Michael McDonald and Yacht Rock

The best SCTV sketch ever was this one.

I thought of it when I heard Charlie Puth’s Love In Exile (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins), a few weeks ago, and then, today, Keith Urban’s We Go Back ft. Michael McDonald.

Both prove what we’ve all known all these years: any song can be made better with Michael McDonald backing vocals. And better still if you add in Kenny Loggins too.

(Apparently we are amidst a resurgence of Yacht Rock, née the West Coast Sound. These songs are part of it.)

Peter Rukavina
Michael McDonald
SCTV
Charlie Puth
Kenny Loggins
Yacht Rock

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Submitted by Thelma on

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Also Mr. Revival (Duet Version) by Your Smith feat. Michael McDonald. And Yacht Rock is the Best Rock!

Submitted by Oliver B on

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In Love in Exile when they hit the word “minute” it zapped my mind to “Minute by Minute”, which I haven’t heard or thought of forever.

Submitted by Oliver B on

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If you haven’t seen it, there’s was a 2024 Yacht Rock documentary on HBO that we thought was great and enlightening too.

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