The Mummers' Dance

"The Mummers' Dance"
Single by Loreena McKennitt
from the album The Book of Secrets
Released September 1997 (North America)
Format CD single
Genre Folk music, world music, new age
Length 6:08 (Album version)
4:01 (Single version)
Label Quinlan Road
Writer(s) Loreena McKennitt
Producer Loreena McKennitt, Brian Hughes, Donald Quan
Loreena McKennitt singles chronology
"The Bonny Swans"
(1995)		 "The Mummers' Dance"
(1997)		 "Marco Polo"
(1998)

"The Mummers' Dance" is a single by Canadian Celtic Singer Loreena McKennitt from the album The Book of Secrets[1] in 1997. The song was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching #3 in Adult Top 40, #17 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on The Billboard Hot 100.[2]

The song is the theme song of the TV series Legacy. It was also featured in the trailer for the film Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, and in the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Corpo Dourado. The song was also made into a music video.

The song refers to seasonal Mummers Play performed by groups of actors, often as house-to-house visits.

Contents

Track listings

CD-Maxi[3]
No. Title Length
1. "The Mummers' Dance" (Single Version) 4:00
2. "The Mummers' Dance"   6:08
3. "Marrakesh Night Market" (Live) 6:44
4. "The Dark Night of the Soul" (Live) 6:20
CD Single
No. Title Length
1. "The Mummers' Dance" (Single Version) 4:00
2. "The Mummers' Dance" (Album Version) 6:08
3. "The Mystic's Dream"   7:40

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997-98) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 18
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 3
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 17
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 23
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents 8
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 14

End of year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 83

See also

References

  1. ^ "Discography - Loreena McKennitt". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=85749&aid=261464. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
  2. ^ "Allmusic-Loreena KcKennitt Singles". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p104319. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
  3. ^ "Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=The+Mummers%27+Dance&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 

External links

Loreena McKennitt
Studio albums
Elemental (1985)  • To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987)  • Parallel Dreams (1989)  • The Visit (1991)  • The Mask and Mirror (1994)  • The Book of Secrets (1997)  • An Ancient Muse (2006)  • A Midwinter Night's Dream (2008)  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2010)
Live albums
Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts (1995)  • Live in Paris and Toronto (1999)  • Nights from the Alhambra (2007)  • A Mediterranean Odyssey (2009)
EPs
Videos
No Journey's End (1995)  • Nights from the Alhambra (2007)  • A Moveable Musical Feast (2008)
Compilations
A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland (2009)
Box sets
The Journey Begins (2008)
Singles
"The Lady of Shalott"  • "All Souls Night"  • "Courtyard Lullaby"  • "Greensleeves"  • "The Bonny Swans"  • "Santiago"  • "The Dark Night of the Soul"  • "The Mystic's Dreams"  • "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"  • "The Mummers' Dance"  • "Marco Polo"  • "Caravanserai"  • "Penelope's Song"  • "The Seven Rejoices of Mary"  • "Noël Nouvelet!"  • "Dante's Prayer"
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