"Sail Away" is the title of a song written by Rafe VanHoy and recorded by the American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...

. It was the first single from their 1979 album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived

The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived

The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived is the title of a studio album released by The Oak Ridge Boys in 1979. It is their third country album."Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" was recorded the same year by co-writer Rodney Crowell on his debut album, Ain't Living Long Like This...

. The song spent thirteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts and peaked at number two. In Canada, the song spent three weeks at the number one position on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

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

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	29
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	8