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]

Music

The original album recording features an ostinato piano part, played by Newman (who also sings the lyrics), accompanied by a full orchestra (strings, winds and brass) for harmonic and melodic fills. It features a set of relatively simple (for Newman) chord changes in the blues-country-rock-gospel progression that Newman is so well known for.

Significance

"Sail Away" has been widely praised by critics and Newman fans as one of his finest works. It is often cited among the best tracks on one of his best albums. Like many Newman songs, the relative simplicity and "hominess" of the music contrast powerfully with the emotional fortitude of the lyrics. Greil Marcus wrote in his 1975 book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music that the song is "like a vision of heaven superimposed on hell."[3]

"Sail Away" has been covered by many artists in live performances, notably, Ray Charles, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Etta James, Frankie Miller, Roseanna Vitro, Bobby Doyle, Linda Ronstadt, Ann Wilson, Dave Van Ronk, Harry Nilsson, and Dave Matthews. On her first solo album, Gladys Knight covered it as part of a medley with Allen Toussaint's song "Freedom for the Stallion", which shares themes of the slave trade.

Bobby Darin covered the song on his last album before he died in 1973, Motown's Bobby Darin.[4] Newman later said, "Bobby Darin could sing, but he did 'Sail Away,' and, well... I don't think he understood it. He did it like was a happy song about coming to America."[5]

Upon its release as a single, Record World said that the song "is simply superb."[6]

In 2011 it was listed at number 268 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7]

References

  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.
  3. ^ Marcus, Greil (1975). Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. E.P. Dutton & Co. ISBN 0142181587.
  4. ^ "Billboard Album reviews". Billboard. August 19, 1972. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  5. ^ "Randy Newman's 20 essential songs". The Telegraph. September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. July 8, 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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