"Family Man" | ||||
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Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
from the album Five Miles Out | ||||
B-side | "Mount Teide" | |||
Released | 28 May 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
Studio | Tilehouse Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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Mike Oldfield singles chronology | ||||
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"Family Man" is a pop rock song written by Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert, and Maggie Reilly. It became a hit song in 1982 for Mike Oldfield with Maggie Reilly as the vocalist. Daryl Hall and John Oates achieved success a year later with their cover version. In 2009, Maggie Reilly recorded another version of the song for her solo studio album Looking Back Moving Forward.