Sailing (Christopher Cross song)
- Sailing (Christopher Cross song)
Infobox Single
Name = Sailing
Caption = "Sailing" single cover art
Artist = Christopher Cross
from Album = Christopher Cross
A-side = "Sailing"
B-side = "Poor Shirley"
Released = 1980
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Soft rock
Pop
Length = 4:14
Label = Warner Bros.
Writer = Christopher Cross
Producer = Michael Omartian
Certification =
Chart position =
* #1 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ARC Weekly Top 40)
Last single = "Ride Like the Wind"
(1980)
This single = "Sailing"
(1980)
Next single =
Misc =Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Sailing by Christopher Cross.ogg
"Sailing" is a #1 Easy Listening single, written and performed by Christopher Cross on his 1980 eponymous debut album. The song was a phenomenal hit, winning Grammys for best new record, song, and arrangement of the year. VH1 named this the greatest soft rock song of all time.
It was a number one single in the USA.
'N Sync covered this song on their 1998 debut album *NSYNC.
The lyrics tell of the joys of sailing.
The Mexican airline AeroMéxico used the theme in the middle 1980s as a jingle in its ads; it was also used by the cigarette brand Winston.
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