| "Over the Hills and Far Away" | ||||
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| Single by Gary Moore | ||||
| from the album Wild Frontier | ||||
| B-side | "Crying in the Shadows" | |||
| Released | 8 December 1986 | |||
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| Label | 10 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Moore | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Collins | |||
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"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a song by Northern Irish musician Gary Moore, released in December 1986 by 10 Records as the first single from his sixth solo album Wild Frontier. The song peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] but was most successful in the Nordic countries, topping the charts in Finland and Norway.[3][4]
The song features The Chieftains, who also appear in the video.[5] Moore performed the song with the group at the TV show celebrating their 25th anniversary in 1988.
The single B-side, "Crying in the Shadows", was also written by Moore and was produced by Mike Stone. It was also recorded by Japanese singer Minako Honda, titled "The Cross (Ai No Jujika)", with Moore on guitar. Moore's version of "Crying in the Shadows" was released as a single in Japan in October 1986, one month after Honda's version, with "Once in a Lifetime" from the Run for Cover album as the B-side.
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