"Orinoco Flow" | ||||
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Single by Enya | ||||
from the album Watermark | ||||
B-side | "Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)
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Released | 3 October 1988 | |||
Studio |
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Genre | New-age | |||
Length | 4:25 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Nicky Ryan | |||
Enya singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Orinoco Flow" on YouTube |
"Orinoco Flow", also released as "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Enya from her second studio album, Watermark (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by WEA Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States the following year. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Music Video and Best New Age Performance at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. The Guardian ranked "Orinoco Flow" at number 77 on its list of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles in 2020.[1]