yacht rock family guy song

Top 50 by Year

Lists Explorer

100 Most Featured Movie Songs

100 Most Featured TV Songs

Family Guy Soundtrack [ 1999 ]

Season 18 • episodes.

Yacht Rocky

29 Sep 19'

6 Oct 19'

Absolutely Babulous

13 Oct 19'

Disney's The Reboot

20 Oct 19'

3 Nov 19'

Peter & Lois' Wedding

10 Nov 19'

17 Nov 19'

Shanksgiving

24 Nov 19'

Christmas is Coming

15 Dec 19'

Connie's Celica

5 Jan 20'

16 Feb 20'

Undergrounded

23 Feb 20'

Rich Old Stewie

1 Mar 20'

The Movement

8 Mar 20'

Baby Stewie

15 Mar 20'

Start Me Up

19 Apr 20'

26 Apr 20'

Better Off Meg

3 May 20'

Holly Bibble

10 May 20'

Movin’ In (Principal Shepherd’s Song)

17 May 20'

Popular songs from Season 18

Sentimental Lady

E1 • Yacht Rocky

Summer Breeze

Seals and Crofts

Christopher Cross

Jack Stauber

E14 • The Movement

The HampsterDance Song

Hampton The Hampster

Ode To My Family - Remastered 2020

The Cranberries

E16 • Start Me Up

Theme (From "The Facts of Life")

E7 • Heart Burn

Inspector Gadget

Cyber Orchestra

In Your Eyes - 2012 Remaster

Peter Gabriel

Ironic - 2015 Remaster

Alanis Morissette

E6 • Peter & Lois' Wedding

Force Majeure

Tangerine Dream

E9 • Christmas is Coming

Family Guy Main Title - From "Family Guy"

Cast - Family Guy

Tv Show Info

Walter Murphy

Music Supervisors

Returning Series

External Links

Contributors

WhatSong is the worlds largest collection of movie & tv show soundtracks and playlists.

© 2023 WhatSong Soundtracks. All rights reserved

Quick links

• Cast & crew
• User reviews

Soundtracks

Yacht rocky.

• Summer Breeze (uncredited) Written by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts Performed by Seals & Crofts [Peter plays the song in the bar for his friends]
• Sailing (uncredited) Written by Christopher Cross Performed by by Christopher Cross [plays on the yacht as the boys argue]
• Sentimental Lady Written by Bob Welch Performed by Bob Welch [plays as the family remembers Bob Welch]
• Rosanna Written by David Paich Performed by TOTO [performed on the yacht by the band]

Contribute to this page

• IMDb Answers: Help fill gaps in our data
• Learn more about contributing

More from this title

More to explore.

Recently viewed

Yacht Rocky/Notes/Trivia

• View history

• Seamus replaces Mayor Adam West in the opening sequence .
• Quagmire points out that Joe is 40.
• "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts plays when Peter first plays his 'Yacht Rock' music for the guys.
• "Sailing" by Christopher Cross plays when the guys start to fight, putting an end to the hostilities.
• An archive recording of Toto singing "Rosanna" is played while the band performs onboard.
• "Sentimental Lady" by Bob Welch plays numerous times whenever Welch is mentioned.
• Joe admits he's not enamored of the song "Footloose". When Kenny Loggins offers up "I'm Alright" from Caddyshack , Joe insists that it is the gopher that sings that song.
• Meg's bowel movements are white, which Chad attributes to her diet of powdered donuts.
• Michael McDonald only joins the group long enough to save them by using his voice to summon whales, then vanishes immediately after.
• Meg's would-be boyfriend Chad vanishes when the family is returned home.
• This episode aired on guest star Nick Viall 's 39th birthday.

Previous Episode's Notes/Trivia /// Yacht Rocky's Notes/Trivia \\\ Next Episode's Notes/Trivia

• 1 Fat Actor
• 2 Episode Guide
• 3 Faith No More

Spotify is currently not available in your country.

Follow us online to find out when we launch., spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs – from old favorites to the latest hits. just hit play to stream anything you like..

Listen everywhere

Spotify works on your computer, mobile, tablet and TV.

Unlimited, ad-free music

No ads. No interruptions. Just music.

Download music & listen offline

Keep playing, even when you don't have a connection.

Premium sounds better

Get ready for incredible sound quality.

• Bad Sisters
• Brother from Another Mother
• Chief of War
• City on Fire
• Constellation
• Criminal Record
• Dark Matter
• Extrapolations
• For All Mankind
• Ghostwriter
• Hedy Lamarr
• Hello Tomorrow!
• High Desert
• Lady In The Lake
• Land of Women
• Lessons in Chemistry
• Masters of the Air
• Mere Mortals
• Mrs. American Pie
• Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
• Presumed Innocent
• Schmigadoon
• Shining Girls
• Sinking Spring
• Slow Horses
• Surfside Girls
• The Afterparty
• The Big Cigar
• The Big Door Prize
• The Buccaneers
• The Changeling
• The Crowded Room
• The Last Frontier
• The Morning Show
• The New Look
• The White Darkness
• Time Bandits
• A Man in Full
• A Thousand Blows
• Agatha: Coven of Chaos
• American Born Chinese
• Daredevil: Born Again
• High School Musical
• Last Days Of The Space Age
• Moon Knight
• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Rangers of the New Republic
• Secret Invasion
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• Star Wars: Visions
• The Acolyte
• The Artful Dodger
• The Book of Boba Fett
• The Clearing
• The Crossover
• The Mandalorian
• The Mighty Ducks
• The Proud Family
• The Santa Clauses
• Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem
• Interior Chinatown
• Light as a Feather
• Little Fires Everywhere
• Life and Beth
• Love, Victor
• Nine Perfect Strangers
• Only Murders In The Building
• Reasonable Doubt
• Solar Opposites
• Tell Me Lies
• The Handmaid's Tale
• The Hardy Boys
• The Orville
• The Other Black Girl
• Under the Bridge
• Washington Black
• We Were the Lucky Ones
• American Horror Stories
• The Old Man
• And Just Like That
• Booster Gold
• Dune: The Sisterhood
• Full Circle
• Harry Potter
• How To Be A Bookie
• Justice League Dark
• Our Flag Means Death
• Paradise Lost
• Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
• Subject To Change
• The Flight Attendant
• The Girl on the Bus
• The Penguin
• The Sex Lives of College Girls
• The Tourist
• The Westing Game
• Welcome To Derry
• 3 Body Problem
• Alice in Borderland
• All Of Us Are Dead
• American Primeval
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Baby Reindeer
• Black Doves
• Black Mirror
• Blood and Water
• Cabinet of Curiosities
• Dead Boy Detectives
• Department Q
• Emily In Paris
• Fool Me Once
• Ginny and Georgia
• God's Favorite Idiot
• Heartbreak High
• Heartstopper
• Kings of America
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• My Life With The Walter Boys
• No Good Deed
• Obliterated
• Outer Banks
• Russian Doll
• Spinning Out
• Stranger Things
• Super Crooks
• Sweet Magnolias
• Sweet Tooth
• That 90s Show
• The 39 Steps
• The Abandons
• The Brothers Sun
• The Chosen One
• The Decameron
• The Diplomat
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Fuck It Bucket
• The Last Bus
• The Letter For The King
• The Lincoln Lawyer
• The Madness
• The Night Agent
• The Overstory
• The Pentaverate
• The Residence
• The Sandman
• The Umbrella Academy
• The Upshaws
• The Watcher
• The Witcher
• Tiny Pretty Things
• Virgin River
• White Stork
• Young Wallander
• 1883: The Bass Reeves Story
• Criminal Minds
• Dungeons and Dragons
• Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies
• Mayor Of Kingstown
• NCIS: Sydney
• School Spirits
• Special Ops: Lioness
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Star Trek: Prodigy
• Star Trek: Section 31
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• The Burning Girls
• The Ex-Wife
• The Killing Kind
• Yellowstone
• Apples Never Fall
• Based on a True Story
• Battlestar Galactica
• The Calling
• The Continental
• Those About To Die
• Twisted Metal
• We Are Lady Parts
• Wolf Like Me

Prime Video

• A League of Their Own
• Anansi Boys
• Blade Runner 2099
• Cruel Intentions
• Crystal Lake
• Daisy Jones and The Six
• Dirty Diana
• I'm a Virgo
• Last Known Position
• Man On Fire
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• My Lady Jane
• Nancy Wu Done It
• Outer Range
• The Boys: Diabolical
• The Consultant
• The Devil's Hour
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
• The Summer I Turned Pretty
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Night Manager
• The Peripheral
• The Terminal List
• The Wheel of Time
• Things I Know To Be True
• We Were Liars

Freevee Shows

• American Rust
• Beyond Black Beauty
• Bosch: Legacy
• Clean Slate
• Dinner With The Parents
• High School
• Inside No. 9
• Leverage: Redemption
• The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
• Billy The Kid
• Emperor of Ocean Park
• Godfather of Harlem
• Hotel Cocaine
• Silk: Spider Society

Welcome To SpoilerTV

• A Month at the Movies
• Movie Reviews
• Performer of the Month
• Pitch Your Idea
• Quote of the Week
• Scene of the Week
• Scene of the Month
• Throwback Thursday
• User Submitted Polls
• Weekly Round Table
• 2022/23 Primetime Schedule
• Cancellation Table
• Development Watch
• Full Season Ratings
• Pilot Watch
• Premiere Calendar
• Show Status Report
• Site Configuration
• Episode Database
• Image Gallery
• What's Hot!
• Twitter Accounts
• Hall of Fame
• Introduce Yourself
• Meet the Team
• Open Discussion
• Submit Scoop
• FAQ/Help Files
• Privacy Policy
• Ratings FAQ
• Release Notes
• Send Feedback
• Troubleshooting
• Abbott Elementary
• Grey's Anatomy
• High Potential
• Home Economics
• Not Dead Yet
• The Conners
• The Good Doctor
• Blue Bloods
• Bob Hearts Abishola
• FBI: International
• F.B.I Most Wanted
• Fire Country
• NCIS: Hawaii
• Poppa’s House
• So Help Me Todd
• The Equalizer
• The Neighborhood
• Young Sheldon
• 61st Street
• All American
• All American: Homecoming
• Superman and Lois
• The Librarians: The Next Chapter
• 9-1-1 : Lone Star
• Animal Control
• Bob's Burgers
• Housebroken
• Rescue: HI-Surf
• The Cleaning Lady
• The Great North
• The Simpsons
• Welcome To Flatch
• Chicago Fire
• Chicago Med
• Extended Family
• Law and Order
• Law and Order: OC
• Law and Order: SVU
• Lopez vs Lopez
• Night Court
• Quantum Leap
• St. Denis Medical
• The Blacklist
• The Irrational
• Fear The Walking Dead
• Monsieur Spade
• National Anthem
• Orphan Black: Echoes
• Tales Of The Walking Dead
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
• The Walking Dead: Dead City
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
• Interview with the Vampire
• Mayfair Witches
• That Dirty Black Bag
• Cruel Summer
• Good Trouble
• While You Were Breeding
• A Murder at the End of the World
• American Crime Story
• American Horror Story
• American Love Story
• American Sports Story
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Justified: City Primeval
• The Scent of Burnt Flowers
• The Sterling Affairs
• What We Do In The Shadows
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Gorilla and the Bird
• House of the Dragon
• Somebody Somewhere
• The Gilded Age
• The Last of Us
• The Perfect Nanny
• The Righteous Gemstones
• The White Lotus
• True Detective
• A Gentleman In Moscow
• Dexter: New Blood
• Dexter: Origins
• Fellow Travelers
• Super Pumped
• Yellowjackets
• Outlander: Blood Of My Blood
• Power Book II: Ghost
• Power Book III: Raising Kanan
• Power Book IV: Force
• Shining Vale
• Spartacus: House of Ashur
• The Serpent Queen
• Three Women
• Reginald The Vampire
• Resident Alien
• SurrealEstate
• American Dad
• Raven's Home
• When Calls the Heart
• All Other Misc Shows

Feature List

• Announcements
• Cancelled Shows
• Open Discussion Thread
• Key Awards Dates
• Fall 2022/23 Schedule
• In Development
• Most Watched Shows
• Pilot Shows
• Production Dates
• Quick Poll Submission
• Renewals/Cancellations
• Show Twitter Accounts
• TV Scorecard 2022/23
• What's HOT!

Need some help?

• Report Audio Ads

Looking for TV Ratings?

• Daily Broadcast and Cable Ratings
• Full Season-to-Date Broadcast Ratings
• Cancellation Predicator
• Live+3 / Live+7 Ratings
• Weekly Nielsen Streaming Charts
• Weekly Broadcast Ratings
• Weekly Cable Reruns Tables
• Weekly Cable Sports Tables
• Broadcast Shows Network Comparison
• Ratings Database
• All Game Articles
• Game Reviews
• Playstation

SpoilerTV - TV Spoilers

• What's Hot!
• Sullivan's Crossing
• Winning Time
• The Hunting Wives
• Raven's Home

AppleTV+ Shows

• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Disney+ Shows

• Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
• The Muppets Mayhem
• Death And Other Details

FX on Hulu Shows

• Reservation Dogs

Netflix Shows

• Shadow and Bone

Paramount+ Shows

• The Serial Killer's Wife

peacock Shows

Prime video shows.

• The Horror of Dolores Roach

Family Guy - Yacht Rocky - Review

Show Selector

• 11.22.63 (32)
• 12 Monkeys (439)
• 13 Reasons Why (64)
• 2010 Character Cup (35)
• 2011 Character Cup (41)
• 2012 Series Competition (43)
• 2013 Episode Competition (19)
• 2013 TV Series Competition (34)
• 2014 Character Cup (22)
• 2014 Episode Competition (19)
• 2014 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2015 Character Cup (17)
• 2015 Episode Competition (19)
• 2015 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2016 Character Cup (16)
• 2016 Episode Competition (20)
• 2016 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2017 CC (14)
• 2017 Episode Competition (19)
• 2017 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2018 CC (15)
• 2018 Episode Competition (19)
• 2018 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2019 CC (14)
• 2019 Episode Competition (19)
• 2019 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2020 CC (15)
• 2020 Episode Competition (19)
• 2020 TV Series Competition (33)
• 2021 CC (15)
• 2021 Episode Competition (11)
• 2021 Show Championship (18)
• 2022 CC (16)
• 2022 Episode Competition (11)
• 2022 TV Series Competition (16)
• 2023 CC (15)
• 2023 Episode Competition (11)
• 2023 STV Awards (9)
• 2023 TV Series Competition (16)
• 24 Legacy (120)
• 24: Live Another Day (259)
• 3 Body Problem (7)
• 61st Street (36)
• 7 Word Reviews (127)
• 911 Lone Star (420)
• A Discovery of Witches (19)
• A Friend of the Family (10)
• A Gentleman In Moscow (13)
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2)
• A League of Their Own (19)
• A Man in Full (6)
• A Million Little Things (519)
• A Month at the Movies (16)
• A Murder at the End of the World (37)
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (35)
• A Teacher (31)
• A Thousand Blows (1)
• A.P. Bio (118)
• Abbott Elementary (214)
• Abby's (44)
• About A Boy (231)
• Absentia (14)
• Accused (69)
• Action (17)
• Adventure (23)
• After Life (25)
• Aftermath (44)
• Agatha: Coven of Chaos (10)
• Agatha: Darkhold Diaries (2)
• Agent Carter (389)
• Agent X (53)
• Agents of SHIELD (2922)
• Ahsoka (45)
• AJ and the Queen (10)
• Alaska Daily (48)
• Alex Inc (52)
• Alexa and Katie (15)
• Alice in Borderland (6)
• All American (547)
• All American: Homecoming (119)
• All Of Us Are Dead (8)
• All Rise (244)
• All Stars (2)
• All The Light We Cannot See (12)
• Almost Family (69)
• Almost Human (234)
• Alone Together (62)
• Altered Carbon (35)
• Amazing Stories (14)
• Amazon Prime (1)
• American Auto (83)
• American Born Chinese (11)
• American Crime (322)
• American Crime Story (202)
• American Dad (759)
• American Gigolo (23)
• American Gods (168)
• American Gothic (87)
• American Horror Stories (64)
• American Horror Story (1652)
• American Housewife (580)
• American Love Story (1)
• American Odyssey (140)
• American Primeval (2)
• American Princess (29)
• American Rust (37)
• American Sports Story (1)
• Anansi Boys (4)
• Anatomy of a Scandal (9)
• And Just Like That (66)
• Angel from Hell (73)
• Angelyne (11)
• Anger Management (202)
• Angie Tribeca (35)
• Animal Control (76)
• Animal Kingdom (365)
• Another Life (22)
• Apple TV (1)
• Apples Never Fall (9)
• Aquarius (126)
• Archer (395)
• Archive 81 (9)
• Armor Wars (5)
• Arrested Development (97)
• Arrow (4541)
• As We See It (5)
• Ash vs Evil Dead (155)
• Astrid And Lilly Save The World (30)
• Atlanta (157)
• Atlantis (120)
• Atypical (36)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (18)
• Avenue 5 (64)
• Awkward (258)
• B Positive (130)
• Baby Daddy (547)
• Baby Reindeer (5)
• Bad Monkey (3)
• Bad Sisters (36)
• Ballers (211)
• Band of Brothers (1)
• Banshee (474)
• Barry (168)
• Based on a True Story (10)
• Baskets (162)
• Bates Motel (558)
• Battle Creek (153)
• Battlestar Galactica (12)
• Batwoman (455)
• Beacon 23 (25)
• Beauty and the Beast (1237)
• Becoming Elizabeth (35)
• Being Human (US) (358)
• Bel-Air (39)
• Beowulf (11)
• Better Call Saul (526)
• Better Things (145)
• Between (15)
• Beyond (78)
• Beyond Black Beauty (1)
• Beyond Paradise (1)
• BH90210 (48)
• Big Little Lies (171)
• Big Shot (31)
• Big Sky (243)
• Billions (349)
• Billy The Kid (13)
• Bitten (223)
• Black Bird (26)
• Black Cake (24)
• Black Doves (1)
• Black Lightning (498)
• Black Mirror (22)
• Black Monday (110)
• Black Sails (263)
• Black Summer (11)
• Black-ish (1082)
• Blackbird: Lena Horne and America (2)
• Blade Runner 2099 (2)
• Bless the Harts (121)
• Bless This Mess (131)
• Blindspot (866)
• Blindspotting (61)
• Blockbuster (8)
• Blood and Oil (129)
• Blood and Treasure (101)
• Blood and Water (18)
• Blood Drive (59)
• Bloodline (37)
• Blue Bloods (1745)
• Bluff City Law (61)
• Blunt Talk (33)
• Boardwalk Empire (486)
• Bob Hearts Abishola (349)
• Bob's Burgers (862)
• Bodies (10)
• BoJack Horseman (42)
• Bokeem Woodbine (1)
• Bones (2703)
• Boo Bitch (5)
• Bookie (18)
• Booster Gold (1)
• Bordertown (45)
• Bosch: Legacy (24)
• BrainDead (83)
• Brand New Cherry Flavor (8)
• Brave New World (14)
• Breeders (128)
• Briarpatch (35)
• Bridgerton (42)
• Britannia (19)
• Broadchurch (42)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1374)
• Brother from Another Mother (1)
• Burn Notice (1)
• Bust Down (6)
• Butterfly (2)
• Cabinet of Curiosities (14)
• Cable Guide (23)
• Californication (325)
• Call Me Kat (178)
• Call Your Mother (51)
• Camping (29)
• Canal Plus (109)
• Cancellation Index (10)
• Cancelled Shows (26144)
• Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem (1)
• Carnival Row (33)
• Carol's Second Act (61)
• Carrie Diaries (302)
• Castle (3474)
• Castle Rock (106)
• Casual (63)
• Catch-22 (14)
• Chambers (11)
• Champions (55)
• Chance (51)
• Channel Zero (100)
• Chapelwaite (3)
• Charmed (558)
• Chasing Life (328)
• Chesapeake Shores (240)
• Chicago Fire (2546)
• Chicago Justice (104)
• Chicago Med (1228)
• Chicago PD (1940)
• Chief of War (2)
• Childhood's End (34)
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (72)
• Chucky (131)
• Citadel (20)
• City on a Hill (92)
• City on Fire (20)
• Clarice (80)
• Class of 09 (26)
• Claws (182)
• Clean Slate (1)
• Clickbait (4)
• Cloak and Dagger (131)
• Cobra Kai (52)
• Code Black (386)
• Colony (238)
• Comic-Con (1047)
• Community (1046)
• Complications (53)
• Connecting (22)
• Constantine (255)
• Constellation (19)
• Containment (116)
• Continuum (333)
• Conversations With Friends (6)
• Conviction (109)
• Cougartown (528)
• Council of Dads (42)
• Counterpart (116)
• Country Comfort (7)
• Covert Affairs (626)
• Cowboy Bebop (15)
• Crashing (68)
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (482)
• Creepshow (57)
• Crime Farm (2)
• Criminal (1)
• Criminal Minds (2680)
• Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (151)
• Criminal Record (20)
• Crossing Lines (54)
• Crowded (88)
• Cruel Intentions (2)
• Cruel Summer (86)
• Crystal Lake (1)
• CSI Las Vegas (1010)
• CSI: Cyber (303)
• CSI: Vegas (177)
• Cuckoo Song (2)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (162)
• Cursed (18)
• Cush Jumbo (1)
• Da Vinci’s Demons (150)
• Dad Stop Embarrassing Me (7)
• Daily Discussion (2742)
• Daisy Jones and The Six (19)
• Dallas (269)
• Damien (62)
• Damnation (40)
• Dangerous Liaisons (31)
• Dare Me (36)
• Daredevil (231)
• Daredevil: Born Again (6)
• Dark Matter (320)
• Dark Matter (AppleTV) (6)
• Dark Winds (65)
• Dash and Lily (8)
• Day of the Dead (44)
• Daybreak (10)
• DC Super Hero High (2)
• Dead Boy Detectives (6)
• Dead Day (3)
• Dead of Summer (77)
• Dead Ringers (8)
• Dead to Me (62)
• Deadly Class (55)
• Dear Edward (21)
• Dear White People (37)
• Death and Other Details (23)
• Debris (73)
• Deception (97)
• Defending Jacob (17)
• Defiance (355)
• Degrassi (2)
• Deli Boys (1)
• Demascus (6)
• Demimonde (7)
• Department Q (2)
• Deputy (60)
• Designated Survivor (436)
• Devil In Ohio (8)
• Devil in the White City (3)
• Devious Maids (354)
• Dexter (45)
• Dexter: New Blood (52)
• Dexter: Origins (1)
• Dickinson (77)
• Dietland (52)
• Dinner With The Parents (7)
• Dirk Gently (36)
• Dirty Diana (2)
• Dirty John (27)
• Disclaimer (1)
• Disjointed (17)
• Dispatches from Elsewhere (39)
• Divorce (95)
• Doctor Who (1624)
• Doll and Em (14)
• Dollface (31)
• Dominion (216)
• Donny! (11)
• Doogie Kamealoha M.D. (36)
• Doom Patrol (184)
• Dopesick (25)
• Downton Abbey (275)
• Downward Dog (45)
• Dr. Death (26)
• Dr. Ken (281)
• Dr. Wolf (2)
• Drop Dead Diva (100)
• Duncanville (93)
• Dune: The Sisterhood (7)
• Dungeons and Dragons (1)
• Dynasty (592)
• East New York (85)
• Eastbound and Down (42)
• Echo 3 (19)
• Echoes (11)
• Elementary (1615)
• Elsbeth (21)
• Emerald City (92)
• Emergence (89)
• Emily In Paris (23)
• Emperor of Ocean Park (3)
• Empire (999)
• English Teacher (1)
• Episodes (207)
• Escape at Dannemora (39)
• Euphoria (124)
• Events (56)
• Everyone Is Doing Great (1)
• Everything's Gonna Be Okay (46)
• Everything's Trash (38)
• Expats (18)
• Extant (243)
• Extended Family (51)
• Extrapolations (18)
• Eyewitness (79)
• Fact or Fiction (3)
• Faking It (166)
• Falling Skies (515)
• Falling Water (57)
• Fallout (13)
• Family Guy (1276)
• Famous in Love (81)
• Fans and Fantasy (16)
• Fantasy Island (93)
• Fargo (477)
• Fatal Attraction (25)
• Fate: The Winx Saga (18)
• Favourite TV Romantic Couple Competition (21)
• FBI: International (264)
• FBI: Most Wanted (384)
• Fear The Walking Dead (693)
• Featured (29)
• Feed The Beast (45)
• Fellow Travelers (36)
• Ferrari (1)
• FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans (3)
• Fighting (2)
• Filthy Rich (48)
• Finals (466)
• Finding Carter (185)
• Fire Country (158)
• Firebite (11)
• Firebug (1)
• Firefly Lane (25)
• First Kill (25)
• Five Days At Memorial (13)
• Flaked (10)
• Flashdance (1)
• Flatbush Misdemeanors (70)
• Fleishman Is In Trouble (23)
• Flesh and Bone (32)
• Florida Man (7)
• Fool Me Once (8)
• For All Mankind (121)
• For Life (99)
• For the People (148)
• Forever (374)
• Forever (Netflix) (1)
• Forever Amazon (5)
• Fortitude (30)
• Fosse/Verdon (37)
• Foundation (59)
• Franklin (4)
• Franklin and Bash (154)
• Frasier (31)
• Freakish (7)
• Freeridge (10)
• Frequency (148)
• Fresh Off The Boat (797)
• Friends from College (15)
• Fright Night (1)
• From Dusk Till Dawn (55)
• From Page to Screen (3)
• From Scratch (8)
• Frontier (27)
• Full Circle (16)
• Fuller House (102)
• Futurama (59)
• Future Man (26)
• Galavant (173)
• Game of Silence (76)
• Game of Thrones (2279)
• Game Reviews (23)
• Games Reviews (1)
• Gaslit (22)
• General Hospital (1)
• Generation (21)
• Gentleman Jack (46)
• Getting On (70)
• Ghost Wars (54)
• Ghosted (93)
• Ghosts (268)
• Ghostwriter (17)
• Giancarlo Esposito (1)
• Gilmore Girls (89)
• Ginny and Georgia (18)
• Girl Meets World (391)
• Girlboss (11)
• Girls (392)
• GIRLS5EVA (24)
• Giveaways (164)
• Glamorous (10)
• Glee (2217)
• God Friended Me (224)
• God Of War (2)
• God's Favorite Idiot (7)
• Godfather of Harlem (33)
• Godless (17)
• Godzilla and the Titans (1)
• Golan The Insatiable (18)
• Goliath (39)
• Good Behavior (110)
• Good Girls (302)
• Good Omens (32)
• Good Place (489)
• Good Sam (58)
• Good Trouble (376)
• Goosebumps (16)
• Gordita Chronicles (5)
• Gorilla and the Bird (1)
• Gossip Girl (17)
• Gossip Girl (HBOMAX) (67)
• Gotham (1318)
• Gotham Knights (66)
• Government Cheese (1)
• Grace and Frankie (48)
• Graceland (317)
• Grand Army (6)
• Grand Crew (77)
• Grand Hotel (72)
• Grandfathered (172)
• Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies (25)
• Great News (105)
• Green Lantern (6)
• Grendel (2)
• Grey's Anatomy (5111)
• Grimm (1749)
• Grimsburg (35)
• Griselda (8)
• Grown-ish (400)
• Guerrilla (3)
• Guilty Party (20)
• Guy Ritchie (1)
• Half Bad (1)
• Halston (6)
• Halt and Catch Fire (190)
• Hand of God (7)
• Hannibal (701)
• Happy Face (2)
• Happy Together (77)
• Happyish (48)
• Hard Cell (5)
• Harlem (14)
• Harry Potter (1)
• Hart of Dixie (1023)
• Haters Back Off (16)
• Haven (555)
• Hawaii 5-0 (3072)
• Hawkeye (46)
• Head of the Class (6)
• Heartbeat (79)
• Heartbreak High (12)
• Heartstopper (19)
• Heathers (21)
• Hedy Lamarr (1)
• Helix (284)
• Hell On Wheels (378)
• Hello Tomorrow! (25)
• Helstrom (12)
• Hemlock Grove (50)
• Here and Now (43)
• Heroes Reborn (261)
• Hidden Gems (1)
• High Desert (15)
• High Fidelity (7)
• High Maintenance (8)
• High Potential (1)
• High School (9)
• High School Musical (103)
• Hightown (112)
• Hijack (31)
• His Dark Materials (108)
• Hit and Run (7)
• Hollywood (13)
• Home Before Dark (26)
• Home Economics (163)
• Homecoming (26)
• Homeland (1079)
• Hotel Cocaine (7)
• Houdini and Doyle (36)
• House of Cards (150)
• House of Lies (326)
• House of the Dragon (145)
• Housebroken (83)
• How I Met Your Father (70)
• How I Met Your Mother (1917)
• How To Be A Bookie (2)
• How to Get Away With Murder (1273)
• How We Roll (36)
• Hugh Grant (1)
• Humans (96)
• Hunters (69)
• Hunters (Amazon) (22)
• Hysteria (3)
• I Am Not Okay With This (9)
• I Am the Night (30)
• I Feel Bad (48)
• I Know This Much Is True (33)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (17)
• I Love Dick (7)
• I Love That for You (24)
• I'm A Virgo (8)
• I'm Dying Up Here (85)
• iCarly (52)
• Imaginary Mary (44)
• Imposters (50)
• In Development (1594)
• In From the Cold (5)
• In the Dark (235)
• In The Flesh (56)
• In Treatment (33)
• Incorporated (44)
• Indebted (31)
• Industry (69)
• Industry News (629)
• Inhumans (96)
• Insatiable (23)
• Insecure (181)
• Inside No. 9 (1)
• Insomnia (1)
• Instinct (109)
• Interior Chinatown (4)
• Interrogation (5)
• Interview with the Vampire (26)
• Interviews (25)
• Into the Badlands (176)
• Into The Dark (84)
• Invasion (57)
• Inventing Anna (6)
• Invincible (22)
• Invitation to a Bonfire (7)
• Irma Vep (28)
• Iron Fist (74)
• Ironheart (15)
• Irreverent (7)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (373)
• iZombie (897)
• Jack Ryan (48)
• Jane the Virgin (1033)
• Jean-Claude Van Johnson (7)
• Jekyll and Hyde (5)
• Jessica Jones (157)
• Joe vs Carole (8)
• Julie and the Phantoms (8)
• Jupiter's Legacy (8)
• Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (17)
• Just Beyond (6)
• Just Cause (1)
• Justice League Dark (1)
• Justified (667)
• Justified: City Primeval (33)
• Kaleidoscope (10)
• Kate Winslet (5)
• Katy Keene (70)
• Kavalier and Clay (2)
• Kay Scarpetta (1)
• Keep Breathing (7)
• Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (72)
• Kevin Can F**k Himself (72)
• Kevin Can Wait (250)
• Kevin From Work (44)
• Kidding (64)
• Killing Eve (285)
• Killing It (12)
• Killjoys (381)
• Kindred (7)
• King and Conqueror (1)
• King Shaka (5)
• Kingdom (30)
• Kings of America (2)
• Kiss Me First (15)
• Knightfall (75)
• Koala Man (9)
• Krapopolis (79)
• Krypton (119)
• Kung Fu (174)
• La Brea (165)
• La Fortuna (2)
• LA to Vegas (88)
• Lady Dynamite (11)
• Lady In The Lake (1)
• Land Man (4)
• Land of Women (1)
• Landman (1)
• Lanterns (2)
• Last Days Of The Space Age (1)
• Last Known Position (1)
• Last Light (9)
• Last Man on Earth (398)
• Last Man Standing (927)
• Last Week in TV (98)
• Law and Order (179)
• Law and Order For the Defense (5)
• Law and Order Hate Crimes (2)
• Law and Order OC (243)
• Law and Order SVU (2007)
• Law and Order True Crime (48)
• Lawmen: Bass Reeves (23)
• Lazarus (1)
• Legacies (635)
• Legends (142)
• Legends of Tomorrow (1542)
• Legion (226)
• Lessons in Chemistry (25)
• Let the Right One In (39)
• Lethal Weapon (460)
• Leverage: Redemption (43)
• Liaison (16)
• Life and Beth (7)
• Life in Pieces (379)
• Life Sentence (91)
• Light as a Feather (19)
• Limetown (8)
• Limitless (330)
• Lincoln Rhyme (47)
• Line of Duty (40)
• Lisey's Story (12)
• Little Demon (44)
• Little Fires Everywhere (33)
• Little Voice (11)
• Living Biblically (57)
• Living With Yourself (6)
• Lizzie McGuire (10)
• Locke and Key (37)
• Lockwood and Co (8)
• Lodge 49 (72)
• Long Bright River (1)
• Longmire (217)
• Looking (146)
• Looking for Alaska (12)
• Loosely Exactly Nicole (29)
• Lopez vs Lopez (96)
• Lost Girl (746)
• Lost in Space (47)
• Louie (218)
• Love and Beth (1)
• Love and Death (25)
• Love Life (24)
• Love Victor (39)
• Lovecraft Country (63)
• Lucifer (1170)
• Lucky Hank (41)
• Luke Cage (71)
• Luther (101)
• M.O.D.O.K. (11)
• MacGruber (10)
• MacGyver (751)
• Mad Dogs USA (5)
• Mad Men (536)
• Madam Secretary (873)
• Made for Love (20)
• Madoff (21)
• Maggie (10)
• Magnum P.I. (631)
• Major Crimes (659)
• Making History (43)
• Man On Fire (1)
• Man Seeking Woman (98)
• Man vs Bee (6)
• Man with a Plan (343)
• Manhattan (77)
• Manhunt (13)
• Maniac (15)
• Manifest (406)
• Marco Polo (20)
• Mare of Easttown (49)
• Marks Remarks (3)
• Marlon (46)
• Married (125)
• Mary and Jane (30)
• Mary Kills People (6)
• Master of None (34)
• Masters of Sex (331)
• Masters of the Air (21)
• Matlock (3)
• Mayans MC (232)
• Mayfair Witches (30)
• Mayor Of Kingstown (54)
• Me Myself and I (52)
• Medical Police (1)
• Melissa and Joey (401)
• Mere Mortals (1)
• Messiah (10)
• metalocalypse (1)
• Metropolis (4)
• Midnight Mass (16)
• Midnight Texas (130)
• Midnight's Children (1)
• Mike and Molly (765)
• Mildred Pierce (1)
• Mindhunter (19)
• Minority Report (118)
• Misc Shows (2806)
• Misfits (171)
• Missing You (1)
• Mistresses (446)
• Mixed-ish (152)
• Modern Family (1906)
• Modern Love (13)
• Monarch (60)
• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (23)
• Monsieur Spade (27)
• Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (13)
• Monsterland (6)
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (6)
• Monthly Binge (5)
• Moon Knight (38)
• Moonbase 8 (13)
• Moonhaven (29)
• Mosquito Coast (38)
• Motherland: Fort Salem (280)
• Movies (3960)
• Mozart in the Jungle (22)
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (14)
• Mr. Corman (23)
• Mr. Inbetween (58)
• Mr. Mayor (74)
• Mr. Robinson (32)
• Mr. Robot (360)
• Mrs America (31)
• Mrs Fletcher (28)
• Mrs. American Pie (6)
• Mrs. Davis (18)
• Ms.Marvel (38)
• Murder in a Small Town (1)
• Murder in the First (183)
• Murderbot (1)
• Murphy Brown (103)
• My Lady Jane (1)
• My Life With The Walter Boys (5)
• Mythic Quest (49)
• Nancy Drew (339)
• Nancy Wu Done It (1)
• Narcos (31)
• Narcos Mexico (18)
• Nashville (1389)
• National Anthem (2)
• National Treasure (34)
• NCIS (3770)
• NCIS: Hawaii (378)
• NCIS: Los Angeles (2964)
• NCIS: New Orleans (993)
• NCIS: Origins (1)
• NCIS: Sydney (37)
• Necessary Roughness (212)
• Netflix (1)
• Never Have I Ever (23)
• Never Let Me Go (2)
• New Amsterdam (651)
• Nicole Kidman (1)
• Night Court (106)
• Night Sky (9)
• Nightflyers (31)
• Nikita (1130)
• Nine Perfect Strangers (36)
• No Activity (25)
• No Good Deed (4)
• No Tomorrow (92)
• NOS4A2 (61)
• Not Dead Yet (84)
• Notes on Love (1)
• Notorious (93)
• Now Apocalypse (36)
• Nurse Jackie (284)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (30)
• Obituaries (25)
• Obituary (10)
• Obliterated (9)
• October Faction (8)
• Of Kings and Prophets (38)
• Olympus (44)
• On Becoming A God in Central Florida (30)
• On Call (3)
• On The Spectrum (1)
• On The Verge (7)
• On This Week (5)
• Once Upon A Time (4209)
• One Day (6)
• One Day at a Time (122)
• One Dollar (19)
• One of Us Is Lying (24)
• One Piece (23)
• One Tree Hill (7)
• Only Murders In The Building (145)
• Open Discussion (1103)
• Opinion (1)
• Opinions (63)
• Orange is the New Black (163)
• Ordinary Joe (63)
• Orphan Black (636)
• Orphan Black: Echoes (6)
• Our Flag Means Death (43)
• Our Kind Of People (48)
• Outcast (98)
• Outer Banks (40)
• Outer Range (17)
• Outlander (1063)
• Outlander: Blood Of My Blood (2)
• Outmatched (42)
• Outsiders (99)
• Overlook (2)
• P-Valley (68)
• Pablo Schreiber (1)
• Pacemaker (3)
• Painkiller (10)
• Palm Royale (12)
• Pam and Tommy (19)
• Pandora (81)
• Pantheon (13)
• Paper Girls (12)
• Paradise Lost (2)
• Paramount Plus (2)
• Parenthood (845)
• Parish (15)
• Parks and Recreation (1010)
• Partner Track (6)
• Partners (34)
• Party Down (29)
• Party of Five (43)
• Peacemaker (37)
• Peaky Blinders (48)
• Pearson (42)
• Penny Dreadful (313)
• Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (66)
• Pennyworth (18)
• Perception (186)
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (21)
• Perfect Harmony (71)
• Perry Mason (92)
• Person of Interest (2074)
• Peter Capaldi (1)
• Physical (71)
• picture that (51)
• Pieces of Her (6)
• Pilot Shows (3495)
• Pitch (120)
• Pitch Perfect (15)
• Pitch Your Idea (4)
• Pitch Your Show (50)
• Pivoting (43)
• Platonic (19)
• Players (16)
• Playing House (91)
• Playstation (15)
• Podcast (270)
• Poker Face (46)
• Poldark (145)
• Polls (11083)
• Poppa's House (3)
• Power (255)
• Power Book II: Ghost (106)
• Power Book III: Raising Kanan (114)
• Power Book IV: Force (63)
• Power Book V: Influence (3)
• Powerless (68)
• Preacher (260)
• Prelims (455)
• Presumed Innocent (5)
• Pretty Little Liars (2039)
• Pretty Little Liars The Perfectionists (59)
• Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (27)
• Pretty Smart (6)
• Prison Break (124)
• Prodigal Son (323)
• Project Blue Book (111)
• Promised Land (23)
• Proven Innocent (85)
• Psych (708)
• Public Morals (41)
• Punky Brewster (13)
• Pure Genius (73)
• Qualityland (2)
• Quantico (616)
• Quantum Leap (136)
• Quarry (62)
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (14)
• Queen of the South (272)
• Queens (53)
• Queer as Folk (12)
• Quizzes (68)
• Quote of the Week (373)
• Rabbit Hole (27)
• Ragdoll (19)
• Raina Reveals (40)
• Raised by Wolves (42)
• Raising Dion (16)
• Raising Hope (715)
• Rangers of the New Republic (3)
• Ransom (73)
• Ransom Canyon (4)
• Rap Sh*t (29)
• Ratched (14)
• Ratings (6114)
• Raven's Home (350)
• Ray Donovan (480)
• Reacher (30)
• Reality Shows (37)
• Reasonable Doubt (10)
• Reboot (19)
• Recovery Road (67)
• Rectify (54)
• Redeemer (2)
• Reef Break (57)
• Reginald The Vampire (30)
• Reign (1237)
• Renewals and Cancellations (2229)
• Reprisal (9)
• Reruns (36)
• Rescue: HI-Surf (2)
• Reservation Dogs (73)
• Resident Alien (170)
• Resident Evil (19)
• Resurrection (289)
• Revenge (1726)
• Reverie (51)
• Reviews (15960)
• Revolution (831)
• Riverdale (1379)
• Rizzoli and Isles (688)
• Roadies (56)
• Rogue One (5)
• Rookie Blue (588)
• Room 104 (154)
• Roseanne (98)
• Rosewood (300)
• Roswell New Mexico (373)
• Royal Pains (517)
• Run Away (1)
• Run The World (56)
• Runaways (126)
• Rush Hour (90)
• Russian Doll (25)
• Rutherford Falls (14)
• S.W.A.T. (685)
• Saint X (20)
• Salem (319)
• Salvation (166)
• Santa Clarita Diet (39)
• Satisfaction (80)
• Saved by the Bell (19)
• Saving Hope (204)
• Scandal (2030)
• Scene of the Month (39)
• Scene of the Week (369)
• Scenes From a Marriage (16)
• Schitt's Creek (1)
• Schmigadoon (28)
• School Spirits (19)
• Schooled (180)
• Scorpion (1109)
• Scream (230)
• Scream Queens (294)
• SEAL Team (600)
• Seasoned (2)
• Second Chance (85)
• Secret Invasion (37)
• Secrets and Lies (208)
• Sense8 (98)
• Servant (63)
• Seven Seconds (14)
• Severance (31)
• Sex Education (34)
• Sex/Life (14)
• Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (93)
• Sexy Beast (16)
• Shades of Blue (235)
• Shadow and Bone (29)
• Shadowhunters (696)
• Shameless (903)
• Shantaram (24)
• Shardlake (2)
• Sharp Objects (90)
• She-Hulk (50)
• She's Gotta Have It (15)
• Shelter (14)
• Sherlock (316)
• Shining Girls (15)
• Shining Vale (53)
• Shogun (26)
• Shooter (150)
• Shots Fired (67)
• Show of the Month (3)
• Shrill (19)
• Shrinking (48)
• Shut Eye (22)
• sight unseen (9)
• Significant Mother (41)
• Silicon Valley (272)
• Silk: Spider Society (2)
• Simulation (6)
• Single Drunk Female (43)
• Single Parents (266)
• Sinking Spring (2)
• Siren (174)
• Sirens (99)
• Skymed (13)
• Sleepy Hollow (999)
• Slow Horses (42)
• Sneaky Pete (32)
• Snowfall (216)
• Snowpiercer (137)
• So Help Me Todd (118)
• Social Distance (5)
• Solar Opposites (16)
• Somebody Somewhere (43)
• Somewhere Between (43)
• Son of Zorn (82)
• Sons of Anarchy (747)
• Soulmates (27)
• Soundtrack (10)
• South Park (121)
• Space Force (13)
• Spartacus: House of Ashur (1)
• Special Ops: Lioness (36)
• Speechless (410)
• Spider-Man (100)
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year (3)
• Spinning Out (15)
• Splitting Up Together (144)
• Spoiled (28)
• SpoilerTV Article (2421)
• SpoilerTV Articles (5)
• SpoilerTV Awards (87)
• Sports (43)
• Squid Game (17)
• St. Denis Medical (4)
• Stalker (304)
• Star Trek: Discovery (343)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (81)
• Star Trek: Picard (148)
• Star Trek: Prodigy (59)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (79)
• Star Wars: Rebels (104)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (69)
• Star Wars: Visions (5)
• Stargirl (303)
• Station 19 (662)
• Station Eleven (22)
• Stay Close (6)
• Step Up (40)
• Still Star-Crossed (45)
• Still Up (16)
• Stitchers (302)
• Strange Adventures (2)
• Strange Angel (37)
• Stranger Things (278)
• Strategy (7)
• Strike Back (117)
• Stumptown (142)
• STV Community (7)
• Subject To Change (1)
• Suburgatory (408)
• Suburra (8)
• Succession (239)
• Suits (1294)
• Sullivan's Crossing (28)
• Sunnyside (35)
• Supacell (1)
• Super Crooks (1)
• Super Pumped (20)
• Supergirl (2220)
• Superior Donuts (167)
• Superman and Lois (366)
• Supernatural (5185)
• Superstition (43)
• Superstore (627)
• Surface (14)
• Surfside Girls (4)
• SurrealEstate (81)
• Survivor's Remorse (76)
• Suspicion (16)
• Swagger (44)
• Swamp Thing (60)
• Sweet Magnolias (21)
• Sweet Tooth (20)
• Sweet/Vicious (60)
• Sweetbitter (51)
• Switch (12)
• Switched at Birth (694)
• Take Note (1)
• Take Two (82)
• Taken (150)
• Tales From The Crypt (3)
• Tales From the Loop (8)
• Tales of the City (9)
• Tales Of The Walking Dead (34)
• Tall Pines (1)
• Ted Lasso (166)
• Teen Wolf (1304)
• Teenage Bounty Hunters (6)
• Telenovela (72)
• Tell Me a Story (57)
• Tell Me Lies (14)
• Tell Me Your Secrets (12)
• Ten Days In The Valley (45)
• That 90s Show (13)
• That Dirty Black Bag (6)
• The 100 (2144)
• The 39 Steps (1)
• The Abandons (4)
• The Acolyte (11)
• The Act (27)
• The Affair (309)
• The Afterparty (40)
• The Alienist (101)
• The Americans (834)
• The Ark (55)
• The Arrangement (38)
• The Artful Dodger (5)
• The Astronaut Wives Club (92)
• The Baby (13)
• The Baby-Sitters Club (12)
• The Baker and the Beauty (51)
• The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2)
• The Banker's Wife (2)
• The Bastard Executioner (79)
• The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (5)
• The Batman (3)
• The Baxters (2)
• The Bear (57)
• The Best Man: Final Chapters (9)
• The Big Bang Theory (2706)
• The Big Cigar (7)
• The Big Door Prize (19)
• The Big Leap (48)
• The Blacklist (1994)
• The Blacklist: Redemption (63)
• The Bold Type (331)
• The Bondsman (2)
• The Book of Boba Fett (25)
• The Boys (146)
• The Boys: Diabolical (5)
• The Brave (95)
• The Bridge (264)
• The Brink (58)
• The Brothers Garcia (1)
• The Brothers Sun (7)
• The Buccaneers (24)
• The Burning Girls (5)
• The Calling (9)
• The Carmichael Show (124)
• The Catch (169)
• The Chair (9)
• The Changeling (22)
• The Chi (228)
• The Chosen One (6)
• The Cleaning Lady (149)
• The Clearing (12)
• The Code (67)
• The Comeback (61)
• The Comedians (46)
• The Company You Keep (68)
• The Conners (433)
• The Consultant (7)
• The Continental (18)
• The Cool Kids (111)
• The Corps (1)
• The Crew (6)
• The Crossing (71)
• The Crossover (6)
• The Crowded Room (28)
• The Crown (127)
• The Curse (44)
• The Dangerous Book for Boys (10)
• The Dark Crystal (14)
• The Decameron (2)
• The Defenders (46)
• The Department (1)
• The Deuce (94)
• The Devil's Hour (8)
• The Diplomat (19)
• The Driver (2)
• The Dropout (21)
• The Duchess (8)
• The Eddy (11)
• The End of the Fucking World (9)
• The Endgame (43)
• The Enemy Within (77)
• The Equalizer (257)
• The Essex Serpent (17)
• The Ex-Wife (1)
• The Exorcist (181)
• The Expanse (299)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (57)
• The Fall (56)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (15)
• The Family (99)
• The First (13)
• The First Lady (46)
• The Fix (65)
• The Flash (3424)
• The Flight Attendant (52)
• The Following (755)
• The Fosters (744)
• The Franchise (1)
• The Fuck It Bucket (1)
• The Game (38)
• The Garcias (7)
• The Gentlemen (7)
• The Get Down (21)
• The Gifted (294)
• The Gilded Age (79)
• The Girl From Plainville (17)
• The Girl In The Woods (7)
• The Girl on the Bus (8)
• The Girlfriend Experience (71)
• The Girls on the Bus (6)
• The Goldbergs (1372)
• The Good Cop (14)
• The Good Doctor (931)
• The Good Fight (274)
• The Good Lord Bird (25)
• The Good Wife (1699)
• The Great (22)
• The Great Indoors (112)
• The Great North (151)
• The Grinder (158)
• The Gripe Review (45)
• The Guide to Surviving Life (65)
• The Handmaid's Tale (350)
• The Hardy Boys (8)
• The Haunting of Bly Manor (23)
• The Haunting of Hill House (36)
• The Horror of Dolores Roach (8)
• The Hunting Wives (2)
• The I-Land (9)
• The Idol (26)
• The Imperfects (8)
• The InBetween (26)
• The Innocents (7)
• The Irrational (39)
• The Irregulars (4)
• The Island (2)
• The Kids Are Alright (136)
• The Killing Kind (5)
• The Knick (103)
• The Kominsky Method (25)
• The L Word (134)
• The Last Bus (4)
• The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (11)
• The Last Frontier (2)
• The Last Kingdom (60)
• The Last of Us (115)
• The Last Ship (432)
• The Last Thing He Told Me (23)
• The Last Tycoon (10)
• The League (202)
• The Leftovers (331)
• The Letter For The King (1)
• The Librarians (325)
• The Librarians: The Next Chapter (2)
• The Lincoln Lawyer (34)
• The Lord of the Rings (52)
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (12)
• The Lost Symbol (26)
• The Madness (1)
• The Magicians (372)
• The Man in the High Castle (47)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth (35)
• The Mandalorian (153)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (95)
• The Mayor (66)
• The McCarthys (94)
• The Mentalist (1789)
• The Messengers (183)
• The Mick (206)
• The Middle (1288)
• The Midnight Club (15)
• The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (56)
• The Millers (220)
• The Mindy Project (811)
• The Missing (33)
• The Mist (53)
• The Moodys (35)
• The Morning Show (85)
• The Muppets (163)
• The Muppets Mayhem (8)
• The Musketeers (316)
• The Mysteries of Laura (297)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (43)
• The Neighborhood (462)
• The Neighbors (270)
• The Nevers (36)
• The New Girl (1586)
• The New Look (16)
• The Newsroom (260)
• The Night Agent (23)
• The Night Manager (39)
• The Night Of (48)
• The Night Shift (328)
• The OA (18)
• The Odd Couple (233)
• The Offer (24)
• The Office (3)
• The Old Man (42)
• The One (7)
• The Order (12)
• The Originals (1813)
• The Orville (245)
• The Other Black Girl (8)
• The Outpost (199)
• The Outsider (43)
• The Overstory (1)
• The Pacific (1)
• The Passage (76)
• The Path (76)
• The Patient (30)
• The Penguin (9)
• The Pentaverate (4)
• The Perfect Nanny (1)
• The Peripheral (27)
• The Player (104)
• The Plot (1)
• The Plot Against America (28)
• The Politician (15)
• The Power (19)
• The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh (1)
• The Premise (8)
• The Prince (3)
• The Proud Family (27)
• The Punisher (49)
• The Purge (99)
• The Queen's Gambit (25)
• The Rain (11)
• The Ranch (40)
• The Real O'Neals (179)
• The Reaper (2)
• The Recruit (8)
• The Red Line (28)
• The Red Zone (1)
• The Regime (32)
• The Republic of Sarah (47)
• The Residence (6)
• The Resident (707)
• The Resort (15)
• The Returned (88)
• The Rig (9)
• The Right Stuff (22)
• The Righteous Gemstones (82)
• The Romanoffs (24)
• The Rook (36)
• The Rookie (850)
• The Rookie: Feds (108)
• The Royals (124)
• The Sandman (40)
• The Santa Clauses (34)
• The Savant (1)
• The Serial Killer's Wife (3)
• The Serpent Queen (31)
• The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle (1)
• The Sex Lives of College Girls (34)
• The Shannara Chronicles (142)
• The Shrink Next Door (21)
• The Simpsons (1461)
• The Sinner (200)
• The Society (11)
• The Son (34)
• The Son (HBO) (1)
• The Spanish Princess (53)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (3)
• The Spy (2)
• The Staircase (14)
• The Stand (25)
• The Sterling Affairs (3)
• The Sting (1)
• The Strain (382)
• The Summer I Turned Pretty (28)
• The Sympathizer (4)
• The Terminal List (20)
• The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (2)
• The Terror (108)
• The Thing About Pam (28)
• The Tick (17)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (35)
• The Tourist (4)
• The Twilight Zone (48)
• The Umbrella Academy (69)
• The Undeclared War (6)
• The Underground Railroad (9)
• The Undoing (33)
• The Unicorn (137)
• The Uninhabitable Earth (1)
• The Upshaws (23)
• The Veil (3)
• The Venery of Samantha Bird (4)
• The Village (64)
• The Walking Dead (3632)
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (41)
• The Walking Dead: Dead City (37)
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (22)
• The Walking Dead: World Beyond (89)
• The Watch (26)
• The Watcher (14)
• The Watchful Eye (38)
• The Way Home (1)
• The Westing Game (1)
• The Wheel of Time (63)
• The Whispers (148)
• The White Darkness (1)
• The White Lotus (116)
• The White Princess (44)
• The Wilds (23)
• The Winchesters (83)
• The Winter King (18)
• The Witcher (78)
• The Witcher: Blood Origin (13)
• The Woman In The House (9)
• The Wonder Years (114)
• The X-Files (325)
• The Young Pope (21)
• Things I Know to Be True (2)
• Thirteen (8)
• This Fool (11)
• This Is Us (1162)
• Those About To Die (5)
• Three Pines (11)
• Three Women (13)
• Time After Time (54)
• Time Bandits (1)
• Timeless (395)
• Tiny Beautiful Things (9)
• Tiny Pretty Things (9)
• Titans (281)
• Togetherness (65)
• Tokyo Vice (26)
• Tom Swift (44)
• Tong Wars (2)
• Too Old To Die Young (10)
• Top 100 Shows of the 2010s (2)
• Top 400 Cable (1)
• Torchwood (168)
• Totally Random (5)
• Tracker (39)
• Training Day (67)
• Transparent (33)
• Travelers (64)
• Treadstone (47)
• Treason (4)
• Treme (137)
• Trial and Error (89)
• Trinkets (9)
• True Blood (1116)
• True Detective (305)
• True Lies (53)
• True Story (7)
• Truth Be Told (74)
• Truth Be Told (AppleTV) (49)
• Truth Seekers (5)
• Trying (27)
• Tulsa King (34)
• Turn Up Charlie (6)
• Turner and Hooch (43)
• TV Show Comp (36)
• Twin Peaks (118)
• Twisted Metal (13)
• Two and a Half Men (622)
• Two Broke Girls (1008)
• Two Sentence Horror Stories (50)
• Tyrant (212)
• UK Shows (739)
• Un-Real (220)
• Unbelievable (5)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (58)
• Uncle Buck (32)
• Uncoupled (10)
• Undateable (187)
• Under the Banner of Heaven (14)
• Under the Bridge (3)
• Under the Dome (547)
• Underground (97)
• Unforgettable (260)
• United States of Al (100)
• United We Fall (33)
• Unknown (1)
• Unprisoned (4)
• Unrelated (7)
• Unsolved (34)
• Unstable (8)
• Untitled Autism Comedy Drama (1)
• Up Here (7)
• Upload (24)
• USDP (4060)
• Utopia (17)
• Utopia Falls (7)
• V-Wars (12)
• Vagrant Queen (35)
• Vampire Academy (23)
• Vampire Diaries (3875)
• Van Helsing (267)
• Veronica Mars (48)
• Vice Principals (55)
• Victoria (18)
• Vikings (485)
• Vikings: Valhalla (19)
• Virgin River (35)
• Walker (369)
• Walker: Independence (80)
• WandaVision (101)
• Warehouse 13 (386)
• Warrior (95)
• Warrior Nun (48)
• Washington Black (3)
• Watchmen (93)
• Wayward Pines (242)
• We Are Lady Parts (6)
• We Are Who We Are (21)
• We Own This City (22)
• We Were Liars (1)
• We Were The Lucky Ones (13)
• Webseries (50)
• WeCrashed (23)
• Wednesday (44)
• Weekly Nielsen Streaming Charts (1)
• Welcome to Chippendales (15)
• Welcome To Derry (4)
• Welcome To Flatch (75)
• Welcome to Sweden (64)
• Westworld (391)
• Wet Hot American Summer (17)
• What If (41)
• What We Do In The Shadows (201)
• WhatIf (11)
• When Calls the Heart (354)
• When We Rise (32)
• While You Were Breeding (2)
• Whiskey Cavalier (116)
• White Collar (833)
• White Famous (40)
• White House Plumbers (30)
• White Stork (1)
• Who is Erin Carter (10)
• Why Women Kill (59)
• Wicked City (57)
• Wilderness (6)
• Wilfred (195)
• Will and Grace (291)
• Will Trent (82)
• Willow (33)
• Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty (44)
• Wiped Out (3)
• Wisdom of the Crowd (70)
• Witches of East End (255)
• With Love (12)
• Wolf Like Me (8)
• Wolf Pack (27)
• Women of the Movement (21)
• Wonder Man (2)
• Work In Progress (53)
• Wu Assassins (14)
• Wu-Tang: An American Saga (37)
• Wynonna Earp (417)
• X-Men 97 (12)
• XO Kitty (12)
• Y: The Last Man (39)
• YAMATEOTW (18)
• Yellowjackets (128)
• Yellowstone (219)
• You're the Worst (281)
• Young and Hungry (414)
• Young Rock (142)
• Young Sheldon (702)
• Young Wallander (8)
• Younger (360)
• Your Honor (84)
• Z Nation (365)
• Zero Chill (1)
• Zero Day (2)
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (162)

What's Trending Today!

• Mark Knopfler Album Review
• Anderson: 'Time Is Running Out'
• Best Song on Depeche Mode LPs
• Artists Not in the Rock Hall
• Deep Purple and Yes Tour

Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs

Yacht rock was one of the most commercially successful genres to emerge from the '70s and yet has managed to evade concise definition since its inception. For many listeners, it boils down to a feeling or mood that cannot be found in other kinds of music: Simply put, you know it when you hear it.

Some agreed-upon elements are crucial to yacht rock. One is its fluidity, with more emphasis on a catchy, easy-feeling melody than on beat or rhythm. Another is a generally lighthearted attitude in the lyrics. Think Seals & Crofts ' "Summer Breeze," Christopher Cross ' "Ride Like the Wind" or Bill Withers ' "Just the Two of Us." Yes, as its label suggests, music that would fit perfectly being played from the deck of a luxurious boat on the high seas.

But even these roughly outlined "rules" can be flouted and still considered yacht rock. Plenty of bands that are typically deemed "nyacht" rock have made their attempts at the genre: Crosby, Stills & Nash got a bit nautical with "Southern Cross," leading with their famed tightly knit harmonies, and Fleetwood Mac also entered yacht rock territory with "Dreams" – which, although lyrically dour, offers a sense of melody in line with yacht rock.

Given its undefined parameters, the genre has become one of music's most expansive corners. From No. 1 hits to deeper-cut gems, we've compiled a list of 50 Top Yacht Rock Songs to set sail to below.

50. "Thunder Island," Jay Ferguson (1978)

Younger generations might be more apt to recognize Jay Ferguson from his score for NBC's The Office , where he also portrayed the guitarist in Kevin Malone's band Scrantonicity. But Ferguson's musical roots go back to the '60s band Spirit; he was also in a group with one of the future members of Firefall, signaling a '70s-era shift toward yacht rock and "Thunder Island." The once-ubiquitous single began its steady ascent in October 1977 before reaching the Top 10 in April of the following year. Producer Bill Szymczyk helped it get there by bringing in his buddy Joe Walsh for a soaring turn on the slide. The best showing Ferguson had after this, however, was the quickly forgotten 1979 Top 40 hit "Shakedown Cruise." (Nick DeRiso)

49. "Southern Cross," Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982)

CSN's "Southern Cross" was an example of a more literal interpretation of yacht rock, one in which leftover material was revitalized by Stephen Stills . He sped up the tempo of a song titled " Seven League Boots " originally penned by brothers Rick and Michael Curtis, then laid in new lyrics about, yes, an actual boat ride. "I rewrote a new set of words and added a different chorus, a story about a long boat trip I took after my divorce," Stills said in the liner notes  to 1991's CSN box. "It's about using the power of the universe to heal your wounds." The music video for the song, which went into heavy rotation on MTV, also prominently displayed the band members aboard a large vessel. (Allison Rapp)

48. "Jackie Blue," the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1974)

Drummer Larry Lee only had a rough idea of what he wanted to do with "Jackie Blue," originally naming it after a bartending dope pusher. For a long time, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils' best-known single remained an instrumental with the place-keeper lyric, " Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Jackie Blue. He was dada, and dada doo. He did this, he did that ... ." Producer Glyn Johns, who loved the track, made a key suggestion – and everything finally snapped into place: "No, no, no, mate," Johns told them. "Jackie Blue has to be a girl." They "knocked some new lyrics out in about 30 minutes," Lee said in It Shined: The Saga of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils . "[From] some drugged-out guy, we changed Jackie into a reclusive girl." She'd go all the way to No. 3. (DeRiso)

47. "Sailing," Christopher Cross (1979)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more quintessential yacht rock song than “Sailing.” The second single (and first chart-topper) off Christopher Cross’ 1979 self-titled debut offers an intoxicating combination of dreamy strings, singsong vocals and shimmering, open-tuned guitar arpeggios that pay deference to Cross’ songwriting idol, Joni Mitchell . “These tunings, like Joni used to say, they get you in this sort of trance,” Cross told Songfacts in 2013. “The chorus just sort of came out. … So I got up and wandered around the apartment just thinking, ‘Wow, that's pretty fuckin' great.’” Grammy voters agreed: “Sailing” won Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Arrangement at the 1981 awards. (Bryan Rolli)

46. "Just the Two of Us," Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr. (1980)

A collaboration between singer Bill Withers and saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. resulted in the sleek "Just the Two of Us." When first approached with the song, Withers insisted on reworking the lyrics. "I'm a little snobbish about words," he said in 2004 . "I said, 'Yeah, if you'll let me go in and try to dress these words up a little bit.' Everybody that knows me is kind of used to me that way. I probably threw in the stuff like the crystal raindrops. The 'Just the Two of Us' thing was already written. It was trying to put a tuxedo on it." The track was completed with some peppy backing vocals and a subtle slap bass part. (Rapp)

45. "Sara Smile," Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975)

It doesn't get much smoother than "Sara Smile," Daryl Hall & John Oates ' first Top 10 hit in the U.S. The song was written for Sara Allen, Hall's longtime girlfriend, whom he had met when she was working as a flight attendant. His lead vocal, which was recorded live, is clear as a bell on top of a velvety bass line and polished backing vocals that nodded to the group's R&B influences. “It was a song that came completely out of my heart," Hall said in 2018 . "It was a postcard. It’s short and sweet and to the point." Hall and Allen stayed together for almost 30 years before breaking up in 2001. (Rapp)

44. "Rosanna," Toto (1982)

One of the most identifiable hits of 1982 was written by Toto co-founder David Paich – but wasn't about Rosanna Arquette, as some people have claimed, even though keyboardist Steve Porcaro was dating the actress at the time. The backbeat laid down by drummer Jeff Porcaro – a "half-time shuffle" similar to what John Bonham played on " Fool in the Rain " – propels the track, while vocal harmonies and emphatic brass sections add further layers. The result is an infectious and uplifting groove – yacht rock at its finest. (Corey Irwin)

43. "Diamond Girl," Seals & Crofts (1973)

Seals & Crofts were soft-rock stylists with imagination, dolling up their saccharine melodies with enough musical intrigue to survive beyond the seemingly obvious shelf life. Granted, the lyrics to “Diamond Girl,” one of the duo’s three No. 6 hits, are as sterile as a surgery-operating room, built on pseudo-romantic nothing-isms ( “Now that I’ve found you, it’s around you that I am” — what a perfectly natural phrase!). But boy, oh boy does that groove sound luxurious beaming out of a hi-fi system, with every nuance — those stacked backing vocals, that snapping piano — presented in full analog glory. (Ryan Reed)

42. "What You Won't Do for Love," Bobby Caldwell (1978)

Smooth. From the opening horn riffs and the soulful keyboard to the funk bass and the velvety vocals of Bobby Caldwell, everything about “What You Won’t Do for Love” is smooth. Released in September 1978, the track peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to become the biggest hit of Caldwell’s career. It was later given a second life after being sampled for rapper 2Pac's posthumously released 1998 hit single “Do for Love.” (Irwin)

41. "We Just Disagree," Dave Mason (1977)

Dave Mason's ace in the hole on the No. 12 smash "We Just Disagree" was Jim Krueger, who composed the track, shared the harmony vocal and played that lovely guitar figure. "It was a song that when he sang it to me, it was like, 'Yeah, that's the song,'" Mason told Greg Prato in 2014. "Just him and a guitar, which is usually how I judge whether I'm going to do something. If it holds up like that, I'll put the rest of the icing on it." Unfortunately, the multitalented Krueger died of pancreatic cancer at age 43. By then, Mason had disappeared from the top of the charts, never getting higher than No. 39 again. (DeRiso)

40. "Crazy Love," Poco (1978)

Rusty Young was paneling a wall when inspiration struck. He'd long toiled in the shadow of Stephen Stills , Richie Furay and Neil Young , serving in an instrumentalist role with Buffalo Springfield and then Poco . "Crazy Love" was his breakout moment, and he knew it. Rusty Young presented the song before he'd even finished the lyric, but his Poco bandmates loved the way the stopgap words harmonized. "I told the others, 'Don't worry about the ' ooh, ooh, ahhhh haaa ' part. I can find words for that," Young told the St. Louis Dispatch in 2013. "And they said, 'Don't do that. That's the way it's supposed to be.'" It was: Young's first big vocal became his group's only Top 20 hit. (DeRiso)

39. "Suspicions," Eddie Rabbitt (1979)

Eddie Rabbitt 's move from country to crossover stardom was hurtled along by "Suspicions," as a song about a cuckold's worry rose to the Top 20 on both the pop and adult-contemporary charts. Behind the scenes, there was an even clearer connection to yacht rock: Co-writer Even Stevens said Toto's David Hungate played bass on the date. As important as it was for his career, Rabbitt later admitted that he scratched out "Suspicions" in a matter of minutes, while on a lunch break in the studio on the last day of recording his fifth album at Wally Heider's Los Angeles studio. "Sometimes," Rabbitt told the Associated Press in 1985, "the words just fall out of my mouth." (DeRiso)

38. "Moonlight Feels Right," Starbuck (1976)

No sound in rock history is more yacht friendly than Bruce Blackman’s laugh: hilarious, arbitrary, smug, speckled with vocal fry, arriving just before each chorus of Starbuck’s signature tune. Why is this human being laughing? Shrug. Guess the glow of night will do that to you. Then again, this is one of the more strange hits of the '70s — soft-pop hooks frolicking among waves of marimba and synthesizers that could have been plucked from a classic prog epic. “ The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss ,” Blackman croons, “ to make the tide rise again .” It’s a lunar make-out session, baby. (Reed)

37. "Same Old Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg (1981)

“Same Old Lang Syne” is a masterclass in economic storytelling, and its tragedy is in the things both protagonists leave unsaid. Dan Fogelberg weaves a devastating tale of two former lovers who run into each other at a grocery store on Christmas Eve and spend the rest of the night catching up and reminiscing. Their circumstances have changed — he’s a disillusioned professional musician, she’s stuck in an unhappy marriage — but their love for each other is still palpable if only they could overcome their fears and say it out loud. They don’t, of course, and when Fogelberg bids his high-school flame adieu, he’s left with only his bittersweet memories and gnawing sense of unfulfillment to keep him warm on that snowy (and later rainy) December night. (Rolli)

36. "Eye in the Sky," the Alan Parsons Project (1982)

Few songs strike a chord with both prog nerds and soft-rock enthusiasts, but the Alan Parsons Project's “Eye in the Sky” belongs to that exclusive club. The arrangement is all smooth contours and pillowy textures: By the time Eric Woolfson reaches the chorus, shyly emoting about romantic deception over a bed of Wurlitzer keys and palm-muted riffs, the effect is like falling slow motion down a waterfall onto a memory foam mattress. But there’s artfulness here, too, from Ian Bairnson’s seductive guitar solo to the titular phrase conjuring some kind of god-like omniscience. (Reed)

35. "Somebody's Baby," Jackson Browne (1982)

Jackson Browne 's highest-charting single, and his last Top 10 hit, was originally tucked away on the soundtrack for the 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High . That placed Browne, one of the most earnest of singer-songwriters, firmly out of his element. "It was not typical of what Jackson writes at all, that song," co-composer Danny Kortchmar told Songfacts in 2013. "But because it was for this movie, he changed his general approach and came up with this fantastic song." Still unsure of how it would fit in, Browne refused to place "Somebody's Baby" on his next proper album – something he'd later come to regret . Lawyers in Love broke a string of consecutive multiplatinum releases dating back to 1976. (DeRiso)

34. "Still the One," Orleans (1976)

Part of yacht rock’s charm is being many things but only to a small degree. Songs can be jazzy, but not experimental. Brass sections are great but don’t get too funky. And the songs should rock, but not rock . In that mold comes Orleans’ 1976 hit “Still the One.” On top of a chugging groove, frontman John Hall sings about a romance that continues to stand the test of time. This love isn’t the white-hot flame that leaves passionate lovers burned – more like a soft, medium-level heat that keeps things comfortably warm. The tune is inoffensive, catchy and fun, aka yacht-rock gold. (Irwin)

33. "New Frontier," Donald Fagen (1982)

In which an awkward young man attempts to spark a Cold War-era fling — then, hopefully, a longer, post-apocalyptic relationship — via bomb shelter bunker, chatting up a “big blond” with starlet looks and a soft spot for Dave Brubeck. Few songwriters could pull off a lyrical concept so specific, and almost no one but Donald Fagen could render it catchy. “New Frontier,” a signature solo cut from the Steely Dan maestro, builds the sleek jazz-funk of Gaucho into a more digital-sounding landscape, with Fagen stacking precise vocal harmonies over synth buzz and bent-note guitar leads. (Reed)

32. "Sail On, Sailor," the Beach Boys (1973)

The Beach Boys were reworking a new album when Van Dyke Parks handed them this updated version of an unfinished Brian Wilson song. All that was left was to hand the mic over to Blondie Chaplin for his greatest-ever Beach Boys moment. They released "Sail On, Sailor" twice, however, and this yearning groover somehow barely cracked the Top 50. Chaplin was soon out of the band, too. It's a shame. "Sail On, Sailor" remains the best example of how the Beach Boys' elemental style might have kept growing. Instead, Chaplin went on to collaborate with the Band , Gene Clark of the  Byrds  and the Rolling Stones – while the Beach Boys settled into a lengthy tenure as a jukebox band. (DeRiso)

31. "Time Passages," Al Stewart (1978)

Al Stewart followed up the first hit single of his decade-long career – 1976's "Year of the Cat" – with a more streamlined take two years later. "Time Passages" bears a similar structure to the earlier track, including a Phil Kenzie sax solo and production by Alan Parsons. While both songs' respective album and single versions coincidentally run the same time, the 1978 hit's narrative wasn't as convoluted and fit more squarely into pop radio playlists. "Time Passages" became Stewart's highest-charting single, reaching No. 7 – while "Year of the Cat" had stalled at No. 8. (Michael Gallucci)

30. "I Go Crazy," Paul Davis (1977)

Paul Davis looked like he belonged in the Allman Brothers Band , but his soft, soulful voice took him in a different direction. The slow-burning nature of his breakthrough single "I Go Crazy" was reflected in its chart performance: For years the song held the record for the most weeks spent on the chart, peaking at No. 7 during its 40-week run. Davis, who died in 2008, took five more songs into the Top 40 after 1977, but "I Go Crazy" is his masterpiece – a wistful and melancholic look back at lost love backed by spare, brokenhearted verses. (Gallucci)

29. "Biggest Part of Me," Ambrosia (1980)

Songwriter David Pack taped the original demo of this song on a reel-to-reel when everyone else was running late, finishing just in time: "I was waiting for my family to get in the car so I could go to a Fourth of July celebration in Malibu," he told the Tennessean in 2014. "I turned off my machine [and] heard the car horn honking for me." Still, Pack was worried that the hastily written first verse – which rhymed " arisin ,'" " horizon " and " realizin '" – might come off a little corny. So he followed the time-honored yacht-rock tradition of calling in Michael McDonald to sing heartfelt background vocals. Result: a Top 5 hit on both the pop and adult-contemporary charts. (DeRiso)

28. "Africa," Toto (1982)

Remove the cover versions, the nostalgia sheen and its overuse in TV and films, and you’re left with what makes “Africa” great: one of the best earworm choruses in music history. Never mind that the band is made up of white guys from Los Angeles who'd never visited the titular continent. Verses about Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti paint a picture so vivid that listeners are swept away. From the soaring vocals to the stirring synth line, every element of the song works perfectly. There’s a reason generations of music fans continue to proudly bless the rains. (Irwin)

27. "Hello It's Me," Todd Rundgren (1972)

“Hello It’s Me” is the first song Todd Rundgren ever wrote, recorded by his band Nazz and released in 1968. He quickened the tempo, spruced up the instrumentation and delivered a more urgent vocal for this 1972 solo rendition (which became a Top 5 U.S. hit), but the bones of the tune remain the same. “Hello It’s Me” is a wistful, bittersweet song about the dissolution of a relationship between two people who still very much love and respect each other a clear-eyed breakup ballad lacking the guile, cynicism and zaniness of Rundgren’s later work. “The reason those [early] songs succeeded was because of their derivative nature,” Rundgren told Guitar World in 2021. “They plugged so easily into audience expectations. They’re easily absorbed.” That may be so, but there’s still no denying the airtight hooks and melancholy beauty of “Hello It’s Me.” (Rolli)

26. "Smoke From a Distant Fire," the Sanford/Townsend Band (1977)

There are other artists who better define yacht rock - Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross - but few songs rival the Sanford/Townsend Band's "Smoke From a Distant Fire" as a more representative genre track. (It was a Top 10 hit in the summer of 1977. The duo never had another charting single.) From the vaguely swinging rhythm and roaring saxophone riff to the light percussion rolls and risk-free vocals (that nod heavily to Daryl Hall and John Oates' blue-eyed soul), "Smoke" may be the most definitive yacht rock song ever recorded. We may even go as far as to say it's ground zero. (Gallucci)

25. "Dream Weaver," Gary Wright (1975)

Unlike many other songs on our list, “Dream Weaver” lacks lush instrumentation. Aside from Gary Wright’s vocals and keyboard parts, the only added layer is the drumming of Jim Keltner. But while the track may not have guitars, bass or horns, it certainly has plenty of vibes. Inspired by the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda – which Wright was turned on to by George Harrison – “Dream Weaver” boasts a celestial aura that helped the song peak at No. 2 in 1976. (Irwin)

24. "Reminiscing," Little River Band (1978)

The third time was the charm with Little River Band 's highest-charting single in the U.S. Guitarist Graeham Goble wrote "Reminiscing" for singer Glenn Shorrock with a certain keyboardist in mind. Unfortunately, they weren't able to schedule a session with Peter Jones, who'd played an important role in Little River Band's first-ever charting U.S. single, 1976's "It's a Long Way There ." They tried it anyway but didn't care for the track. They tried again, with the same results. "The band was losing interest in the song," Goble later told Chuck Miller . "Just before the album was finished, Peter Jones came back into town, [and] the band and I had an argument because I wanted to give 'Reminiscing' a third chance." This time they nailed it. (DeRiso)

23. "Heart Hotels," Dan Fogelberg (1979)

Ironically enough, this song about debilitating loneliness arrived on an album in which Dan Fogelberg played almost all of the instruments himself. A key concession to the outside world became the most distinctive musical element on "Heart Hotels," as well-known saxophonist Tom Scott took a turn on the Lyricon – a pre-MIDI electronic wind instrument invented just a few years earlier. As for the meaning of sad songs like these, the late Fogelberg once said : "I feel experiences deeply, and I have an outlet, a place where I can translate those feelings. A lot of people go to psychoanalysts. I write songs." (DeRiso)

22. "Year of the Cat," Al Stewart (1976)

Just about every instrument imaginable can be heard in Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat." What begins with an elegant piano intro winds its way through a string section and a sultry sax solo, then to a passionate few moments with a Spanish acoustic guitar. The sax solo, often a hallmark of yacht-rock songs, was not Stewart's idea. Producer Alan Parsons suggested it at the last minute, and Stewart thought it was the "worst idea I'd ever heard. I said, 'Alan, there aren’t any saxophones in folk-rock. Folk-rock is about guitars. Sax is a jazz instrument,'" Stewart said in 2021 . Multiple lengthy instrumental segments bring the song to nearly seven minutes, yet each seems to blend into the next like a carefully arranged orchestra. (Rapp)

21. "How Long," Ace (1974)

How long does it take to top the charts? For the Paul Carrack-fronted Ace: 45 years . "I wrote the lyric on the bus going to my future mother-in-law's," he later told Gary James . "I wrote it on the back of that bus ticket. That's my excuse for there only being one verse." Ace released "How Long" in 1975, reaching No. 3, then Carrack moved on to stints with Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics . Finally, in 2020, "How Long" rose two spots higher, hitting No. 1 on Billboard's rock digital song sales chart after being featured in an Amazon Prime advertisement titled "Binge Cheat." (DeRiso)

20. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," Looking Glass (1972)

Like "Summer Breeze" (found later in our list of Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs), Looking Glass' tale of an alluring barmaid in a busy harbor town pre-dates the classic yacht-rock era. Consider acts like Seals & Crofts and these one-hit wonders pioneers of the genre. Ironically, the effortless-sounding "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" was quite difficult to complete. "We recorded 'Brandy' two or three different times with various producers before we got it right," Looking Glass' principal songwriter Elliot Lurie told the Tennessean in 2016. The chart-topping results became so popular so fast, however, that Barry Manilow had to change the title of a new song he was working on to " Mandy ." (DeRiso)

19. "I Can't Tell You Why," Eagles (1979)

Timothy B. Schmit joined just in time to watch the  Eagles disintegrate. But things couldn't have started in a better place for the former Poco member. He arrived with the makings of his first showcase moment with the group, an unfinished scrap that would become the No. 8 hit "I Can't Tell You Why." For a moment, often-contentious band members rallied around the outsider. Don Henley and Glenn Frey both made key contributions, as Eagles completed the initial song on what would become 1979's The Long Run . Schmit felt like he had a reason to be optimistic. Instead, Eagles released the LP and then promptly split up. (DeRiso)

18. "Sentimental Lady," Bob Welch (1977)

Bob Welch  first recorded "Sentimental Lady" in 1972 as a member of Fleetwood Mac . Five years later, after separating from a band that had gone on to way bigger things , Welch revisited one of his best songs and got two former bandmates who appeared on the original version – Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie – to help out (new Mac member Lindsey Buckingham also makes an appearance). This is the better version, warmer and more inviting, and it reached the Top 10. (Gallucci)

17. "So Into You," Atlanta Rhythm Section (1976)

Atlanta Rhythm Section is often wrongly categorized as a Southern rock band, simply because of their roots in Doraville, Ga. Songs like the seductively layered "So Into You" illustrate how little they had in common with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd . As renowned Muscle Shoals sessions ace David Hood once said, they're more like the " Steely Dan of the South ." Unfortunately, time hasn't been kind to the group. Two of this best-charting single's writers have since died , while keyboardist Dean Daughtry retired in 2019 as Atlanta Rhythm Section's last constant member. (DeRiso)

16. "Dreams," Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Stevie Nicks was trying to channel the heartbreak she endured after separating from Lindsey Buckingham into a song, but couldn't concentrate among the bustle of Fleetwood Mac's sessions for Rumours . "I was kind of wandering around the studio," she later told Yahoo! , "looking for somewhere I could curl up with my Fender Rhodes and my lyrics and a little cassette tape recorder." That's when she ran into a studio assistant who led her to a quieter, previously unseen area at Sausalito's Record Plant. The circular space was surrounded by keyboards and recording equipment, with a half-moon bed in black-and-red velvet to one side. She settled in, completing "Dreams" in less than half an hour, but not before asking the helpful aide one pressing question: "I said, 'What is this?' And he said, 'This is Sly Stone 's studio.'" (DeRiso)

15. "Minute by Minute," the Doobie Brothers (1978)

Michael McDonald was so unsure of this album that he nervously previewed it for a friend. "I mean, all the tunes have merit, but I don't know if they hang together as a record," McDonald later told UCR. "He looked at me and he said, 'This is a piece of shit.'" Record buyers disagreed, making Minute by Minute the Doobie Brothers' first chart-topping multiplatinum release. Such was the mania surrounding this satiny-smooth LP that the No. 14 hit title track lost out on song-of-the-year honors at the Grammys to "What a Fool Believes" (found later in our list of Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs) by the Doobie Brothers. (DeRiso)

14. "Lonely Boy," Andrew Gold (1976)

Andrew Gold’s only Top 10 U.S. hit is a story of parental neglect and simmering resentment, but those pitch-black details are easy to miss when couched inside such a deliciously upbeat melody. Gold chronicles the childhood of the titular lonely boy over a propulsive, syncopated piano figure, detailing the betrayal he felt when his parents presented him with a sister two years his junior. When he turns 18, the lonely boy ships off to college and leaves his family behind, while his sister gets married and has a son of her own — oblivious to the fact that she’s repeating the mistakes of her parents. Gold insisted “Lonely Boy” wasn’t autobiographical, despite the details in the song matching up with his own life. In any case, you can’t help but wonder what kind of imagination produces such dark, compelling fiction. (Rolli)

13. "Baby Come Back," Player (1977)

Liverpool native Peter Beckett moved to the States, originally to join a forgotten act called Skyband. By the time he regrouped to found Player with American J.C. Crowley, Beckett's wife had returned to England. Turns out Crowley was going through a breakup, too, and the Beckett-sung "Baby Come Back" was born. "So it was a genuine song, a genuine lyric – and I think that comes across in the song," Beckett said in The Yacht Rock Book . "That's why it was so popular." The demo earned Player a hastily signed record deal, meaning Beckett and Crowley had to assemble a band even as "Baby Come Back" rose to No. 1. Their debut album was released before Player had ever appeared in concert. (DeRiso)

12. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976)

There aren't too many songs with choruses as big as the one England Dan & John Ford Coley pump into the key lines of their first Top 40 single. Getting there is half the fun: The conversational verses – " Hello, yeah, it's been a while / Not much, how 'bout you? / I'm not sure why I called / I guess I really just wanted to talk to you " – build into the superpowered come-on line " I'm not talking 'bout moving in ...  ." Their yacht-rock pedigree is strong: Dan Seals' older brother is Seals & Croft's Jim Seals. (Gallucci)

11. "Hey Nineteen," Steely Dan (1980)

At least on the surface, “Hey Nineteen” is one of Steely Dan’s least ambiguous songs: An over-the-hill guy makes one of history’s most cringe-worthy, creepiest pick-up attempts, reminiscing about his glory days in a fraternity and lamenting that his would-be companion doesn’t know who Aretha Franklin is. (The bridge is a bit tougher to crack. Is anyone sharing that “fine Colombian”?) But the words didn’t propel this Gaucho classic into Billboard's Top 10. Instead, that credit goes to the groove, anchored by Walter Becker ’s gently gliding bass guitar, Donald Fagen’s velvety electric piano and a chorus smoother than top-shelf Cuervo Gold. (Reed)

10. "Rich Girl," Daryl Hall & John Oates (1976)

It’s one of the most economical pop songs ever written: two A sections, two B sections (the second one extended), a fade-out vocal vamp. In and out. Wham, bam, boom. Perhaps that's why it’s easy to savor “Rich Girl” 12 times in a row during your morning commute, why hearing it just once on the radio is almost maddening. This blue-eyed-soul single, the duo’s first No. 1 hit, lashes out at a supposedly entitled heir to a fast-food chain. (The original lyric was the less-catchy “rich guy ”; that one change may have earned them millions.) But there’s nothing bitter about that groove, built on Hall’s electric piano stabs and staccato vocal hook. (Reed)

9. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," Elvin Bishop (1975)

Elvin Bishop made his biggest pop-chart splash with "Fooled Around and Fell In Love," permanently changing the first line of his bio from a  former member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to a solo star in his own right. There was only one problem: "The natural assumption was that it was Elvin Bishop who was singing,” singer  Mickey Thomas told the Tahoe Daily Tribune in 2007. Thomas later found even greater chart success with Starship alongside Donny Baldwin, who also played drums on Bishop's breakthrough single. "A lot of peers found out about me through that, and ultimately I did get credit for it," Thomas added. "It opened a lot of doors for me." (DeRiso)

8. "Baker Street," Gerry Rafferty (1978)

Gerry Rafferty already had a taste of success when his band Stealers Wheel hit the Top 10 with the Dylanesque "Stuck in the Middle With You" in 1973. His first solo album after the group's split, City to City , made it to No. 1 in 1978, thanks in great part to its hit single "Baker Street" (which spent six frustrating weeks at No. 2). The iconic saxophone riff by Raphael Ravenscroft gets much of the attention, but this single triumphs on many other levels. For six, mood-setting minutes Rafferty winds his way down "Baker Street" with a hopefulness rooted in eternal restlessness. (Gallucci)

7. "Dirty Work," Steely Dan (1972)

In just about three minutes, Steely Dan tells a soap-opera tale of an affair between a married woman and a man who is well aware he's being played but is too hopelessly hooked to end things. " When you need a bit of lovin' 'cause your man is out of town / That's the time you get me runnin' and you know I'll be around ," singer David Palmer sings in a surprisingly delicate tenor. A saxophone and flugelhorn part weeps underneath his lines. By the time the song is over, we can't help but feel sorry for the narrator who is, ostensibly, just as much part of the problem as he could be the solution. Not all yacht rock songs have happy endings. (Rapp)

6. "Ride Like the Wind," Christopher Cross (1979)

“Ride Like the Wind” is ostensibly a song about a tough-as-nails outlaw racing for the border of Mexico under cover of night, but there’s nothing remotely dangerous about Christopher Cross’ lithe tenor or the peppy piano riffs and horns propelling the tune. Those contradictions aren’t a detriment. This is cinematic, high-gloss pop-rock at its finest, bursting at the seams with hooks and elevated by Michael McDonald’s silky backing vocals. Cross nods to his Texas roots with a fiery guitar solo, blending hard rock and pop in a way that countless artists would replicate in the next decade. (Rolli)

5. "Summer Breeze," Seals & Crofts (1972)

Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were childhood friends in Texas, but the mellow grandeur of "Summer Breeze" makes it clear that they always belonged in '70s-era Southern California. "We operate on a different level," Seals once said , sounding like nothing if not a Laurel Canyon native. "We try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners." This song's fluttering curtains, welcoming domesticity and sweet jasmine certainly meet that standard. For some reason, however, they released this gem in August 1972 – as the season faded into fall. Perhaps that's why "Summer Breeze" somehow never got past No. 6 on the pop chart. (DeRiso)

4. "Lowdown," Boz Scaggs (1976)

As you throw on your shades and rev the motor, the only thing hotter than the afternoon sun is David Hungate’s sweet slap-bass blasting from the tape deck. “This is the good life,” you say to no one in particular, casually tipping your baseball cap to the bikini-clad crew on the boat zooming by. Then you press “play” again. What else but Boz Scaggs ’ silky “Lowdown” could soundtrack such a moment in paradise? Everything about this tune, which cruised to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, is equally idyllic: Jeff Porcaro’s metronomic hi-hat pattern, David Paich’s jazzy keyboard vamp, the cool-guy croon of Scaggs — flexing about gossip and “schoolboy game.” You crack open another cold one — why not? And, well, you press play once more. (Reed)

3. "Lido Shuffle," Boz Scaggs (1976)

Scaggs' storied career began as a sideman with Steve Miller  and already included a scorching duet with Duane Allman . Co-writer David Paich would earn Grammy-winning stardom with songs like "Africa." Yet they resorted to theft when it came to this No. 11 smash. Well, in a manner of speaking: "'Lido' was a song that I'd been banging around, and I kind of stole – well, I didn't steal anything. I just took the idea of the shuffle," Scaggs told Songfacts in 2013. "There was a song that Fats Domino did called 'The Fat Man ' that had a kind of driving shuffle beat that I used to play on the piano, and I just started kind of singing along with it. Then I showed it to Paich, and he helped me fill it out." Then Paich took this track's bassist and drummer with him to form Toto. (DeRiso)

2. "Peg," Steely Dan (1977)

"Peg" is blessed with several yacht-rock hallmarks: a spot on Steely Dan's most Steely Dan-like album, Aja , an impeccable airtightness that falls somewhere between soft-pop and jazz and yacht rock's stalwart captain, Michael McDonald, at the helm. (He may be a mere backing singer here, but his one-note chorus chirps take the song to another level.) Like most Steely Dan tracks, this track's meaning is both cynical and impenetrable, and its legacy has only grown over the years – from hip-hop samples to faithful cover versions. (Gallucci)

1. "What a Fool Believes," the Doobie Brothers (1978)

Michael McDonald not only steered the Doobie Brothers in a new direction when he joined in 1975, but he also made them a commercial powerhouse with the 1978 album Minute by Minute . McDonald co-wrote "What a Fool Believes" – a No. 1 single; the album topped the chart, too – with Kenny Loggins and sang lead, effectively launching a genre in the process. The song's style was copied for the next couple of years (most shamelessly in Robbie Dupree's 1980 Top 10 "Steal Away"), and McDonald became the bearded face of yacht rock. (Gallucci)

Top 100 Classic Rock Artists

Gallery Credit: UCR Staff

More From Ultimate Classic Rock

Yacht Rocky

" Yacht Rocky " is the first episode of the eighteenth season of Family Guy , and the 330th episode overall. It first aired on September 29, 2019 .

Synopsis [ edit | edit source ]

Pre-release promotional images [ edit | edit source ].

• Season 18 (Family Guy)

Navigation menu

Early Breakfast with Gary King 4am - 6am

Now Playing

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) Paul Young Download 'Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)' on iTunes

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.

• The 40 greatest disco songs ever, ranked
• The 10 greatest and smoothest ever sax solos, ranked

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.

• The 10 greatest Chicago songs, ranked

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.

Dan Seals is the younger brother of Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts fame. Which leads to...

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.

• The Story of... 'Baker Street'

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').

• Hall and Oates' 10 best songs, ranked

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'!

More Song Lists

See more More Song Lists

Amy Winehouse's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Amy Winehouse

Gloria Estefan's 10 greatest songs, ranked

A-ha's 10 best songs ever, ranked, shania twain's 10 best songs ever, ranked, the 100 greatest movie songs of all time, ranked, more features.

See more More Features

How many kids do the Bee Gees have, and who are they?

When celine dion crashed wedding couple's first dance singing 'because you loved me'.

Celine Dion

Pierce Brosnan's wife says he 'changed her destiny' in emotional tribute to mark 30th anniversary

TV & Film

Back to Black: The Amy Winehouse biopic cast and the real-life people they play

Inside amy winehouse’s tragic final performance, smooth playlists, smooth's all time top 500, smooth soul, smooth country hot hits, smooth chill concentration, smooth podcast picks, they don't teach this at school with myleene klass, take that: this life, runpod with jenni falconer, the news agents.

Who is Bob Welch on Family Guy? Former Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist died by suicide in 2012

In the premiere episode of Fox’s Family Guy Season 18, titled Yacht Rocky, Peter’s employers announce that due to cutbacks they would have to let two employees go. Peter falls ill due to stress over fears that he is the one who will lose his job, and he ends up in the hospital. To help him relax, his doctor recommends Yacht Rock music . After the Griffins fall in love with the music, they learn about a Yacht Rock Cruise and decide to join it.

They board the boat, but a piece of bad news damps their high spirits. Peter asks the porter whether the singer and songwriter Bob Welch is on board. The porter tells him Bob Welch is not on board because he died in 2012.

Peter is overwhelmed with emotion when he learns that Welch died in 2012 and tears stream down his face. Trembling with emotion, he says he needs to be alone and runs to his room.

We next see him lying on his back in bed while recovering from the shock of the bad news. The others, Lois, Meg, Chris, and baby Stewie, join him in the room, and everyone is sad. But baby Stewie asks the question many fans must have been wondering.

“Who the h**l is Bob Welch?”

Who was Bob Welch?

Bob Welch was a musician born in Hollywood, California, on August 31, 1945. He died on June 7, 2012.

His father was Robert L. Welch, a screenwriter, and movie producer, and his mother was singer and actress Templeton Fox, who was known for playing roles in several films and TV shows from the 1960s and 1970s.

Welch took an interest in music from early in life and learned to play instruments, including the guitar and clarinet. He was interested in R&B, jazz, and rock music. After high school, he was accepted at Georgetown University, but he left for Paris to attend Sorbonne University . Instead of attending classes at Sorbonne, he spent most of his time hanging out with friends, smoking “hash.”

He eventually returned to the U.S., where he enrolled at UCLA to study French.

But he soon dropped out of UCLA to take up a music career. In 1964, he joined a group known as The Seven Souls as a guitarist. The group’s best-known song I Still Love You was released in 1967.  The Seven Souls broke up in 1969 and Welch returned to Paris where he started the group Head West, but the band did not make any impact.

He joined the British blues band Fleetwood Mac in 1971 as a guitarist and vocalist. Fleetwood Mac released the album Future Games in 1971, Bare Trees in 1972, Penguin and Mystery to Me in 1973, and Heroes Are Hard to Find in 1974.

Welch started a solo career and achieved success in the late 1970s. He released his solo album French Kiss in 1977.

He is best known for singles such as Sentimental Lady, Hot Love Cold World, Precious Love, Ebony Eyes, and Hypnotized.

He died by suicide on June 7, 2012, at the age of 66. His wife, Wendy, found him dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He left a suicide note.

Welch had undergone a spinal surgery months before he took his life, but did not fully recover, reportedly in constant pain.

Family Guy airs on Sunday at 9:30/8:30c on Fox

Pharrell Sets Sail on His Yacht Rock Era With Surprise New Album

By Jon Blistein

Jon Blistein

Pharrell appears to be celebrating his 51st birthday today, April 5, with a gift to fans — a new album that’s totally free to stream and download through one specific website .

To say there aren’t many confirmable details about the 10-track project is an understatement. Based purely on the album artwork, the project appears to be called Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1: City of Limitless Access and might be credited to a group called Virginia — though, for all we know, Virginia is part of the title. 

And while it’s definitely Pharrell singing on the album, his name isn’t attached anywhere to the project, not even the metadata of the Mp3s if you download the LP (it’s similarly unclear if he played all the instruments himself or brought in some collaborators). The musician hasn’t promoted the album on his website or social media.

Norm Macdonald Was the Hater O.J. Simpson Could Never Outrun

Rfk jr. campaign fires staffer who said the quiet part out loud, senate dems finally subpoena supreme court puppetmaster, jojo siwa is trying too hard to shock us.

Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1 (if that is the official title) marks Pharrell’s first solo album (if we can actually consider this a solo album) since 2014’s Girl . He’s released two other collaborative singles this year, “Good People” with Mumford and Sons and “Doctor (Work It Out)” with Miley Cyrus. 

Pharrell also has a couple of movie projects in the works. The first, announced earlier this year, will be a biopic of sorts but told entirely through Lego brick animation (it’s fittingly called Piece By Piece ). The other is an as-yet-untitled collaboration with filmmaker Michel Gondry , which will be set in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1977 (where Pharrell grew up) and feature a cast of Halle Bailey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

Zayn Bids Adieu to the Past in New Single 'Alienated'

• By Charisma Madarang

Drake Dismissed From Astroworld Lawsuits

Modest mouse's isaac brock on making 'float on,' loving the cure, and much more.

• By Brian Hiatt

Dua Lipa Won't Fall for an 'Illusion' on New Single

• Dance All Night
• By Brittany Spanos

Polo G Facing Gun Charges After Loaded Firearm Found in Hotel Room

• crimes and court
• By Daniel Kreps

Most Popular

Jodie foster pulled robert downey jr. aside on their 1995 film set and told him: 'i’m scared of what happens to you next' because of addiction, where to stream 'quiet on set: the dark side of kids tv' online, sources claim john travolta is ‘totally smitten’ with this co-star, angel reese signs multiyear agreement with panini america, you might also like, thursday releases first new song in 13 years, plans to continue recording together, ‘sex and the city’ stylist patricia field to style rescue dogs for a runway show, the best swim goggles for men, according to competitive swimmers, barry jenkins says making ‘mufasa: the lion king’ was ‘one of the best decisions of my life’, sam bennett 2023 masters run has set up off-course earnings.

Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2024 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved.

Verify it's you

Please log in.