Theme from Harry's Game

"Theme from Harry's Game"
Original 7" cover
Single by Clannad
from the album Magical Ring
LanguageIrish
Written1982
ReleasedOctober 1982
StudioWindmill (Dublin)
Genre
Length2:30
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richard Dodd
Clannad singles chronology
"Strayed Away"
(1981)
"Theme from Harry's Game"
(1982)
"I See Red"
(1982)
Audio sample
Music video
"Theme from Harry's Game" on YouTube
1993 US single cover

"Theme from Harry's Game" is a 1982 song by Clannad commissioned as the theme for Harry's Game, a Yorkshire Television miniseries adapted from a 1975 novel set in The Troubles in Northern Ireland.[1] It was released as a single in October 1982 and became a surprise hit, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart the following month and number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart.


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  1. ^ Simpson, Dave (13 April 2020). "How Clannad made Theme from Harry's Game". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2022.