Sailing Away (All of Us song)
| "Sailing Away" | |
|---|---|
| Single by All Of Us | |
| B-side | "Pick It Up" |
| Released | 1986 |
| Recorded | Auckland, 1986 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:59 |
| Label | CBS |
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Murray Grindlay |
"Sailing Away" is a 1986 single by a supergroup of New Zealand singers and personalities, to promote New Zealand yacht KZ 7 in the 1987 America's Cup. It spent nine weeks at #1 in the single chart, the longest run of a New Zealand single until 2009. While the song is conceptually similar to the many charity supergroup singles released in the mid 1980s, "Sailing Away" has its origins as a television advertisement and was not a charity record.
The song uses the melody of the Māori folk song "Pokarekare Ana", and is bookended with a verse of the original song.