"Sail Away" is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, and first recorded by American

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. Neely's version was released in September 1977. The single peaked at number 98 on Hot Country Songs and 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Kenny Rogers covered the song on his ''

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. It was released in April 1979 as the first single from their album ''

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''. The song spent thirteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at number two. In Canada, the song spent three weeks at the number one position on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart, reaching that position on the June 2, 1979 chart.

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