Top 10 Sailing Songs – the Winners

The votes are in. I was blown away by the contributions. It's a big day for my blog if I get 2 comments but thanks to a plug by Scuttlebutt, my request for submissions and votes for the Top 10 Sailing Songs got a whopping 110 entries. Woah! Apologies for the delay in tallying up the entries but it's taken me a while to plough through it. This post will part 1 of 3. The winners. The other posts will focus on the honorable mentions and the full list off one-offs. I will be posting these over the next week or so, so come back and check 'em out. The full list is amazing. There are nearly 200 songs on the list, including some real surprises. Now for the hits. No big surprise that "Son of Son of A Sailor" had the most votes, winning hands-down. Parrothead has a big following. "Southern Cross" came second closely followed by "Sloop John B" and the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Parrothead gets in again with "Changes in Latitude ". Then it gets interesting. Whodathunk country boy, Lyle Lovett would make the list with if "I had a boat". Styx has a surprising number of fans and "Come Sail  Away" makes the top 10. Followed by Looking Glass's cheesy 70s classic, "Brandy". Now I am embarrassed to say I had not heard Stan Rogers but he has a big fan base and two songs in the Top 10. My favorite on the list of David Gray who snuck in at number 10 with Sail Away. Top 10 Sailing Songs 1. "Son of a Son of a Sailor" - Jimmy Buffet 2. "Southern Cross" - Crosby Still & Nash 3. "Sloop John B" - Beach Boys 4. "Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot 5. "Changes in latitudes" - Jimmy Buffet 5. "If I had a boat" - Lyle Lovett 6. "Come Sail Away" - Styx 7. "Brandy " - Looking Glass 8."The Mary Ellen Carter" - Stan Rogers 9. "Barrett's Privateers" - Stan Rogers 10. 'Sail Away'  - David Gray The full list is in the continuation 4 Preps - 26 miles "Aaliyah - ""Rock The Boat"" " Al Stewart - Life In Dark Water Arlo Guthrie - Sailor's Bonnet Avalon - Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Basil Poledouris- The Dinghy Race (Senta) . Beach Boys - Kokomo Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor Beach Boys - Sloop John B Beach Boys- Kokomo Beca Boys - Sail on Sailor Billie Holiday - A Sailboat in the Moonlight Blondie - The Tide Is High Blue4s Image Ride Captain Ride Bob Dylan-  Shelter from the Storm Bobbie Darin - Beyond the Sea Burl Ives - Away Rio Burl Ives- Leave her Johnny leave her Burl Ives- What do you do with a drunken sailor Buster Poindexter- Hot hot hot Carbon Leaf - Home Cat Steven - Longer Boats Cat Stevens - Angel Sea Cat Stevens- The Wind by Cecilio and Kapono (from Hawaii) - Sailing Chris De Burgh - Sailing Away Christie Moore - The Voyage Christopher Cross - Chris Cross Chubawumba -Tubthumping Come Sail Away - Styx Commodores - Sail On Cowboy Junkies- White Sail Craig Toungate-Yo Ho, Ho (and A Bottle of Rum) Crash Test Dummies -Swimming in your Ocean Cream—Tales of Brave Ulysses CSN - Shadow Captain CSN - Southern Cross CSN&Y - Lee Shore CSNY  - Wooden Ships David Gray - Sail Away Dire Straits - Down To The Waterline Dire Straits - Singlehanded Sailor Doors - Land Ho Doors—Crystal Ship Double - Capt. of Her Heart Duran Duran - Rio Ella Fitzgerald- Smooth Sailing by Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding Enya - Caribbean Blue Enya - Orinoco Flow Enya - Sail Away Eric Bogel' - Safe in the Harbor Eric carmen - Boats Against The Current Eric Wakely - Sailing Solo Every Mother Son -Come on Down to my Boat Baby Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind Freddy McGregor - Big Ship Sailing Garth Brooks - The River Glenn Yarborough - Chanteyman Glenn Yarborough - I Could Have Been A Sailor Goldfinger - 99 red balloons Gordon Bok - Isle a Haut Gordon Lightfoot - Ghosts of Cape Horn Gordon Lightfoot - In the Lee of Christian Island Gordon Lightfoot—Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home Grand Funk Railroad -Closer to my Home Grateful Dead - Ship of Fools Grateful Dead- Franklins Tower Grateful Dead- Lost Sailor Great Big Sea - A Boat like Gideon Brown's Great Big Sea - Boston & St Johns, Great Big Sea - Wave over Wave Great Big Sea - Captain Kidd Great Big Sea - Lukey Harry Belefonte- Day Oh (Banana Boat song) Harry Belefonte- Jamaca Farewell Ian Matthews- keep on sailing - Jack Johnson-  A Pirate Looks at Forty Jack Johnson- The Horizon has been defeated James White -Splendid Adventure Jeff Beck -Blue Wind Jefferson Starship—Santiago, Wooden Ships Jerry Jeff Walker - Pissn' in the Wind Jim Morris  - Key Wasted Jim Morris  - Laid Back Jim Morris -The Sailor Race Jimi Hendrix -  Drifting Jimmy Buffet - Lovely Cruise Jimmy Buffet - Take It Back Jimmy Buffet - changes in latitudes Jimmy Buffet - Fins Jimmy Buffet - Landfall Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville Jimmy Buffet - mother ocean Jimmy Buffet - one particular harbor Jimmy Buffet - Pirate Jimmy Buffet - Sea of heartbreak Jimmy Buffet - Landfall Jimmy Buffet -Boats to Build Jimmy Buffet Sea of Heartbreak Jimmy Buffet- Son of a Son of a Sailor Jimmy Buffett - Boats To Build (with Alan Jackson) Jimmy Buffett - One Particular Harbor Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and the Kid Jimmy Buffett- Lovely Cruise Jimmy Buffett- Mother Ocean Joan Baez—Spanish Boots Joe Cocker- Sail Away Kalapana - Midnight Sailing Kenny Chesney - French Kissin' Life Kenny Chesney -Be as you are KT Tunstall - Silent Sea Leadbelly-Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes Little River Band - Cool Change Loggins and Messina - Vahevala Looking Glass-Brandy Loudan Wainwright's III - Good Ship Venus Luka Bloom - Sunny Sailor Boy Lyle Lovett - If I had a boat Maggie reilly- Silver on the tree / angel tears Mark Knoppfler and James Taylor - Sailing to Philadelphia Mary Black - Columbus Men at Work - Down Under Michelle Shocked - It must be Luff Moon Mulican - I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE Morcheeba - The Sea Mountain - 'Nantucket Sleighride' "Nick Cave -""The Ship Song Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay Paul Simon - American Tune Peter Frampton - sail away Peter, Paul & Mary - Big Boat Phil Ochs—Scorpion Departs, Thresher Queen - Sail Away Sweet Sister Randy Newman' - Sail away Rod Stewart - Sailing 4x Roger & the Goosebumps - 'Gilligan's Island’ to the tune of 'Stairway to Heaven' Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell Ry Cooder/Chieftains- Coast of Malabar Salty Dick -  A Matlow Told Me Salty Dick - Christopher Columbo Salty Dick  North Atlantic Squadron Salty Dick - Priests and Nuns Salty Dick -The Whores of Sailortown Sandy denny and the strawbs - sail away to the sea Sonia Dada- Sail Away Split Enz - Six months in a leaky boat Stan Rogers -  Flowers of Bermuda Stan Rogers - Fogarty's Cove Stan Rogers - The Bluenose Stan Rogers - The wreck of the jeanie c Stan Rogers - White Squall Stan Rogers -Barrett's Privateers Stan Rogers -Make and Break Harbor Stan Rogers -The Mary Ellen Carter Stan Rogers,-  Sailing Down to Ol' Maui Sting - Valaparaiso Sting - Why Should I Cry for You? Sting The Wild Wild Sea Styx - Come Sail Away Styx Come Sail Away Taj Mahal - Fishin Blues The beautiful South - I sail this ship alone The Doors - Land Ho! The King Singers - The Skye  Boat Song The Muppets (from Muppet Treasure Island) - Sailing for Adventure Toni Childs - Where the Ocean Van Halen - Feels So Good Van Morrison - Into the Mystic Wagner -Ride of the Valkyries Wagner