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"Sailing" is a 1979 soft rock song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his self-titled debut album (1979), which was already certified gold by this time.
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles " Sailing " (1979), and " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " (from the 1981 film Arthur ) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot ...
The first single from the album, "Sailing" was an international hit, notably in the UK, where it was number one for four weeks in September 1975. It returned to the UK chart in 1976 and, with less success, in 1987. "Sailing" remains Stewart's biggest single hit in the UK, but was not a top 40 hit in his newly adopted US homeland.
Christopher Cross in 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary' "The original demos I did, all the songs ended up on the record," Cross, 73, says in the documentary, which premiered Nov. 13 at the DOC NYC festival.
“Sailing” singer Christopher Cross says he found the term “yacht rock” to be kitschy at first, but has since come to appreciate it. Price says the others mostly agreed: “They have come ...
"All Right" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in January 1983 as the lead single from the album, Another Page . On the heels of his Grammy winning first album, [ 1 ] and following his #1 hits "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (The Best that You Can Do)" , expectations were strong enough ...
Christopher Cross and the Columbus Symphony performance at Picnic With the Pops highlighted the singer-songwriter's poignant and familiar catalog.
The lyrics of the song tell the story of a condemned criminal on the run to Mexico. Told from a first-person point of view, it describes how an outlaw and convicted multiple murderer, on the run from a death-by-hanging sentence, has to "ride like the wind" to reach "the border of Mexico". Cross was high on LSD when he wrote the lyrics. "We were ...