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The 20 greatest yacht rock songs ever, ranked

27 July 2022, 17:50

By Tom Eames

We can picture it now: lounging on a swish boat as it bobs along the water, sipping cocktails and improving our tan. Oh, and it's the 1980s.

There's only one style of music that goes with this image: Yacht rock.

What is Yacht Rock?

Also known as the West Coast Sound or adult-oriented rock, it's a style of soft rock from between the late 1970s and early 1980s that featured elements of smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk, rock and disco.

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Although its name has been used in a negative way, to us it's an amazing genre that makes us feel like we're in an episode of Miami Vice wearing shoulder pads and massive sunglasses.

Here are the very best songs that could be placed in this genre:

Player - 'Baby Come Back'

Player - Baby Come Back

Not the reggae classic of the same name, this 1977 track was Player's biggest hit.

After Player disbanded, singer Peter Beckett joined Australia's Little River Band, and he also wrote 'Twist of Fate' for Olivia Newton-John and 'After All This Time' for Kenny Rogers.

Steely Dan - 'FM'

It's tough just choosing one Steely Dan song for this list, but we've gone for this banger.

Used as the theme tune for the 1978 movie of the same name, the song is jazz-rock track, though its lyrics took a disapproving look at the genre as a whole, which was in total contrast to the film's celebration of it. Still, sounds great guys!

Bobby Goldsboro - 'Summer (The First Time)'

Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time)

A bit of a questionable subject matter, this ballad was about a 17-year-old boy’s first sexual experience with a 31-year-old woman at the beach.

But using a repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement, this song just screams yacht rock and all that is great about it.

Kenny Loggins - 'Heart to Heart'

Kenny Loggins - Heart To Heart (Official Music Video)

If Michael McDonald is the king of yacht rock, then Kenny Loggins is his trusted advisor and heir to the throne.

This track was co-written with Michael, and also features him on backing vocals. The song is about how most relationships do not stand the test of time, yet some are able to do so.

Airplay - 'Nothing You Can Do About It'

Nothin' You Can Do About It

You might not remember US band Airplay, but they did have their moment on the yacht.

Consisting of David Foster (who also co-wrote the Kenny Loggins song above), Jay Graydon and the brilliantly-named Tommy Funderburk, this tune was a cover of a Manhattan Transfer song, and was a minor hit in 1981.

Boz Scaggs - 'Lowdown'

Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Official Audio)

We've moved slightly into smooth jazz territory with this track, which is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

The song was co-written by David Paich, who would go on to form Toto along with the song's keyboardist David Paich, session bassist David Hungate, and drummer Jeff Porcaro.

Steve Winwood - 'Valerie'

Steve Winwood - Valerie (Official Video)

This song is probably as far as you can get into pop rock without totally leaving the yacht rock dock.

Legendary singer-songwriter Winwood recorded this gong about a man reminiscing about a lost love he hopes to find again someday.

Eric Prydz later sampled it in 2004 for the house number one track ‘Call on Me’, and presented it to Winwood, who was so impressed he re-recorded the vocals to better fit the track.

Toto - 'Rosanna'

Toto - Rosanna (Official HD Video)

We almost picked 'Africa' , but we reckon this tune just about pips it in the yacht rock game.

Written by David Paich, he has said that the song is based on numerous girls he had known.

As a joke, the band members initially played along with the common assumption that the song was based on actress Rosanna Arquette, who was dating Toto keyboard player Steve Porcaro at the time and coincidentally had the same name.

Chicago - 'Hard to Say I'm Sorry'

Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry (Official Music Video)

Chicago began moving away from their horn-driven soft rock sound with their early 1980s output, including this synthesizer-filled power ballad.

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The album version segued into a more traditional Chicago upbeat track titled ‘Get Away’, but most radio stations at the time opted to fade out the song before it kicked in. Three members of Toto played on the track. Those guys are yacht rock kings!

Michael Jackson - 'Human Nature'

Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Audio)

A few non-rock artists almost made this list ( George Michael 's 'Careless Whisper' and Spandau Ballet 's 'True' are almost examples, but not quite), yet a big chunk of Thriller heavily relied on the yacht rock sound.

Michael Jackson proved just how popular the genre could get with several songs on the album, but 'Human Nature' is the finest example.

The Doobie Brothers - 'What a Fool Believes'

The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (Official Music Video)

Possibly THE ultimate yacht rock song on the rock end of the spectrum, and it's that man Michael McDonald.

Written by McDonald and Kenny Loggins, this was one of the few non-disco hits in America in the first eight months of 1979.

The song tells the story of a man who is reunited with an old love interest and attempts to rekindle a romantic relationship with her before discovering that one never really existed.

Michael Jackson once claimed he contributed at least one backing track to the original recording, but was not credited for having done so. This was later denied by the band.

Christopher Cross - 'Sailing'

Christopher Cross - Sailing (Official Audio)

We're not putting this in here just because it's called 'Sailing', it's also one of the ultimate examples of the genre.

Christopher Cross reached number one in the US in 1980, and VH1 later named it the most "softsational soft rock" song of all time.

Don Henley - 'The Boys of Summer'

The Boys Of Summer DON HENLEY(1984) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

Mike Campbell wrote the music to this track while working on Tom Petty’s Southern Accents album, but later gave it to Eagles singer Don Henley, who wrote the lyrics.

The song is about the passing of youth and entering middle age, and of a past relationship. It was covered twice in the early 2000s: as a trance track by DJ Sammy in 2002, and as a pop punk hit by The Ataris in 2003.

England Dan and John Cord Foley - 'I'd Really Love to See You Tonight'

England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight.avi

A big hit for this duo in 1976, it showcases the very best of the sock rock/AOR/yacht rock sound that the 1970s could offer.

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Seals & Crofts - 'Summer Breeze'

Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft #1 Hit(1972)

Before The Isley Brothers recorded a slick cover, 'Summer Breeze' was an irresistible folk pop song by Seals & Crofts.

While mostly a folk song, its summer vibes and gorgeous melody make for a perfect yacht rock number.

Christopher Cross - 'Ride Like the Wind'

Ride Like The Wind Promo Video 1980 Christopher Cross

If Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins are in charge of the yacht rock ship, then Christopher Cross has to be captain, right? Cabin boy? Something anyway.

The singer was arguably the biggest success story of the relatively short-lived yacht rock era, and this one still sounds incredible.

Eagles - 'I Can't Tell You Why'

The eagles - I can't tell you why (AUDIO VINYL)

Many Eagles tunes could be classed as yacht rock, but we reckon their finest example comes from this track from their The Long Run album in 1979.

Don Henley described the song as "straight Al Green", and that Glenn Frey, an R&B fan, was responsible for the R&B feel of the song. Frey said to co-writer Timothy B Schmit: "You could sing like Smokey Robinson . Let’s not do a Richie Furay, Poco-sounding song. Let’s do an R&B song."

Gerry Rafferty - 'Baker Street'

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (Official Video)

Gerry Rafferty probably didn't realise he was creating one of the greatest yacht rock songs of all time when he wrote this, but boy did he.

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With the right blend of rock and pop and the use of the iconic saxophone solo, you can't not call this yacht rock at its finest.

Michael McDonald - 'Sweet Freedom'

Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (1986)

If you wanted to name the king of yacht rock, you'd have to pick Michael McDonald . He could sing the phone book and it would sound silky smooth.

Possibly his greatest solo tune, it was used in the movie  Running Scared , and its music video featured actors Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines.

Hall & Oates - 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)'

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (Official Video)

This duo knew how to make catchy hit after catchy hit. This R&B-tinged pop tune was co-written with Sara Allen (also the influence for their song 'Sara Smile').

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John Oates has said that the song is actually about the music business. "That song is really about not being pushed around by big labels, managers, and agents and being told what to do, and being true to yourself creatively."

Not only was the song sampled in De La Soul's 'Say No Go' and Simply Red 's 'Home', but Michael Jackson also admitted that he lifted the bass line for 'Billie Jean'!

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Yacht or Not?: Sailing the Seas of Yacht Rock

Louis Armstrong said, “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” Duke Ellington said, “There are simply two kinds of music: good music and the other kind.” Christopher Cross said, “If you get caught between the moon and New York City, the best that you can do is fall in love.”

What do these pieces of wisdom add up to? Music, like love, doesn’t follow rules. Musicians as diverse as Armstrong, Ellington and Cross don’t want to be boxed in by genre. They want to write, record and perform and not spend time deciding if they play bebop or hard bop, blues or Southern rock, funk or disco.

But as temperatures heat up and people think of sailing away to find serenity, yacht rock playlists start to float in on the breeze. And that means drawing boundaries with enough latitude that artists don’t object to being boxed in and  still foster playlists with a sense of meaning, a sense of continuity and depth. Peaks and valleys must be smartly balanced against the total annihilation of a common aesthetic. (Yes, despite a fascination with sailing and pina coladas, yacht rock can be taken seriously!)

And so, much to Armstrong’s chagrin, we have to ask, “What is yacht rock?” If it seems obvious, take a look at Spotify’s recent “Yacht Rock” playlist . Spotify is a global streaming leader with some 350 million monthly users, an army of music experts and cutting edge artificial intelligence, and yet the company filled its playlist with songs such as Tears for Fears ’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me,” Van Morrison ’s “Brown Eyed Girl” and Bruce Hornsby ’s “The Way It Is.”

If somebody wants to create and enjoy a stack of songs that runs from tunes by the J. Geils Band , to the  Police , to Bad Company , to Talking Heads (yup, the company has all these artists on its playlist and even included Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters”), they should do that with gusto! It sounds like an evening full of classic jams and fun left turns so cheers to the endeavor. But if a major player in the music business wants to do that and call it yacht rock, we need to take a step back and consider what is and isn’t yacht.

We know breezes, islands, keys, capes, cool nights, crazy love and reminiscing help define the yacht aesthetic (see works by Seals & Crofts , Jay Fergeson, Bertie Higgins, Rupert Holmes, Paul Davis, Poco , and Little River Band ). But let’s get beyond the captain’s caps and map the waters of this perfect-for-summer style.

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Yacht Rock Sets Sail With Help From a 2005 Web Series

Before 2005, people generally placed Toto ’s “ Africa ” and Holmes’ “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” in the soft rock genre. Maybe if they were getting fancy, they’d call them AM Gold. But in 2005, the online video series Yacht Rock debuted. It fictionalized the careers of soft rock artists of the late ’70s and early ’80s. The cheeky show capitalized on the building renaissance of artists such as Steely Dan and Michael McDonald , who embraced the silliness of the series.

“When it came on I remember watching it pretty avidly,” McDonald admitted in 2018 . “My kids got a huge kick out of it. We would laugh about the characterizations of the people involved. At this point it’s a genre of its own. You’re either yacht or you're not.”

He might be right that you’re either yacht or you’re not. But calling it a genre doesn’t quite work (more on that in a minute).

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Riding the Waters From the Radical ’60s to the Sincere ’70s

By the late ’60s, rock ‘n’ roll had become “art.” The Beatles started as simple teen heartthrobs covering early rock ‘n’ roll, but graduated to the supreme weirdness of the  White Album . Chuck Berry gave birth to the Rolling Stones who gave birth to Led Zeppelin and the gonzo bombast of “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.” And all sorts of acts went wild from the Grateful Dead , to Pink Floyd , to Frank Zappa  and beyond. The sunshine of ’70s AM Gold came as a reaction to these wonderful excesses. Singer-songwriters aimed to take rock and pop back to the simple pleasures of tight, light tunes such as Beach Boys ’ classics, Motown hits and Brill Building-crafted songs.

Hippies looking for revolution and Gen X-ers on the hunt for rage, irony and sharp edges bristled at the genuine lyrics of tenderness and heartbreak neatly packaged in finely-crafted Top 40. Where the stars and fans of '60s and ’90s rock wanted arty and experimental music, anger and angst, yacht took listeners on a voyage powered by pure earnestness: think of the sincere and intense conviction of Dave Mason’s “We Just Disagree,” Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together," and “Love is the Answer” by England Dan & John Ford Coley.

(Which is why placing the Police or Talking Heads on any yacht mix doesn’t work.)

Yacht rock embodies the final charge of unbridled, heartfelt pop.

“I think these songs remain so popular because they are unabashedly pop,” Nicholas Niespodziani, leader of the hugely successful tribute band  Yacht Rock Revue , explains to UCR. “They’re not self conscious. You couldn’t write a song like ‘Africa’ now. What are they even singing about? Who knows? But it’s fun to sing.”

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Music That’s Jazzy, But Sure Isn’t Jazz

Yacht rock doesn’t just have an earnestness to its lyrics, the sax solos come with the same level of sincerity.

If the style was the last gasp of unadulterated pop, it was also the dying breath of jazz’s influence on rock. Jazz rock started in the ’60s with Zappa, Chicago , Santana and Blood, Sweat & Tears , but slowly simple drums and growling guitars stomped horn lines and rhythmic shifts into the ground. However, yacht rock features echoes of swingin’ saxophones, big band horns and Miles Davis ’ fusion projects.

Yacht rock is very pop, but legitimate musical talents made those hooks. Chuck Mangione logged time in jazz giant Art Blakey’s band then took what he learned and crushed complex harmonic ideas into the pop nugget “Feels So Good,” which is basically a Latin-bebop-disco-classical suite. (If you dig “Feels So Good,” dig deeper and groove to smooth jazz mini-symphony “Give It All You Got.”)

Nearly every classic from the style features either an epic sax solo or dazzling guitar part. For horn glory, go spin Little River Band’s “Reminiscing,” Gino Vannelli’s “I Just Wanna Stop” or Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers ’ “Just the Two of Us." For six-string wizardry as astounding as anything Jimmy Page came up with (and much more economical), try Atlantic Rhythm Section’s “So Into You,” Pablo Cruise’s “Love Will Find a Way” and pretty much every Steely Dan cut.

(Which is why placing Tears for Fears’ “ Everybody Wants to Rule the World ” and Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me” on any yacht mix doesn’t work).

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A Vibe, Not a Genre or Gender or Demographic of Any Kind

Being a style, a feeling, an aesthetic, a vibe means that yacht rock can pull a song from a wide variety of genres into its orbit. It also means that it’s not just a catalog of hits from bearded white dudes. Yes, Kenny Loggins , McDonald and both Seals and Crofts helped define yacht rock. But quintessential songs from the style came from the women and artists of color, soul singers, folk heroes and Nashville aces.

For every Loggins' tune in a captain’s hat, there’s a Carly Simon track dressed up as your cruise director. Yes, there's Steely Dan's jazz influence, but also  Crosby, Stills & Nash 's folk legacy (“Southern Cross” remains definitively of the style). Yacht rock playlists should also be littered with appropriate R&B gems, such as the Raydio’s “You Can’t Change That” (which features Ray Parker Jr.!), Hall & Oates ’ “Sara Smile” and Kool & the Gang’s “Too Hot.” Likewise, country acts of the era tried to go Top 40 while attempting to retain some twang and managed to make Love Boat music (see Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning,” Eddie Rabbit’s “I Love a Rainy Night,” Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers ’ “Islands in the Stream”).

It’s hard to tell if the Commodores’ “Sail On” is pop or R&B, harder still to know if George Benson’s “Give Me the Night” is pop, R&B or jazz. But they both feel yacht.

(Which is why Santana can do psychedelic Latin music and can do yacht on “Hold On,” and why the Pointer Sisters can do new wave disco with “Neutron Dance” and yacht with “Slow Hand.")

Wishing You a Bon Voyage on the Seas of Yacht

Spotify was right to think about diversity when making its playlist, though the company got the type of diversity wrong. Yacht has some pretty specific sonic parameters, but has no demographic restrictions when it comes to the kind of artists contributing to the style’s catalog. That means when you hit the high seas of yacht, you don’t need to be afraid to fight for your favorites to be included, just please don’t have one of those favorites be “Ghostbusters.”

We began talking about drawing boundaries with enough latitude that artists don’t object to being boxed in. The wide latitude yacht rock affords matters because music comes to define eras and outlines cultural trends (remember that yacht came in reaction to art rock and that says a lot about the swing from the late '60s to the early '80s). Calling Christopher Cross soft rock might feel right, but it doesn't tell us much about where he was coming from and what he was trying to accomplish. Calling Cross yacht rock, now that we know it's not a pejorative, illuminates his aesthetic.

Cross came out of the Texas rock scene that produced blues aces the Vaughan Brothers and guitar shredder Eric Johnson (who plays on a lot of his albums). He loves Joni Mitchell and that shows in his craft. He's jazzy but not jazz (see those horns and guitar on "Ride Like the Wind") with a vibe that's completely yacht -- developed from the scene that took '60s pop, updated it and sheltered it from the trends of punk, metal, new wave and hip hop. The same can be said for Loggins, McDonald, Simon, Lionel Ritchie and so many others.

Spotify needs to tweak its algorithm so it gets this right. Or, better yet, connect with the genre-crossing vibe that makes yacht so unique.

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Yacht Rock: Album Guide

By David Browne

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Summer’s here and time is right for dancing … on the deck of a large nautical vessel. During the late Seventies and early Eighties, the radio was dominated by silver-tongued white-dude crooners with names like Rupert and Gerry, emoting over balmy R&B beats, swaying saxes, and dishwasher-clean arrangements. Though it didn’t have a name, the genre — soft rock you could dance to — was dismissed by serious rock fans as fluffy and lame. But thanks to a web series in the mid-2000s, the style — belatedly named “ yacht rock ” — has since spawned a satellite-radio channel, tribute bands, and a Weezer cover of Toto’s “Africa.” Is the modern love of the music ironic or sincere? Hard to say, yet there’s no denying yacht rock is a legit sound with a vibe all its own that produced a surprising amount of enduring music perfectly at home in summer. (John Mayer even tips his own sailor’s hat to the genre on his new “Last Train Home” single, and even the aqua-blue cover of his upcoming Sob Rock album.) The resumption of the Doobie Brothers’ 50th anniversary tour, postponed last year due to COVID-19 but scheduled to restart in August, is the cherry atop the Pina colada.

Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees (1976)

Before yacht rock was an identifiable genre, Scaggs (no fan of the term, as he told Rolling Stone in 2018) set the standard for what was to come: sharp-dressed white soul, burnished ballads that evoked wine with a quiet dinner, and splashes of Me Decade decadence (the narrator of the pumped “Lido Shuffle” is setting up one more score before leaving the country). Add in the Philly Soul homage “What Can I Say,” the burbling life-on-the-streets homage “Lowdown,” and the lush sway of “Georgia,” and Silk Degrees , internationally or not, set a new high bar for Seventies smoothness.

Steely Dan, Aja (1977)

The sophisticated high-water mark of yacht, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s masterpiece is the midway point between jazz and pop, with tricky tempo shifts, interlocking horn and keyboard parts, and pristine solos. Not settling for easygoing period clichés, these love songs, so to speak, are populated by a sleazy movie director (the gorgeous rush of “Peg”), a loser who still hopes to be a jazzman even if the odds are against him (the heart-tugging “Deacon Blues”), and a guy whose nodding-out girlfriend is probably a junkie (“Black Cow”). The most subversive cruise you’ll ever take.

The Doobie Brothers, Minute by Minute (1978)

The Doobies got their start as a biker-y boogie band, but they smoothed things out for Minute by Minute . Highlighted by “What a Fool Believes,” the unstoppable Michael McDonald-Kenny Loggins co-write, the LP piles on romantic turmoil, falsetto harmonies, and plenty of spongy electric piano. But it also proves how much personality and muscle the Doobies could bring to what could be a generic sound. McDonald’s husky, sensitive-guy delivery shrouds the unexpectedly bitter title song (“You will stay just to watch me, darlin’/Wilt away on lies from you”)  and honoring their biker roots, “Don’t Stop to Watch the Wheels” is about taking a lady friend for a ride on your hog.

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Further Listening

Seals & crofts, get closer (1976).

The Dylan-goes-electric moment of yacht, “Get Closer” validated the idea that folkie singer-songwriters could put aside their guitars (and mandolin), tap into their R&B side and cross over in ways they never imagined. In addition to the surprising seductiveness of the title hit, Get Closer has plenty of yacht-rock pleasures. In “Goodbye Old Buddies,” the narrator informs his pals that he can’t hang out anymore now that he’s met “a certain young lady,” but in the next song, “Baby Blue,” another woman is told, “There’s an old friend in me/Tellin’ me I gotta be free.” A good captain follows the tide where it takes him.

Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross  (1979)

Cross’ debut swept the 1981 Grammys for a reason: It’s that rare yacht-rock album that’s graceful, earnest, and utterly lacking in smarm. Songs like the politely seductive “Say You’ll Be Mine” and the forlorn “Never Be the Same” have an elegant pop classicism, and the yacht anthem “Sailing” could be called a powered-down ballad. Fueled by a McDonald cameo expertly parodied on SCTV , the propulsive “Ride Like the Wind” sneaks raw outlaw lyrics (“Lived nine lives/Gunned down ten”) into its breezy groove, perfecting the short-lived gangster-yacht subgenre.

Rupert Holmes, Partners in Crime (1979)

The album that made Holmes a soft-rock star is known for “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” which sports a made-for-karaoke chorus and a plot twist worthy of a wide-collar O. Henry. But what distinguishes the album is the Steely Dan-level musicianship and Holmes’ ambitious story songs, each sung with Manilow-esque exuberance. The title track equates a hooker and her john to co-workers at a department store, “Lunch Hour” ventures into afternoon-delight territory, and “Answering Machine” finds a conflicted couple trading messages but continually being cut off by those old-school devices.

Steely Dan, Gaucho (1980)

The Dan’s last studio album before a lengthy hiatus doesn’t have the consistency of Aja, but Gaucho cleverly matches their most vacuum-sealed music with their most sordid and pathetic cast of characters. A seedy older guy tries to pick up younger women in “Hey Nineteen,” another loser goes in search of a ménage à trois in “Babylon Sisters,” a coke dealer delivers to a basketball star in “Glamour Profession,” and the narrator of “Time Out of Mind” just wants another heroin high. It’s the dark side of the yacht.

Going Deeper

Michael mcdonald, if that’s what it takes  (1982).

Imagine a Doobie Brothers album entirely comprised of McDonald songs and shorn of pesky guitar solos or Patrick Simmons rockers, and you have a sense of McDonald’s first and best post-Doobs album. If That’s What it Takes builds on the approach he nailed on “What a Fool Believes” but amps up the sullen-R&B side of Mac’s music. His brooding remake of Lieber and Stoller’s “I Keep Forgettin’” is peak McDonald and the title track approaches the propulsion of Christopher Cross’ “Ride Like the Wind.” With his sad-sack intensity, McDonald sounds like guy at a seaside resort chewing over his mistakes and regrets – with, naturally, the aid of an electric piano.

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Kenny Loggins, Keep the Fire (1979)

Loggins’ journey from granola folk rocker to pleasure-boat captain embodies the way rock grew more polished as the Seventies wore on. Anchored by the percolating-coffeemaker rhythms and modestly aggro delivery of “This Is It,” another McDonald collaboration, Keep the Fire sets Loggins’ feathery voice to smooth-jazz saxes and R&B beats, and Michael Jackson harmonies beef up the soul quotient in “Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong.” The secret highlight is “Will It Last,” one of the sneakiest yacht tracks ever, fading to a finish after four minutes, then revving back up with some sweet George Harrison-style slide guitar.

Dr. Hook, Sometimes You Win  (1979)

Earlier in the Seventies, these jokesters established themselves with novelty hits like “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone,’’ but they soon paddled over to unabashed disco-yacht. Sometimes You Win features three of their oiliest ear worms: “Sexy Eyes,” “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” and “Better Love Next Time,” all oozing suburban pickup bars and the somewhat desperate dudes who hang out there. The album, alas, does not include “Sharing the Night Together,” recently reborn by way of its sardonic use in last year’s Breaking Bad spinoff El Camino .

Carly Simon, Boys in the Trees  (1978)

As a trailblazing female singer-songwriter, Simon was already a star by the time yacht launched. Boys in the Trees features her beguiling contribution to the genre, “You Belong to Me,” a collaboration with the ubiquitous Michael McDonald. The Doobies cut it first, but Simon’s version adds an air of yearning and hushed desperation that makes it definitive. The album also packs in a yacht-soul cover of James Taylor’s “One Man Woman” and a “lullaby for a wide-eyed guy” called “Tranquillo (Melt My Heart),” all proving that men didn’t have a stranglehold on this style.

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“BREEZIN’”

George Benson, 1976

The guitarist and Jehovah’s Witness made the leap from midlevel jazz act to crossover pop star with a windswept instrumental that conveys the yacht spirit as much as any vocal performance.

“WHATCHA GONNA DO?”

Pablo Cruise, 1976

Carefree bounce from a San Francisco band with the best name ever for a soft-rock act — named, fittingly, after a chill Colorado buddy.

“BAKER STREET”

Gerry Rafferty, 1978

Rafferty brought a deep sense of lonely-walk-by-the-bay melancholy to this epic retelling of a night on the town, in which Raphael Ravenscroft’s immortal sax awakens Rafferty from his morning-after hangover.

“REMINISCING”

Little River Band, 1978

The Aussie soft rockers delivered a slurpy valentine sung in the voice of an old man looking back on his “lifetime plan” with his wife. Innovative twist: flugelhorn solo instead of sax.

“WHENEVER I CALL YOU ‘FRIEND’ ”

Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks, 1978

After its ethereal intro, this rare genre duet grows friskier with each verse, with both Loggins and Nicks getting more audibly caught up in the groove — and the idea of “sweet love showing us a heavenly light.”

“LOTTA LOVE”

Nicolette Larson, 1978

Neil Young’s sad-boy shuffle is transformed into a luscious slice of lounge pop by the late Larson. Adding an extra layer of poignancy, she was in a relationship with Young around that time.

“STEAL AWAY”

Robbie Dupree, 1980

Is it real, or is it McDonald? Actually, it’s the best Doobies knockoff — a rinky-dink (but ingratiating) distant cousin to “What a Fool Believes” that almost inspired McDonald to take legal action.

“TAKE IT EASY”

Archie James Cavanaugh, 1980

Cult rarity by the late Alaskan singer-songwriter that crams in everything you’d want in a yacht song: disco-leaning bass, smooth-jazz guitar, sax, and a lyric that lives up to its title even more than the same-titled Eagles song.

“BIGGEST PART OF ME”

Ambrosia, 1980

Ditching the prog-classical leanings of earlier albums, this trio headed straight for the middle of the waterway with this Doobies-lite smash. Bonus points for lyrics that reference a “lazy river.”

“I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)”

Daryl Hall and John Oates, 1981

The once unstoppable blue-eyed soul duo were never pure yacht, but the easy-rolling beats and shiny sax in this Number One hit got close. Hall adds sexual tension by never specifying exactly what he can’t go for.

“COOL NIGHT”

Paul Davis, 1981

The Mississippi crooner-songwriter gives a master class on how to heat up a stalled romance: Pick a brisk evening, invite a female acquaintance over, and suggest . . . lighting a fire.

“KEY LARGO”

Bertie Higgins, 1981

Yacht’s very own novelty hit is corny but deserves props for quoting from not one but two Humphrey Bogart films ( Key Largo and Casablanca ).

“AFRICA”

The same year that members of Toto did session work on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, they released the Mount Kilimanjaro of late-yacht hits.

“SOUTHERN CROSS”

Crosby, Stills, and Nash, 1982

The combustible trio’s gusty contribution to the genre has choppy-water rhythms and enough nautical terminology for a sailing manual.

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Meet the band, sailing, take me away....

Offering smooth sounds for dancing or easy listening, this mega-talented band plays everyone’s favorites, making your party a unique experience, totally different from the rest.

While everyone else is pulling from the same list of 30-40 ‘standards’, they’re the most versatile yacht rock band in the world, featuring Sony records-signed male and female singers and tight harmonies, second to none; instrumentation by some of the finest yacht rock musicians in the U.S., faithfully recreating all the hits; and outstanding lead vocals that often exceed the originals, including soul influences, disco, beach/reggae, southern rock, 1980s pop and of course, TONS of 1970s yacht rock classics.

Just tell us your vision, and they’ll provide the soundtrack…designing a one-of-a-kind musical ‘voyage’ just for you, while also reading the crowd and taking requests, guaranteed to keep everyone out on the dance floor! Featuring state-of-the-art sound and lighting, they’ll even bring yacht-themed swag for your guests, upon request.

Performing on land or sea, whether it’s a destination wedding on the sands of Cabo, aboard a 200’ superyacht, festivals and concert halls, or ballrooms/resorts for corporate clients, with these highly-acclaimed captains at the helm, it’s always smooth sailing ahead.

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Kept everyone on the dance floor all night. Best wedding band ever! Anthony, Philadelphia, PA Your band performed brilliantly at our daughter’s wedding last Saturday night in Manchester, Vermont. Many people have told us they have never seen such a crowded dance floor at a wedding. Thanks again for a fantastic evening—we’re back home in Chicago but still haven’t returned to earth from the excitement of it all. Robert, Chicago, IL

Nez, the band leader, was a pleasure to work with throughout the entire process. My wife and I’ve never seen a dance floor more packed in our lives. When a band can pull every guest from age 3 to age 97 onto the dance floor and keep them there all night, you know you’ve hired professionals. Katy, Washington, DC Everyone keeps talking about how much they loved our band. They are so talented and were able to keep our guests on the dance floor all night! The band’s leader Nez is very personable and responsive. He went over to check out my venue before we hired them to make sure they could fit in the small ballroom of our venue. He also responded to my countless emails and calls with questions that popped up throughout the planning process. Hire this band! You won’t regret it! Julie, Fairfax Station, VA

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YACHTZILLA!... Monsters of Soft Rock

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Nominated Best Of The Valley Best Band/Musician 2023

"Yachtzilla’s number 1 rule is to take the music seriously, but never ourselves!"

What is yacht rock you ask.

The true definition refers to the soft rock that dominated FM radio airwaves in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Characterized by glossy production, breezy vocals, and bouncy rhythms. Yacht Rock is the Hottest New Trend and no one does it better

than YACHTZILLA!...Monsters of Soft Rock! If you’re ready to Escape with Pina Colada’s and some Brandy then Ride Like The Wind because it’s time to go Dancin In The Moonlight with Arizona’s Premiere Yacht Rock Band. Yachtzilla!...Monsters Of Soft Rock.

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Yacht Rock 2024!

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Ahoy 2024, what’s next?

• 1/13 Tiki Bar Costa Mesa 8pm
• 1/20 Stillwater Dana Point 9pm
• 1/27 Namm Show Anaheim 5pm
• 2/3 Campus Jax Newport Beach 8pm
• 2/9 The Venice West 8pm
• 2/23 World Championships of BBQ, Houston, TX 2pm

Glad you asked because we’re saying goodbye to a wild 2023 and hello to new adventures and an awesome new year.  First up, we’ll be rocking a few Orange County dates including the NAMM show on January 27 at 5pm on the ADJ Arena Plaza Stage.  As well, you can find us playing world class yacht rock in 2024 at Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa.  Great intimate concert venue and brilliant energy there!  Importantly, get your tickets for our first local show of 2024.  Then, we head back to Stillwater where we began the Orange County yacht rock revolution in 2016.  We were the first yacht rock band in Orange County and still smooth sailing in our 8th year of existence.

In fact, yachty plays Stillwater on January 20.  As always, we look forward to an epic hometown crowd!  Moreover, look for us at Campus Jax in February and then Venice West on 2/9 and the Houston Rodeo for the cookout on February 23.  We really look forward to our first concert in Texas!  And, of all things, the Houston Rodeo.  Yacht Rock 2024 coming to the Heartland of America will be nothing short of SMOOTH!

Yacht Rock 2024 flashback

Importantly, we returned to Florida for a big corporate show in Orlando and then off to Napa, San Francisco yacht club party and so much more!  Summer 2023 saw us back at Sea Legs and a trip to Idaho.  In fact, Yachty by Nature played it’s share of awesome concerts in the park from Simi Valley to Laguna Niguel, RSM, and San Clemente and beyond.  Additionally, our show at the OC Fair in the Hangar was a packed house blow out and such a pinnacle for the band.  We continued to Discovery Bay, Lake Tahoe, Delta Coves again, and another show in Paso Robles.

Fall Flashback

Ultimately, we played some new venues like Mozambique in Laguna Beach, SLO Brew Rock, and Village Sports bar Big Bear.   Particularly, our sold out concert at the Coach House and a two nighter for Rava Wines in Paso Robles were super notable.  These were absolute home run yacht rock parties.  Let’s hope yacht rock 2024 will build on those awesome concerts.  In fact, November saw the band conquering new heights.

Yachty by Nature enjoyed a 3 show stint with concerts in Vegas on Thursday, Sacramento on Friday and Indian Wells on Saturday!  Importantly, the band rocked the Virgin hotel in Vegas for the Formula One Race from 12am to 4am.  The band took a short nap and then headed off to the airport.  Next stop, Sacramento for a super fun corporate show for the California Dental Association.  Moreover, we had some gas in the tank to rock the party for Indian Wells Country club that Saturday night.

I’m so proud of this band for persevering.  On top of everything, we had new talent with Becky Smooth, Jenny Smooth, and Niki Smooth on the vocals for those shows.  Lastly, we finished the year by playing a birthday party in Vegas for Corey Taylor of Slipknot.  Lots of great musicians in the crowd that night, like Scott Ian from Anthrax too!  In the end, we celebrated the holidays and then embarked for our cruise to the Caribbean.  Oh what a year it’s been.  A legendary wild ride with plenty of highs, lows, challenges, and successes.  A heartfelt thanks for your continued support, love, and appreciation.

Yacht Rock 2024 announcements

Hey, we’ll have a lot more to announce soon.  In the meantime, keep spreading the word, getting yachty, and having fun.  Tell a friend!  Bring a new sailor to our shows and keep pushing us for your new fave songs.  As always, we love adding songs to the repertoire in yacht rock 2024.  Accordingly, we listen to our fans and appreciate the feedback, posts, shares, and love.  For our last blog post , click here to check what else we’ve been posting.

Formula One Yacht Rock in Vegas!

Formula one yacht rock.

Las Vegas comes alive on Thursday, November 16 with Formula One racing.  And Yacht Rock!  Yachty by Nature returns to Sin City for the first time since Covid 19.  In fact, the band was the very first in 70’s and 80’s smooth to establish a residency over at Top Golf from 2018 to 2020.  Importantly, we even played the Brooklyn Bowl in 2017 when the band was really taking off.  Yachty will join forces with The Spazmatics and Zowie Bowie at The Shag Room in the Virgin Hotel for nonstop fun around the F1 racing.  Moreover, Zowie Bowie kicks off the fun at 4pm, the Spazmatics at 8pm and then Yachty by Nature keeps you saying, “I’m on a Boat” at midnight.  The show is free and 21 and over.  It’ll be a night to remember as this Formula One yacht rock weekend leaves port!

Summer Sailing

We are so thankful for the amazing love and support for Yachty by Nature as the band will turn 8 years in 2024.  Oh, the places we’ve been.  This summer and fall have once again been a continued smooth pleasure cruise.  After heading to Lake Tahoe and the Sacramento River delta for Labor Day, we sold out the Coach House in San Juan.  What an electric night that was in September.  In fact, from the first note of Easy Lover to the staff urging Captain Carl to stop playing keytar on the dinner tables, the night was a raging success!

Ultimately, we capped off a beautiful summer cruise with a two night stand at Rava Wines in Paso Robles.  Super fan Ryan Glover spent his birthday with us and the sound at Rava was amazing.  The band caught fire both nights and we our Days of Wine and Roses for sure.  Thanks to our super fun Paso crowd for representing and dressing in the sweetest yacht rock attire.

Yachty Outfits Formula One yacht rock

Speaking of which, our recent shows have been a spectacle of Yachty outfits!  Take a look at our Instagram feed for some amazing parties with the most amazing clothes.  Additionally, Formula One yacht rock tonight in Vegas should be a show of these two great tastes that taste great together.  F1 and Yachty finally!  Our last two weeks have seen a couple school fundraisers where the parents dressed incredibly yachty.  It was a tutorial on how to dress for a yacht rock concert!  Yachty by Nature also ended another beautiful season of smooth with Sea Legs in Huntington Beach in October that brought another capacity crowd.  Our favorite venue and spectacular smooth songs on the beach with Scotty McYachty and Courtney Cruise crooning the incredible vocals!

New Year’s Virgin Cruise!

Yes, you heard it correct.  Yachty by Nature hops aboard their first Cruise…sorry Voyage, as Virgin calls it.  We’ll be playing for New Years Eve aboard the Valiant Lady .  The band is super excited about traveling to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Croix and The Bahamas.  Ahoy is right!  In fact, we hope this will be the start of more voyages with Virgin.  From Formula One yacht rock and playing in Vegas at the Shag Room to a cruise to the Caribbean… Virgin is getting Yachtyyyyyy!  Climb aboard our next shows in December and January.  Campus Jax on December 16.  Tiki Bar on January 13 and we’re headed to the World Championships of BBQ in Houston, Texas in February.  Looking forward to rockin’ the yacht with you!  As always, feel free to check our last post prior to this 🙂

Stay Yachty,

Captain Carl

Smooth Music Summer 2023

Smooth music summer ’23.

This Smooth Music summer of 2023 is going fast!  In fact, the band has been on fire and concerts in the park have been in full swing.  Since we kicked off a season of smooth at Laguna Niguel on June 23, it’s been a LOVE FEST.  The band returned to Venice West in Los Angeles on June 24. Then on to Garden Grove on June 30 and a quick 4th of July swing to the Bay Area.  Ultimately, Yachty by Nature hit the sand at San Clemente pier on July 6.  What a legendary Yacht Rock Party on the Beach!  In addition, check out this picture of the massive seaside crowd.  Importantly, by the time we got to Africa and later Footloose, the dance party was ON!

Summer Cruise

The smooth summer cruise continued to Simi Valley, Irvine, Sun Valley in Idaho, and Sea Legs at the Beach .  Lots of amazing highlights raising money for Mountain Humane in Idaho and hopping in the Big Wood River with the band ahead of the show!  Soon, we cruised up to Campos Winery near Discovery Bay.  By the time Yachty by Nature cruised back up the coast to San Luis Obispo for SLO Brew Rock, we were ready for a kickass inside venue.  SLO Brew came through with epic sound, a packed house, and a super evening of Yacht Rock.

Hangar OC Fair

Next up, we were really ready to play smooth music on the big stage this summer.  Moreover, when we booked The Hangar, we had been working on connecting with the Orange County Fair forever.  That huge stage and big sound is something the band had always recognized as a crowning achievement to connect with our amazing OC fans.  On August 5, we rocked the house there and hope you enjoy the video of 1,000 plus people in the Hangar with phones lit up and waving to the sound of Scotty McYachty singing Come Sail Away .

We are still reeling from an incredible experience at the Hangar and a packed house.  The sound was absolutely wonderful.  The huge video wall behind us was inspiring and incredible.  In fact, we LOVED seeing so many of our super fans there.  We hope everyone had such a Yachty time and the phones lighting up the night was such a punctuation of that LOVE.  Thank you so much!  In our 7 years of playing that song, we had never seen so many lights.

Smooth Music Rancho Santa Margarita

It was pretty awesome to see the same reaction the next night on 8/6 with our performance at Rancho Santa Margarita.  Take a look at this picture and see if you can see yourself!  Another incredible concert and check Facebook and Instagram for Captain Carl’s jump split off the stage during Africa.  RSM really brought the house down again with a crowd of about 3,000 people.  This is our 4th concert out at RSM and that crowd never disappoints.

Thanks to our hometown crowd for coming out there and don’t forget we’ll be at the Coach House on September 8!

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• 8/19 Whisky a GoGo , West Hollywood
• 8/25 Mozambique , Laguna Beach
• 8/26 Kahuna Concert for a Cause , San Clemente
• 9/2 Private Party, Lake Tahoe
• 9/3 Delta Coves, Bethel Island
• 9/8 Coach House , San Juan Capistrano
• 9/9 Gaslamp, Long Beach

To say that this summer of smooth music might be the smoothest in history, may be an understatement.  With last year still having some Covid 19 fallout, this Summer of 2023 is full steam ahead.  In fact, the S.S. Yachty by Nature is gaining momentum at a fast pace.  In February, we said a reluctant and fond farewell to our guitarist of 6 years, Ben Shreddin.  Ultimately, we welcomed new guitarist Wes Coast to the band.  Wes is a fine player, a talented and creative improvisor.  Additionally, he’s hopping in headfirst to the World’s Funnest yacht rock band.  Speaking of which, Ben Shreddin’ said goodbye after a huge show at Pala Casino with a sold out crowd of 900 fans!

Along with learning 100 new songs, Wes is busy adding some new and creative favorites to the setlist too.  We recently added Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder and Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes.  The band debuted those tunes at Biergarten HB to a crowd of 400 and we were so exhilarated to hear the audience gasp at the guitar and keyboard intro to Bette Davis Eyes.  Courtney Cruise absolutely crushed it!  In addition, we premiered a mashup of Boz Scaggs and Dua Lipa AND the song Sunrise by Simply Red.  Too fun!

Summer 2022

If you recall last Summer of 2022, we went from an incredible show at Oracle Park in San Francisco in July to Scotty McYachty coming down with Covid.  We had to cancel our Sea Legs show that Saturday.  Ultimately, it was one of the toughest weekends ever.  Importantly, we hate to let one of our absolute favorite venues down.  We are still so thankful for all the grace and understanding from last year.  This time around a summer of smooth music returned to Sea Legs on July 15.  The schedule has been packed with some amazing dates like Whisky a Go Go, Hangar OC Fair, San Luis Obispo, lots of Bay Area travels and even Sun Valley, Idaho.

Funnest Yacht Rock Band

Over the last few months, the band has traversed the country bringing smooth tunes from sea to shining sea.  As California’s premiere yacht rock band, we played Florida in January for Emeril’s big fundraiser.  Yachty by Nature came back to Florida and played in Orlando for Dish Network’s convention there in May.  As such, we love to travel and turn people on to yacht rock for the first time.  In fact, we had a ton of first-timers come to our show at Knitting Factory in North Hollywood and more recently at Biergarten HB.

The band even jaunted back to the Bay Area and played for a Napa Birthday party.  Nothing like smooth yacht rock music nestled among the grape vines.  It was a beautiful but chilly night out there.  Moreover, it was a relief to then play a balmy evening at the City of Palm Desert and celebrate our resident Gemini, Courtney Cruise’s birthday!  As always, we are adding songs and fun stuff to the show.  The dance party that erupted that night in Palm Desert really showed us how fun it is when audiences respond so electrically to our vibe.  Thank you for such amazing times everybody.  Take a good look at the summer of smooth calendar and hope to see you a few times over the next couple months.

Smooth Music Sailing

As always, here’s a link to our last yacht rock blog post if you’d like to read more about our antics in 2023.  Make sure to hit us up on Bandsintown for a complete calendar.  We also have new merchandise coming out so stay tuned for an update to our store.  We love when our fans represent us well and stay so yachty.  In fact, keep up the good work on wearing those Yachty outfits/attire to the concerts as well.  Lastly, check all of our links at LINKTREE and have an epic rest of your smooth music summer!  Hope to see you all very soon.

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Awesome yacht rock band for private parties & events, - where the music temperature is always in the smooth upper 70's to low 80's, rock the yacht ®   band is a 5 to 11 piece high-energy & fun super-awesome live band for classy private parties & luxury events with people who love "yacht rock" - the smooth & classy soulful soft rock music & amazing vocals  of the late 1970's & early 1980's for listening and dancing. artists like michael mcdonald, kenny loggins, steely dan, boz scaggs, toto, hall & oates , huey lewis & more -  exquisitely performed to perfection ., not a "bar band" - no band drinking, drugs, or lewdness. (not our thing)  just the best  music &  fun  🥳.

Featuring the award-winning vocalist & Skipper John Parker, who performed on TV's StarSearch & is a lifelong music business professional and industry recognized entertainer vocalist & musician with an unsurpassed reputation for excellence, talent and FUN along with the highest level of professionalism & customer service.  People who hire John don't worry - he just "makes it happen" From Fortune 500 companies to US Congressional retreats, to owners & coaches of MLB & NFL franchises - JP has performed for those who enjoy the very best vocals & music.

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ROCKtheYACHT® band is the perfect choice for your special event.  ONE band (NOT a franchise) consisting of top quality professional musicians who are dedicated to providing the highest quality vocals and music specializing in the Yacht Rock genre performed to perfection. We guarantee a night of smooth sailing with phenomenal music that's perfect for any occasion.

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" My room was on the ground floor and was OK with no noise at all. "

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GRAND HOTEL - Reviews (Stary Oskol, Russia)