Sail Away (The Rasmus song)

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"Sail Away"
Single by The Rasmus
from the album Hide from the Sun
Released	October 25, 2005
Recorded	2005 at Nord Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Alternative rock Symphonic rock Soft rock
Length	3:48
Label	Playground Music
Songwriter(s)	Aki Hakala, Eero Heinonen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Lauri Ylönen
Producer(s)	Mikael Nord Martin Hansen
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 song was written by the lead singer Lauri Ylönen. Sail away was 2nd on the United States singles list in 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 adjacent box is the original cover. It is the second single from the album Hide from the Sun.

"Sail Away" is a slow and melodic song with violin featured. The strings were arranged by Jesper Nordenström and performed by Jakob Ruthberg, Anna S Wallgren, Roland Kress and Christian Bergqvist.