I 'll Sail This Ship Alone - Wikipedia I 'll Sail This Ship Alone This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2010 ) `` I 'll Sail This Ship Alone '' Single by The Beautiful South from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South Released 1989 Format CD single, 7 '' single Genre Alternative rock Label Go ! Discs Songwriter ( s ) Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray The Beautiful South singles chronology `` You Keep It All In '' ( 1989 ) `` I 'll Sail This Ship Alone '' ( 1989 ) `` A Little Time '' ( 1990 ) `` You Keep It All In '' ( 1989 ) `` I 'll Sail This Ship Alone '' ( 1989 ) `` A Little Time '' ( 1990 ) `` I 'll Sail This Ship Alone '' was the third and final single to be taken from The Beautiful South 's debut album Welcome to the Beautiful South. The single reached a low # 31 in December 1989 compared to the band 's first two singles `` Song For Whoever '' and `` You Keep It All In '', both of which made the top 10 in the UK singles chart. The track was remixed for its release as a single ; whereas the album version was a simple piano and strings production, drums were added for the single version. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Beautiful South Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Sean Welch Dave Stead David Rotheray Briana Corrigan Jacqui Abbott Alison Wheeler Studio albums Welcome to the Beautiful South Choke 0898 Beautiful South Miaow Blue Is the Colour Quench Painting It Red Gaze Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs Superbi Compilation albums Carry on up the Charts Solid Bronze : Great Hits Gold Soup The BBC Sessions Live at the BBC Singles `` Song For Whoever '' `` You Keep It All In '' `` I 'll Sail This Ship Alone '' `` A Little Time '' `` Old Red Eyes Is Back '' `` 36D '' `` Good as Gold ( Stupid as Mud ) '' `` Everybody 's Talkin ' '' `` Dream a Little Dream '' `` Rotterdam '' `` Do n't Marry Her '' `` Perfect 10 '' `` How Long 's a Tear Take to Dry ? '' `` Livin ' Thing '' `` This Old Skin '' `` Manchester '' Related articles Discography The Housemartins This pop song -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27ll_Sail_This_Ship_Alone&oldid=687893725 '' Categories : 1989 songs The Beautiful South songs Pop song stubs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from January 2010 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 October 2015, at 10 : 46 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang i'll sail this ship alone
Answer: The Beautiful South