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Released on Motown, also I Want You Back (The Jacksons), Truly (Lionel Richie) and You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie)
Written by Lionel Richie, also Truly (Lionel Richie), You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie) and You Are (Lionel Richie)
Produced by James Anthony Carmichael, also Truly (Lionel Richie), You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie) and You Are (Lionel Richie)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
James Anthony Carmichael produced 6 of Commodores’s top 10 songs
James Anthony Carmichael produced 43 songs on fono
Commodores’s most frequent co-producer is James Anthony Carmichael (8 songs together)
Commodores first appears on fono in 1973, 6 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- Lionel Richie
- Produced by
- Commodores and James Anthony Carmichael
- Part of
- Sail On
- Released on
- Motown
- Written by
- Lionel Richie
- Produced by
- Commodores and James Anthony Carmichael
- Part of
- Sail On
- Released on
- Motown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Lionel Richie
Same label: Motown
Same writer: Lionel Richie
Same writer: Lionel Richie
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sail On was produced by Commodores
2MusicBrainz Sail On was produced by James Anthony Carmichael
Sail On was produced by James Anthony Carmichael
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sail On was written by Lionel Richie
4MusicBrainz Sail On is part of the release Sail On
5MusicBrainz Motown is the label of the song Sail On
6MusicBrainz Sail On was released on 1979-08-10