Songoftheday 8/24/12 - Got out of town on a boat from the Southern Islands...

Crosby, Stills, & Nash - "Southern Cross" 

from the album Daylight Again (1982)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #18 (three weeks)

Weeks in the Top-40: 9

Today's Song of the Day is by the folk-rolk supergroup Crosby, Stills, & Nash, who heralded their 1982 comeback album Daylight Again with the top-10 hit "Wasted On The Way". For the followup, Stephen Stills took a took by the Curtis Brothers, "Seven League Boots", and wrote new lyrics for it, making it a breezy ode to the sea and escaping a lost love through sailing and music. Lending backing vocals were Art Garfunkel and former Eagles falsetto-man Timothy B. Schmit...

"Southern Cross" was a big hit on adult-contemporary radio, peaking at #6, as well as scraping the rock radio top-40. It would be the trio's last top-40 hit, and these days they're more known for David Crosby siring Melissa Etheridge's children.

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Jimmy Buffett made the song a staple of his live shows, understandably due to its island nature (even though it's about a Pacific journey)...

Folk rocker Pat McGee recorded the track on his debut album..

oh, and yes, there's a metal version by Weedeater..

Up tomorrow: British rock legends worship a Greek goddess.