Sail Away (Urban Cookie Collective song)

"Sail Away" is a 1994 song by British band Urban Cookie Collective. It was released as the third single from their debut album, High on a Happy Vibe. The vocals for the track were by Diane Charlemagne, who also provided the vocal for the band's two previous hit singles. The single reached number 3 in Finland, number 9 in Switzerland and number 18 in the United Kingdom. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Sail Away" peaked at number 28. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number 49 in Australia and number 18 in Israel.

"Sail Away"
Single by Urban Cookie Collective
from the album High on a Happy Vibe
B-side	"Remix"
Released	1994
Recorded	Moonraker Studios, Manchester
Genre	Eurodance house
Length	3:23
Label	Pulse 8
Songwriter(s)	Rohan Heath
Producer(s)	Rohan Heath
Urban Cookie Collective singles chronology
"Feels Like Heaven" (1993) "Sail Away" (1994) "High on a Happy Vibe" (1994)
Music video
"Sail Away" on YouTube

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by British director Lindy Heymann. Heymann also directed the music video for "The Key the Secret" and "Feels Like Heaven".

Track listing

UK, CD single (1994)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sail Away" (Maximum Development 7")	3:25
2.	"Sail Away" (The Cookied Edit)	3:40
3.	"Sail Away" (Maximum Development Mix)	6:23
4.	"Sail Away" (Overworld Dub Mix)	6:38
5.	"Sail Away" (Judge Jules & Michael Skins Pop Funk Mix)	6:41
6.	"Sail Away" (Judge Jules & Michael Skins Sexy Dub)	6:43
7.	"Sail Away" (The Cookied Mix)	5:42

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Australia (ARIA Charts)[1] 49 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 24 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[1] 23 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 28 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 3 Germany (Official German Charts)[1] 25 Israel (Israel Top-30) 18 MTV Europe (European Top 20)[3] 15 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 23 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[1] 21 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 35 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 9 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 18

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 194

References

1. "URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE - SAIL AWAY (SONG)". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
2. "Top 10 Finland" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
3. "Charts-Surfer: Search through the Music-Charts". charts-surfer.de. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
4. "Urban Cookie Collective - Sail Away". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
5. "URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
6. "Jaarlijsten 1994" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2019-11-29.