| "Five Miles Out" | ||||
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| Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
| from the album Five Miles Out | ||||
| Released | 18 February 1982 | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Writer(s) | Mike Oldfield | |||
| Producer | Mike Oldfield Tom Newman |
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"Five Miles Out" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). It is from the album Five Miles Out and features vocals by Maggie Reilly.
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The song (and the music video) make numerous references to flight. The video which predominantly features the sky, a plane, a pilot, a woman in white and Oldfield wearing a headset is available on the Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield video.
"Five Miles Out" has a complex structure despite its unusual length, and the lyrics are about Oldfield's experience of a near-tragic flight. Reilly sings with a clean voice while Oldfield uses a vocoder most of the time himself. The song features the same guitar riff that appears in the beginning of "Taurus II" and during the intro a keyboard quotes the opening motif to Tubular Bells, a trick that he repeats in later pieces such as "Crises".
| Charts (1982) |
Peak position |
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| German Singles Chart | 42 |
| UK Singles Chart | 43 |