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Sail On (song)

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Released
  
May 1979

Genre
  
Pop

Writer(s)
  
Lionel Richie

Format
  
7" single

Label
  
Motown

B-side
  
"Thumpin' Music" (US) "Captain Quick Draw" (UK)

"Sail On" is a Commodores song written by Lionel Richie from their 1979 album Midnight Magic. Released as the first of three singles from the album, it was produced by both Commodores and James Anthony Carmichael. The song reached the top ten on both the US and UK music charts that same year. Richie later recorded the song with Tim McGraw for 2012's Tuskegee.

Track listings

US 7" single

  1. "Sail On" – 3:57
  2. "Thumpin' Music" – 3:24

UK 7" single

  1. "Sail On" – 3:57
  2. "Captain Quick Draw" – 3:00

References

Sail On (song) Wikipedia