Sail Away (Randy Newman song)

"Sail Away"
Single by Randy Newman
from the album Sail Away
Released1972 (1972)
GenreOrchestral pop[1]
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Randy Newman

"Sail Away" is a song by Randy Newman, the title track to his 1972 album. In a 1972 review in Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden describes "Sail Away" as presenting "the American dream of a promised land as it might have been presented to black Africa in slave running days."[2]

  1. ^ Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updated ed.). Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  2. ^ Holder, Stephen. "Sail Away". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2019.