959 schlager composition "Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" originally written in German by Werner Scharfenberger and lyricist Fini Busch : featuring lyrics in English by Norman Newell (writing as David West), "Sailor" would in 1961 afford Petula Clark her first UK #1 hit ...
"Sail" is an electronic rock [3] [4] and alternative rock [5] song featuring "industrial-tinged electropop". [6] While band frontman Aaron Bruno, has never spoken directly about the meaning of "Sail", he hinted at it in a 2016 interview, contemplating that people might want a darker twist to the songs on the radio at the time, remembering "playing the song for a producer friend . . . , and he ...