Cuckoo Song (instrumental)

"Cuckoo Song"
Single by Mike Oldfield with Les Penning
A-side "Cuckoo Song"
B-side "Pipe Tune"
Released 25 November 1977
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1977
Genre Folk
Length 6:40
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Michael Praetorius
Producer(s) Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
"William Tell Overture"
(1977)
"Cuckoo Song"
(1977)
"Take Four"
(1978)

"Cuckoo Song" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1977 (See 1977 in music).

Single history

It was originally written by Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621) and was arranged by Oldfield. The B side, a musical precursor of Incantations and which could almost be a part of it, is an original composition by Oldfield. The single (in a plain white sleeve) was included as a free bonus when the double LP Incantations was released in 1978. It is one of the many non-album singles which Oldfield released in the 1970s. "Cuckoo Song" also features Les Penning.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Cuckoo Song" – 3:13
  2. "Pipe Tune" – 3:27

References

  1. "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 2009-02-28.