Song · Gigi Perez
“Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez
From the album At the Beach, in Every Life (2025)
“Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album At the Beach, in Every Life. Its best result is #16 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #189 alternative song of 2024 and #103 of the '20s.
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Gigi Perez wrote "Sailor Song" alone in her bedroom in February 2024, guitar in hand, chasing an idea that had hit her in the shower, and by the end of July she had put it out herself. It was only her third independent release since parting ways with Interscope Records, and it was the one that broke loose: a TikTok wildfire that climbed to number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went all the way to the top in the UK, Ireland and Latvia. It later found a home on her album At the Beach, in Every Life.
The song is a small, feverish indie-folk confession about an infatuation that arrives fast and hits hard, sung with the hush-then-ache of a diary entry read out loud.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2024 | 99 |
| 2024 | 52 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 95 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 100 |
| 2024 | 44 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 57 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 16 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2024 | 100 |
| 2025 | 22 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 | 99 |
| 2025 | 44 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 28 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 57 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 16 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 520 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 674 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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