Drift Away

"Drift Away" is a song by New Zealand band Sons of Zion, released as a single in March 2018. The song was a hit in New Zealand, becoming double platinum certified and was nominated for the Single of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards. In 2019, the band re-recorded the song in Māori as "Pōtere Ana / Drift Away", which was included on the compilation album Waiata / Anthems. Background and composition Sons of Zion's bassist Matt Sadgrove created the song's initial demo in 30 minutes, recording it as a voice memo. The song was inspired by the imagery of film Inception (2010), specifically the scene where Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, mourns the death of his wife on a beach. Sadgrove wrote the song as a simple, sad song, noting that it had a vibe of a Tracy Chapman song, but the song developed an upbeat vibe. Sadgrove wrote the song to cater to band vocalist Caleb Haapu's voice. Lyrically, the song reminisces the loss of a summer romance. The band were nervous to send an acoustic song to commercial pop radio. The song was stylistically different to their previous singles, and the band began to feel more fearless and able to release genreless music.