Sail On

E293125
single song

"Sail On" is a 1979 soft rock and soul ballad by the Commodores, featuring Lionel Richie and known for its smooth, country-tinged sound and themes of heartbreak and moving on.

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Label Occurrences
Sail On canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Midnight Magic (album) ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Magic
artist The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 9 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 4 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart 5 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardR&B 8 ⓘ
composer Lionel Richie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1970s ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBPM ~74 ⓘ
hasMusicalElement acoustic guitar ⓘ
string arrangement ⓘ
hasMusicalInfluence country ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle smooth ⓘ
hasNotableLyric I gave you my heart and I tried to make you happy ⓘ
Sail on down the line ⓘ
hasTheme heartbreak ⓘ
moving on ⓘ
romantic breakup ⓘ
includedInAlbum Midnight Magic (album) ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Magic
key G major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Lionel Richie ⓘ
length 4:02 ⓘ
performer The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
performerMember Lionel Richie ⓘ
Milan Williams ⓘ
Ronald LaPread ⓘ
Thomas McClary ⓘ
Walter Orange ⓘ
William King ⓘ
producer The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores

James Anthony Carmichael ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-08-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
vocalist Lionel Richie ⓘ
writer Lionel Richie ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Commodores → notableWork → Sail On ⓘ
The Commodores → hasHitSingle → Sail On ⓘ
Still → followsSingle → Sail On ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
Lionel Richie live setlists → typicallyIncludeSong → Sail On ⓘ