<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Pie" (1 / 1972) </Td> <Td> "Sailing" (6 / 1972) </Td> <Td> "Lady Like You" (12 / 1972) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Pie" (1 / 1972) </Td> <Td> "Sailing" (6 / 1972) </Td> <Td> "Lady Like You" (12 / 1972) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Sailing" is a song composed by Gavin Sutherland of the Sutherland Brothers in 1972, best known as a 1975 international hit for Rod Stewart . </P> <P> Gavin Sutherland would comment: "Most people take the song to be about a young guy telling his girl that he's crossing the Atlantic to be with her . In fact the song's got nothing to do with romance or ships; it's an account of mankind's spiritual odyssey through life on his way to freedom and fulfillment with the Supreme Being ." </P>

Who wrote the song sailing sung by rod stewart