Sailing (Rod Stewart song)
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| "Sailing" | ||
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| Single by Rod Stewart | ||
| from the album Atlantic Crossing | ||
| B-side(s) | "All in the Name of Rock 'N' Roll" | |
| Released | 1975 | |
| Length | 4:30 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Writer(s) | Gavin Sutherland | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||
| Mine For Me (1974) |
Sailing (1975) |
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) (1976) |
"Sailing" is a song written by Gavin Sutherland. Rod Stewart recorded the song for his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing, and was a number one hit in the UK in August 1975 for four weeks. 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 became Stewart's biggest-selling single in the UK. Its music video was shot in New York Harbor in 1975, and credited with a 1978 completion date; [1] it also was one of the first to be aired on MTV when it launched on August 1, 1981. In the British comedy "Keeping Up Appearances" during the cruise episode, the band was playing this song while Hyacinth and Richard missed the ship when it was leaving the dock.
| Preceded by: "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" by The Stylistics |
UK number one single August 31, 1975 |
Succeeded by: "Hold Me Close" by David Essex |
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