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Sail Away (David Gray song)

{{Short description|2001 single by David Gray}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Sail Away

| cover = Sail Away (David Gray song) cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = David Gray

| album = White Ladder

| released = {{start date|2001|7|16|df=y}}

| recorded =

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| venue =

| genre =

| length = {{duration|m=5|s=15}}

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| writer = David Gray

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| prev_title = This Year's Love

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Say Hello Wave Goodbye

| next_year = 2001

}}

"Sail Away" is a song by British singer-songwriter David Gray. It was released as the fourth single from his fourth studio album, White Ladder (1998), on 16 July 2001 and charted at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart, number 31 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 11 on the US Billboard Triple A chart. Remixes by Rae and Christian and Biffco were also commissioned and featured on the single formats. The DVD single features live video footage taken from his concert DVD release David Gray: Live.

Track listings

UK CD and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Sail Away|others=David Gray|year=2001|type=UK CD single disc notes|publisher=IHT Records, EastWest Records|id=EW234CD, 8573-89750-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Sail Away|others=David Gray|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=IHT Records, EastWest Records|id=EW234C, 8573-89750-4}}

  1. "Sail Away" (Biffco radio edit) – 3:44
  2. "Sail Away" (Biffco club mix) – 7:02
  3. "Sail Away" (Rae and Christian remix) – 5:35

UK DVD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Sail Away|others=David Gray|year=2001|type=UK DVD single liner notes|publisher=IHT Records, EastWest Records|id=EW234DVD, 8573-89731-9}}

  1. "Sail Away" (live at the Point video)
  2. "Sail Away" (Biffco radio edit audio)
  3. "This Year's Love" (live at the Point video excerpt)
  4. "Please Forgive Me" (live at the Point video excerpt)
  5. "Wisdom" (live at the Point video excerpt)

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the White Ladder album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=White Ladder|title-link=White Ladder|others=David Gray|year=1998|type=UK CD album booklet|publisher=IHT Records|id=IHT CD001}}

  • David Gray – writing, vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, production
  • Craig McClune – bass, keyboards, drums, production
  • Iestyn Polson – production
  • Marius de Vries – additional production
  • Steve Sidelnyk – additional programming

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-08-04.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=32|page=7|date=4 August 2001|access-date=19 September 2020}}

|88

{{single chart|Ireland3|31|artist=David Gray|rowheader=true|access-date=15 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Scotland|19|date=20010728|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2019}}
{{single chart|UK|26|date=20010728|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|11|artist=David Gray|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2019}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|US Triple-A (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=America's Best: 2001 – Most-Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=45|date=21 December 2001}}

|40

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=David Gray|title=Sail Away|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=7 April 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=David Gray|title=Sail Away|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=15418-2018-1|access-date=19 May 2023}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|16 July 2001

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|{{hlist|IHT|EastWest}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-07-14.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting July 16, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=14 July 2001|access-date=14 August 2021}}

scope="row"|United States

|23 July 2001

|Triple A radio

|RCA

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-07-20.pdf|title=Triple A: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1411|page=155|date=20 July 2001|access-date=14 August 2021}}

References

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{{David Gray}}

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Category:1998 songs

Category:2001 singles

Category:David Gray (musician) songs

Category:East West Records singles

Category:RCA Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Marius de Vries

Category:Songs about boats

Category:Songs about oceans and seas

Category:Songs written by David Gray (musician)