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Come Sail Away
Styx
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- Album
- The Grand Illusion
- Released
- 1977
- Genres
- classic rock, aor, progressive rock
- Length
- 6:07
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Label
- Universal Music Group
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About this song
The song is the fourth track on Styx's 1977 album The Grand Illusion. As a single it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and it remains one of the band's most popular songs.
What it's about
The song follows a man who leaves everything behind to sail away in search of his future, looking for tomorrow in every shore. Its journey takes him to angels and eventually onto a starship bound for the sky.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 7 other songs, like “Britney Spears Medley by Rockwell It the Musical Cast (Ft. E.K. Dagenfield, Erron Crawford, Garrett Clayton, Gwen Hollander, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Lana McKissack, Sterling Suliemann & Trevin Goin)”.
- Covered 7 times, including “Come Sail Away by Rockwell It the Musical Cast (Ft. Garrett Clayton, Lana McKissack & Sterling Suliemann)”.
- Written by Dennis DeYoung.
- Produced by Chuck Panozzo, John Panozzo, James Young, Tommy Shaw and Dennis DeYoung.
- Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios.