Sail Away (The Rasmus song)
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| Single by The Rasmus | ||
| from the album Hide from the Sun | ||
| Released | October 25, 2005 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:48 | |
| Label | Playground Music Scandinavia | |
| Writer(s) | Lauri Ylönen | |
| Producer(s) | Mikael Nord and Martin Hansen | |
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| The Rasmus singles chronology | ||
| "No Fear" (2005) |
"Sail Away" (2005) |
"Shot" (2006) |
Sail Away is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's sixth studio album Hide from the Sun on September 2, 2005.
The music video went #1 at MTV Latino in March 2006. It has also been a popular video on many other music channels in Europe.
The single was released on October 25, 2005 by Playground Music Scandinavia. The cover of the maxi single is different from the original version. The maxi single contains the PC-program "The Rasmus Player". The image in the box to the right is the original cover version. It is the second single from the album Hide from the Sun.
Sail Away is a slow and melodic song with violin. The strings were arranged by Jesper Nordenström and performed by Jakob Ruthberg, Anna S Wallgren, Roland Kress and Christian Bergqvist.
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[edit] Lyrical meaning
Singer-songwriter Lauri Ylönen explains that the song is a dirrerent kind of track from Hide from the Sun. [1] He remember when he played the song to the other band members in the rehearsal room and they really loved it. They kept the song very simple.
[edit] Track listing
CD-single
- "Sail Away"
- "Sail Away" (Benztown Mixdown)
Maxi single
- "Sail Away"
- "Sail Away" (Acoustic)
- "Sail Away" (Benztown Chillout Remix)
- "Lucifer's Angel"
[edit] Music video
The music video to Sail Away was shot on a beach in Riga, Latvia on 19th & 20th September 2005. It was directed by the young Berlin team Mathias Vielsäcker and Christoph Mangler.
In the video, some black butterflies fly away to the sea after singer Lauri Ylönen is shown walking slowly down a cold-looking beach, singing. He sees a man coming up onto the shore carrying an empty bird-cage and he carries on walking. He sees that man again, digging a grave and a woman standing near him. The woman jerks her head in Lauri's direction to him. Lauri also sees more odd happenings, such as two children dancing around a wood sculpture (possibly a pyre) in gas masks. The pyre has dolls in coffins hung on it. Lauri enters a shack, lucky enough to walk in just in time as a sand-storm occurs and seeps into the shack. Aki Hakala (drummer) and Eero Heinonen (bassist) both turn into sand-figures. At the end of the video, Aki's head and Eero's arms both fall off.
[edit] Sample clip
- Sail Away (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample of "Sail Away" from Hide from the Sun
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[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
| The Rasmus |
| Lauri Ylönen · Eero Heinonen · Pauli Rantasalmi · Aki Hakala |
| Janne Heiskanen |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Peep (1996) · Playboys (1997) · Hell of a Tester (1998) · Into (2001) · Dead Letters (2003) · Hide from the Sun (2005) · Seventh studio album (2008) |
| Compilation albums: Hell of a Collection (2001) |
| DVDs: Live Letters (2004) |
| Singles & EPs: 1995: 1st · 1996: 2nd · 3rd · 1997: Blue · Kola · Playboys · 1998: Ice · Liquid · 1999: Swimming with the Kids · 2001: F-F-F-Falling · Chill · Madness · 2002: Heartbreaker/Days · 2003: In the Shadows · In My Life · First Day of My Life · 2004: Funeral Song · Guilty · 2005: No Fear · Sail Away · 2006: Shot |
| Related articles |
| Lovestone · Dynasty · Hay and Stone · Mikael Nord · Martin Hansen · Teja Kotilainen · Killer · Kwan |
| Categories: The Rasmus · The Rasmus Songs |
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