Come Sail Away
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"Come Sail Away" is one of Styx's biggest hits, and is typical of the music band played in the 1970s (pop music meets progressive rock). The song was a great success and helped the album to go multi-platinum.
"Come Sail Away" is from the album The Grand Illusion (1977).
The song is thought to reference the Bible or aliens in its lyrics of angels and a ship heading to the skies.
Styx member Dennis DeYoung revealed on In the Studio with Redbeard(which devoted an entire episode to the making of The Grand Illusion) that he was depressed when he wrote the track after Styx's first two A&M offerings (Equinox and Crystal Ball) sold less than expected after the success of the single "Lady".
Popular usage
- The song was covered by punk rock band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah.
- The song is referenced in South Park, in which every time Cartman hears the beginning, he has to finish the rest of it (which he can do in 27 seconds flat). In fact Cartman sang the full length version on Chef Aid, with a notable part near the end of the song where he gets overexcited and descends into rhythmic gibberish.
- The song was featured in a school-dance scene at the end of the 1999 pilot episode of Freaks and Geeks, which is set in 1980.
- Phil Hendrie ended the 16-year run of The Phil Hendrie Show with one of his characters singing the song.
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