Moonlight Shadow

"Moonlight Shadow"
Artwork for original single
Single by Mike Oldfield
from the album Crises
B-side
  • "Rite of Man"
  • "To France"
  • "Jungle Gardenia"
  • "Taurus 3"
  • "In the Pool"
  • "Bones"
Released6 May 1983 (1983-05-06)
RecordedFebruary – April 1983[1]
StudioDenham, England[1]
Genre
Length
  • 3:37 (album version)
  • 5:17 (12-inch version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"Mistake"
(1982)
"Moonlight Shadow"
(1983)
"Shadow on the Wall"
(1983)

"The Bell"
(1993)

"Moonlight Shadow"
(1993)

"In Dulci Jubilo"
(1993)
Music video
"Mike Oldfield ft. Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow (Official Video)" on YouTube

"Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year.[5] The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. It is Oldfield's most successful single, reaching number one on numerous charts around Europe. In the UK, it reached number four during a nineteen week chart run and was subsequently listed by the Official Charts Company as the 29th best-selling single of 1983.[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference spalding was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Guaitamacchi, Ezio (2011). 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita (in Italian). Rizzoli Libri. ISBN 978-88-58-61742-7.
  3. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Progressive Rock (And Simpler Pleasures)". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  4. ^ "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Information about the single". Tubular-World.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Official Top 40 Best Selling Singles of 1983". UK Official Charts.com. The Official UK Charts Company. 19 March 2021.