Domino (Van Morrison song)

"Domino" is a hit song that was written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, His Band and the Street Choir. It was a musical tribute to Fats Domino but in Morrison's own unique style of blending urban contemporary gospel with his own background of Irish Celtic balladry. Brian Hinton describes it as: "a punchy affair, with words that mean little, though threatening the whole feelgood thrust of the album...The music is something else again, toughly joyful, with an early Van hymn of praise to the radio..."^[1]

It reached #9 on the US charts, his highest charting single ever.

"Domino" was rated at #197 on Dave Marsh's 1989 book, The Heart of Rock and Soul, The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever ^[2]

1 Appearance on other albums
2 Other performances
3 Personnel on original recording
4 Covers
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Appearance on other albums

"Domino" is also included as a live performance on Morrison's acclaimed 1974 album, It's Too Late To Stop Now.
It is also one of the songs included in the 1990 compilation album The Best of Van Morrison.
"Domino" was one of the songs in the movie Clean and Sober and a live version is included on Van Morrison's 2007 compilation album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits.
It is one of the hits included on the 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.

[edit] Other performances

"Domino" was one of the songs included in the 1974 BBC 2 and Radio 2 simultanious broadcast, that consisted of one of Morrison's July 1973 performances at the Rainbow Theater, London.
Van Morrison performed "Domino" when he appeared on The Midnight Special in 1977.