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Sail Away (Sam Neely song)

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'"Sail Away"' is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, and first recorded by American country music artist Sam Neely. Neely's version was released in September 1977. The single peaked at number 98 on Hot Country Songs and 84 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.Whitburn, p. 293 Kenny Rogers covered the song on his 'Love or Something Like It' album.

It was later covered by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in April 1979 as the first single from their album 'The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived'. The song spent thirteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at number two. In Canada, the song spent three weeks at the number one position on the 'RPM' Country Tracks chart, reaching that position on the June 2, 1979 chart.

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