Orinoco Flow
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| "Orinoco Flow" | ||
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| Single by Enya | ||
| from the album Watermark | ||
| Released | 1988, 1998 | |
| Format | Cassette, CD, 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1988 | |
| Genre | New Age | |
| Length | 4:25 | |
| Label | Reprise / EMI | |
| Producer(s) | Enya, Nicky Ryan | |
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| Enya singles chronology | ||
| "I Want Tomorrow" (1987) |
"Orinoco Flow" (1988) |
"Evening Falls..." (1988) |
In 1988 Irish singer Enya released the single "Orinoco Flow" (which is often incorrectly referred to as "Sail Away," a phrase repeated during the chorus. The US version of the single and the album cut are called "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"), which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in October 1988.
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[edit] Song
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released. The song was highly popular in the early ’90s and was featured on many pop music compilations. The song "Out Of The Blue" was also released as "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)" on other albums.
The division of syllables to follow the pattern of music may trick the listener into thinking that the song is written in Latin (as some Enya tracks are), but the lyrics are in fact English. At the end of the song she namechecks Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
Recently the group Celtic Woman has resurrected this song with their own arrangement.
[edit] Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)
- Orinoco River, Venezuela
- Tripoli, Libya
- Yellow Sea, China
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Palau, near the Philippines
- Avalon, British Isles
- Fiji
- Tiree, Scotland
- Isles of Ebony, England
- Peru
- Cebu, Philippines
- Babylon, Mesopotamia
- Bali, Indonesia
- Cali, Colombia
- Coral Sea, Australia
- Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland (also the name of a later Enya song, except spelt "Ebudæ")
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Sea of Clouds, the Moon, possibly Mount Huangshan, China
- Island of the Moon,[1] Loch Maree, Scotland
- Ross Dependency, Antarctica
[edit] Track listing (1988)
- "Orinoco Flow"
- "Smaointe..."
- "Out Of The Blue"
Orinoco Flow is also featured on the hit Celtic album (and production) "Celtic Woman".
In 2000 a sample of Orinoco Flow was used by Rodney "El Chombo" Clark in his production of the track "Moriran" performed by Aldo Ranks.
[edit] Track listing (1998)
- "Orinoco Flow"
- "Hope Has A Place"
- "Pax Deorum"
[edit] See also
| Preceded by "One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston |
UK number one single October 23, 1988 |
Succeeded by "The First Time" by Robin Beck |
