I had some good feedback on other favourite Yacht Rock songs that people have adopted in the past years. I look forward to reviewing them all at some point. For today, I needed to get one of my personal favourites on the board. The rock group Ambrosia was formed in 1970 in Los Angeles and over the late 70’s and early 80’s they hit the Billboard charts hard with 5 top 40 hits and 2 that went into the top 5. These guys are one of my favourite Yacht Rock staple groups and expect to see other hits reviewed along the way. Today we rewind their smash hit Biggest Part of Me from April 1980 and played live on The Midnight Special in June of 1980.

Ambrosia hit it big with their 1980 album One Eighty and Biggest Part of Me was the 9th song on that album. This singled a 180 degree turn for the band from its previous style and set them off into the new decade of music. The sweet sounds come from the 4 man band made up from David Pack – vocalist, Joe Puerta – bassist, Christopher North – keyboardist and Burleigh Drummond – drummer. In the groups later years, Bruce Hornsby joined the band to add a second keyboardist and background vocals, before he started his own band called The Range.

The song rose on the US Billboard all the way to #3 in mid-1980 while it hit #18 on the Canadian charts. The song is about a guy who adores a woman in his life and is prepared to give her everything. What better way to create a syrupy Ballard than to tell his girl that he in incomplete without her and pledge himself to her onwards. David Pack wrote the framework for this song while waiting for his family to get ready for a vacation and hammered out most of the work in 10 minutes as inspiration hit him.

This song was a staple at early 80’s weddings and is still widely regarded as one of the classic Yacht Rock songs in any playlist. It’s one of my top 5 and I choose to enjoy it in its studio form here. Enjoy Biggest Part of Me in its studio form.