Sailing (Rod Stewart song)
| "Sailing" | ||||
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| Single by The Sutherland Bros. Band | ||||
| B-side | "Who's Crying Now" | |||
| Released | June 1972 | |||
| Format | 7", vinyl | |||
| Label | Island Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Gavin Sutherland | |||
| Producer | Muff Winwood | |||
| The Sutherland Bros. Band singles chronology | ||||
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| "Sailing" | ||||
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| Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
| from the album Atlantic Crossing | ||||
| B-side | "All in the Name of Rock 'N' Roll" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, Symphonic rock | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Gavin Sutherland | |||
| Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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"Sailing" is a song written by Gavin Sutherland and recorded by The Sutherland Bros. Band (featuring the Sutherland Brothers Gavin and Iain). Released in June 1972, it can be found on their album 'Lifeboat' released in the same year.[1]
Rod Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing, and it was subsequently a number one hit in the UK in September 1975 for four weeks.[2] The single returned to the UK top ten a year later when used as the theme music for the BBC documentary series Sailor, about HMS Ark Royal. Having been a hit twice, it remains Stewart's biggest-selling single in the UK.
The music video was shot in New York Harbour in 1975 and credited with a 1978 completion date; it also was one of the first to be aired on MTV when it launched on August 1, 1981.[3] However, despite Stewart's great popularity in the United States, the song never climbed higher than number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
The song was re-released by Stewart as a charity single after the Zeebrugge ferry disaster in 1987,[5] and was reworked by a group of musicians led by Steve Hackett as a protest song against the repatriation of Vietnamese boat people by Hong Kong in 1990.[6] Stewart performed the song at the Concert for Diana (a concert in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who had died 10 years earlier) at Wembley stadium on 1 July 2007.[7]
In the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, the band was playing this song as Hyacinth and Richard were trying to make it to the Queen Elizabeth 2.
Robin Trower covered the song for his "Long Misty Days" album.[8] The melody has been used for the chant "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care".[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Hardy, Phil; Laing, Dave (1976). The Encyclopedia of rock, Volume 3. Panther Books. p. 264.
- ^ "Rod Stewart - Sailing". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=6592. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "MTV flashback: Rod Stewart's Sailing". Nippertown. 1 August 2011. http://www.nippertown.com/2011/08/01/mtv-flashback-rod-stewarts-sailing/.
- ^ "Sailing - Rod Stewart". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/song/rod-stewart/sailing/590271#/song/rod-stewart/sailing/590271. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Crew member's body recovered from ferry". Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=di41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=6247,2837555&dq=rod-stewart+sailing+zeebrugge&hl=en.
- ^ "Song for boat people". The Age. 14 December 1989. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SclUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KZEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5375,5600893&dq=sailing+rod-stewart&hl=en.
- ^ Briggs, Caroline (2 July 2007). "Old and new stars celebrate Diana". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6259822.stm.
- ^ Atkinson, Terry (19 December 1976). "Pop Album Briefs". Los Angeles Times. Google Preview
- ^ Steer, Tim (27 August 2011). "Britain's pension funds should invest closer to home". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/8725843/Britains-pension-funds-should-invest-closer-to-home.html.
| Preceded by "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" by The Stylistics |
UK number one single (Rod Stewart version) September 6, 1975 for four weeks |
Succeeded by "Hold Me Close" by David Essex |
[edit] References
- ^ Hardy, Phil; Laing, Dave (1976). The Encyclopedia of rock, Volume 3. Panther Books. p. 264.
- ^ "Rod Stewart - Sailing". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=6592. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "MTV flashback: Rod Stewart's Sailing". Nippertown. 1 August 2011. http://www.nippertown.com/2011/08/01/mtv-flashback-rod-stewarts-sailing/.
- ^ "Sailing - Rod Stewart". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/song/rod-stewart/sailing/590271#/song/rod-stewart/sailing/590271. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Crew member's body recovered from ferry". Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=di41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=6247,2837555&dq=rod-stewart+sailing+zeebrugge&hl=en.
- ^ "Song for boat people". The Age. 14 December 1989. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SclUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KZEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5375,5600893&dq=sailing+rod-stewart&hl=en.
- ^ Briggs, Caroline (2 July 2007). "Old and new stars celebrate Diana". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6259822.stm.
- ^ Atkinson, Terry (19 December 1976). "Pop Album Briefs". Los Angeles Times. Google Preview
- ^ Steer, Tim (27 August 2011). "Britain's pension funds should invest closer to home". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/8725843/Britains-pension-funds-should-invest-closer-to-home.html.
[edit] External links
- Rod Stewart: Sailing (single) at Discogs (list of releases)
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