My next yacht rock song is controversial on a number of levels. For one thing, there appears to be some heated debate over whether Gerry Rafferty’s ‘Baker Street’ is yacht rock at all.

I’m not a stickler when it comes to genre definitions, so I won’t go down that rabbit hole. ‘Baker Street’ was released in 1978 and it’s smooth as hell soft rock with a sweet melody. That’s yacht rock to me.

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