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The 50 yachtiest and 50 driest of the 2,978 songs the model has rated so far — plus the Brazilian fleet.

⛵ Smoothest waters

#SongYearVerdictScore
1 Bill LaBounty — Livin’ It Up 1982 MAXIMUM YACHT 97
2 George Duke — You 1982 MAXIMUM YACHT 97
3 Kevin Moore — Holding On To You 1980 MAXIMUM YACHT 96
4 David Roberts — Wrong Side of the Tracks 1982 MAXIMUM YACHT 96
5 Pages — You Need a Hero 1981 MAXIMUM YACHT 96
6 Bill LaBounty — Dream On 1982 MAXIMUM YACHT 95
7 Dane Donohue — Freedom 1978 PURE YACHT 94
8 Parachute — Baby You’re Just Like Me 1982 PURE YACHT 94
9 Robbie Dupree — Saturday Night 1981 PURE YACHT 94
10 Brenda Russell — It's Something! 1983 PURE YACHT 94
11 Valerie Carter — Crazy 1978 PURE YACHT 93
12 Dave Raynor — Leave Me Alone Tonight 1981 PURE YACHT 93
13 Billy Ocean — Whatever Turns You On 1981 PURE YACHT 93
14 Dane Donohue — Tracey 1978 PURE YACHT 93
15 Grover Washington, Jr. w/ Bill Withers — Just the Two Of Us 1981 PURE YACHT 92
16 Al Jarreau — My Old Friend 1981 PURE YACHT 92
17 Tavares — I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me 1982 PURE YACHT 92
18 Robbie Dupree — Brooklyn Girls 1981 PURE YACHT 92
19 Paul Hart — Peppermint Park 1981 PURE YACHT 92
20 Pages — Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong 1979 PURE YACHT 92
21 Westpoint — Joanie 1983 PURE YACHT 92
22 Maxus — Don't Try To Stop Me Now 1981 PURE YACHT 92
23 Page 99 — Did You Mean That 2023 PURE YACHT 91
24 Boz Scaggs — Jojo 1980 PURE YACHT 91
25 Randy Crawford — Don’t Come Knockin 1982 PURE YACHT 91
26 Marc Jordan — Generalities 1979 PURE YACHT 91
27 Jeff Lorber — It's a Fact 1982 PURE YACHT 91
28 David Roberts — Never Gonna Let You Go 1982 PURE YACHT 91
29 Toto — 99* 1979 PURE YACHT 91
30 David Diggs — Holding On To Love 1984 PURE YACHT 91
31 Alain Chamfort — Let Me Try It Again 1979 PURE YACHT 91
32 Lee Ritenour — Cross My Heart 1982 PURE YACHT 90
33 Randy Crawford — Secret Combination 1981 PURE YACHT 90
34 State Cows — Emily 2022 PURE YACHT 90
35 Pages — The Sailor's Song 1979 PURE YACHT 90
36 Sarah Dash — City Boy 1981 PURE YACHT 90
37 Doobie Brothers — You're Made That Way 1977 PURE YACHT 90
38 Atlanta Rhythm Section — Alien 1981 PURE YACHT 90
39 Pages — Tell Me 1981 PURE YACHT 90
40 Maxus — Your Imagination 1981 PURE YACHT 90
41 Kingo Hamada — Sentimental Moment 1981 PURE YACHT 90
42 Lauren Wood — In The Dark 1981 PURE YACHT 90
43 Leon Ware — Slippin' Away 1982 PURE YACHT 90
44 Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis — Got You Where I Want You 1982 PURE YACHT 90
45 The Gap Band — The Way 1980 OPEN WATER 89
46 Christopher Cross — All Right 1982 OPEN WATER 89
47 Luther Vandross — Bad Boy/Having A Party 1982 OPEN WATER 89
48 Steve Cropper — Fly 1981 OPEN WATER 89
49 John Klemmer — Hummingbird Bay 1981 OPEN WATER 89
50 Bobby Caldwell — What You Won’t Do For Love 1978 OPEN WATER 89

🏜️ Driest land

#SongYearVerdictScore
1 Gal Costa — Balancê (Eu Quero Dançar Com Você) † 2015 LANDLOCKED 0
2 John Cage — 4'33'' † 2010 LANDLOCKED 0
3 Zas — Va Por Vos, Para Vos 1982 LANDLOCKED 0
4 Dane Donohue — High Life Dream 2024 LANDLOCKED 0
5 Bad Brains — Sailin' On 1982 LANDLOCKED 0
6 Stephanie Mills — Sweet Sensation 1980 LANDLOCKED 0
7 Rubel — Não Vou Reclamar de Deus 2023 LANDLOCKED 1
8 Air — Talisman 1998 LANDLOCKED 1
9 Macklemore — Fucked Up 2025 LANDLOCKED 1
10 Heat — Whatever It Is 1980 LANDLOCKED 1
11 Rita Lee & Gui Boratto — Mutante (Gui Boratto Rework) 2021 LANDLOCKED 1
12 John Oates Feat. Laurence — Enough Is Enough 2025 LANDLOCKED 1
13 America — Horse With No Name 1972 LANDLOCKED 1
14 Steve Goodman — Just Lucky I Guess 1979 LANDLOCKED 1
15 Matthew L. Gordon — A Tear For E.B. 2005 LANDLOCKED 1
16 Baco Exu Do Blues — Bluesman † 2018 LANDLOCKED 1
17 Pitty — Admirável Chip Novo † 2003 LANDLOCKED 1
18 Geraldo Vandre — Pra não dizer que não falei das flores † 2001 LANDLOCKED 1
19 Chico Science — Da Lama ao Caos † 1994 LANDLOCKED 1
20 Bala Desejo — Sim Sim Sim † 2022 LANDLOCKED 1
21 Lucas Arruda — Solar (Intro Jam) † 2015 LANDLOCKED 1
22 Azymuth — Águia negra X dragão negro † 2007 LANDLOCKED 1
23 Azymuth — Fênix † 2016 LANDLOCKED 1
24 Liniker — Baby 95 † 2021 LANDLOCKED 1
25 Los Hermanos — O Vencedor † 2003 LANDLOCKED 1
26 Carlos Lyra — Coisa Mais Linda † 2011 LANDLOCKED 1
27 Gilberto Gil — Não Chore Mais † 1979 LANDLOCKED 1
28 Lazy Otter — Islands In The Stream † 2026 LANDLOCKED 1
29 Migos — Bad and Boujee † 2022 LANDLOCKED 1
30 Sepultura — Ratamahatta † 1996 LANDLOCKED 1
31 Beach Boys — Kokomo 1988 LANDLOCKED 1
32 Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven 1971 LANDLOCKED 1
33 America — Ventura Highway 1972 LANDLOCKED 1
34 Eagles — Peaceful Easy Feeling 1972 LANDLOCKED 2
35 England Dan and John Ford Coley — Nights Are Forever Without You 1976 LANDLOCKED 2
36 Ludmilla — Cheguei † 2016 LANDLOCKED 2
37 Anitta — Girl From Rio † 2021 LANDLOCKED 2
38 Bonde do Tigrão — Cerol Na Mão † 2017 LANDLOCKED 2
39 Emicida — Levanta e Anda † 2017 LANDLOCKED 2
40 Jorge Ben Jor — Caramba! ... Galileu Da Galiléia (Versão inédita) † 2013 LANDLOCKED 2
41 Jorge Ben Jor — Domingas † 2018 LANDLOCKED 2
42 Milton Nascimento — Saídas E Bandeiras Nº 2 † 2019 LANDLOCKED 2
43 Cassiano — De Bar Em Bar (A DJ Meme Disco Remix) † 2025 LANDLOCKED 2
44 Netinho — Milla (Ao Vivo) † 2006 LANDLOCKED 2
45 Roberta Campos — De Janeiro a Janeiro † 2010 LANDLOCKED 2
46 RPM — Olhar 43 † 1986 LANDLOCKED 2
47 Renato e seus Blue Caps — Menina Linda (I Should Have Known Better) † 2020 LANDLOCKED 2
48 Lulu Santos — Assim Caminha a Humanidade (Extended 70'S Mix) † 1995 LANDLOCKED 2
49 Raul Seixas — Gita † 2023 LANDLOCKED 2
50 Raul Seixas — Tente Outra Vez † 2006 LANDLOCKED 2

Scores are the model's own predictions: cross-validated for songs in the training corpus, live for everything else. † scored by a visitor — not in the rated corpus.

🇧🇷 Brazilian Yacht Rock

Brazil spent the late '70s and '80s perfecting its own strain of smooth — boogie, MPB and jazz-funk with the same Rhodes pianos, session players and immaculate production the yacht canon is built on. This board started as a question to an AI: "if there was a playlist called Brazilian Yacht Rock, which 1,000 songs would be on it?" Each suggested song was matched against Deezer's catalogue (strict artist-and-title verification — unmatched suggestions are simply left out) and its 30-second preview was scored by the exact same model as everything else on this site. These are the 50 that sailed highest of the 1,028 that matched.

#SongYearVerdictScore
1 Carlos Bivar — Maré 1997 OPEN WATER 88
2 Djavan — Miragem 1984 OPEN WATER 88
3 Brylho — Jóia rara 2001 OPEN WATER 85
4 Djavan — Infinito 1984 OPEN WATER 83
5 Djavan — Topázio 1996 OPEN WATER 82
6 Djavan — Lilás 1984 OPEN WATER 81
7 Ed Motta — Conversa Mole 2006 SMOOTH SAILING 78
8 Marcos Valle — Estrelar 1983 SMOOTH SAILING 77
9 Lulu Santos — Tudo Bem 1993 SMOOTH SAILING 76
10 Ed Motta — Pisca Alerta 2006 SMOOTH SAILING 76
11 Jorge Vercillo — Que Nem Maré 2005 SMOOTH SAILING 75
12 Rita Lee — Baila Comigo 2015 SMOOTH SAILING 73
13 Azymuth — May I Have This Dance? (Conçede-Me Esta Dança?) 2007 SMOOTH SAILING 73
14 Emílio Santiago — Verdade Chinesa 2016 SMOOTH SAILING 72
15 A Cor Do Som — Abri a porta 1978 SMOOTH SAILING 72
16 Sandra De Sá — Retratos e Canções 1986 SMOOTH SAILING 71
17 Gilberto Gil — Andar com fé 2002 SMOOTH SAILING 71
18 Gal Costa — Azul 2006 SMOOTH SAILING 70
19 Lucas Arruda — Heaven's in Your Arms 2019 SMOOTH SAILING 70
20 Lucas Arruda — Uma Onda 2015 SETTING SAIL 69
21 Kiko Zambianchi — Primeiros Erros (Chove) 2006 SETTING SAIL 69
22 Cristina Camargo — Minas do Rei Salomão 2023 SETTING SAIL 69
23 Lucas Arruda — What I'd Do for Love 2019 SETTING SAIL 67
24 Marcos Valle — Tapa No Real 1983 SETTING SAIL 65
25 Ivan Lins — Dinorah, Dinorah 2005 SETTING SAIL 65
26 Azymuth — Last Summer In Rio 2007 SETTING SAIL 65
27 Banda Black Rio — Broto Sexy 1980 SETTING SAIL 65
28 Djavan — Muito Mais 1986 SETTING SAIL 65
29 Ed Motta — Um Love 2012 CASTING OFF 64
30 Gal Costa — Sorte (feat. Caetano Veloso) 1985 CASTING OFF 64
31 Barão Vermelho — Bete Balanço 1984 CASTING OFF 64
32 Gelson Oliveira — Acordes E Sementes 2023 CASTING OFF 64
33 Lulu Santos — Adivinha o quê 2013 CASTING OFF 63
34 Eumir DEODATO Trio — Also Sprach Zarathustra (Ao Vivo) 2007 CASTING OFF 63
35 Tim Maia — Réu Confesso 2018 CASTING OFF 62
36 Brylho — Noite do prazer 2017 CASTING OFF 62
37 Gilberto Gil — Vamos fugir (Participação especial de The Wailers) 2002 CASTING OFF 61
38 Eumir DEODATO Trio — Whistle Bump (Ao Vivo) 2007 CASTING OFF 61
39 Rita Lee — Cor De Rosa Choque 2015 CASTING OFF 61
40 Junior Mendes — Pedras de Cristal 1982 CASTING OFF 61
41 Lucas Arruda — Água 2015 CASTING OFF 61
42 Cristina Camargo — Moral Tem Hora 2024 CASTING OFF 60
43 Jorge Vercillo — Homem-Aranha 2005 CASTING OFF 60
44 Banda Black Rio — Chega Mais (Imaginei Você Dançando) 1978 CASTING OFF 60
45 Banda Black Rio — Saci Pererê 1980 CASTING OFF 60
46 Djavan — Beiral 1986 CASTING OFF 60
47 Ed Motta — Baixo Rio (Ao Vivo) 2019 DOCKED 59
48 Djavan — Samurai (feat. Stevie Wonder) 1982 DOCKED 59
49 Djavan — Capim 1982 DOCKED 59
50 Raça Negra — É Tarde Demais 2019 DOCKED 59

A candidate list, not a verdict: the AI playlist is the pool, the model is the judge. Songs the hosts have actually rated use their cross-validated score here too.