Coverafbeelding Enya - Orinoco Flow
  • Statistieken
  •   11 weken
  •   1 piekpositie
  •   332 punten
  •   1988

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum   17-05-1961
Land   Ierland

De Ierse zangeres Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, in de volksmond Enya, werd in 1980 lid van de de groep Clannad. Hierin zaten ook haar zus en twee broers. Na het succes van Theme From Harry's Game in 1983 besluit ze solo te gaan.

Haar album Watermark betekent in 1988 haar grote doorbraak. Er worden uiteindelijk acht miljoen exemplaren van verkocht. De single Orinoco Flow staat in december '88 drie weken op nummer één in de Top 40.

Het album Shepherd Moons uit 1991 levert haar een eerste Grammy Award op, en is met tien miljoen verkochte exemplaren nog succesvoller dan haar vorige album.

In 2002 schrijft Enya twee nummers voor de film The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. May It Be levert haar een Oscarnominatie op.

Voor haar tweede nummer 1-hit hoeft ze in 2004 weinig te doen. Mario Winans en P. Diddy gebruiken haar nummer Boadicea, van haar eerste album uit 1987, voor hun hit I Don't Wanna Know. Eerder werd Boadicea al gebruikt door The Fugees op Ready Or Not.



Songtekst

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco Flow
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the yellow sea

Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away

From Bissau to Pilau, in the shade of avalon
From Fiji to Tiree and the isles of ebony
From Peru to Cebu, hear the power of Babylon
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the coral sea

Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away

From the north to the south, Ebudae into Khartoum
From the deep sea of clouds to the island of the moon
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never been
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen

We can sail, we can sail with the Orinoco Flow
We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel
We can sigh, say goodbye Ross and his dependencies

We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
We can reach, we can beach on the shores of Tripoli
We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the coral sea

We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
From Bissau to Pilau, in the shade of avalon
We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
We can reach, we can beach for the only other sea

We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
From Peru to Cebu, hear the power of Babylon
We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)
We can sail, we can sail (Sail away, sail away, sail away)

Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away

Songinformatie

ArtiestEnya
 A-kant
Titel Orinoco Flow
Lengte 3:45
Componist(en) Enya, Roma Enya
Producer(s) Nicky Ryan
Engineer(s) Ross Cullum
Mixage Jimbo Barton
 B-kant
Titel Out Of The Blue
Lengte 3:10
Componist(en) Enya
Producer(s) Nicky Ryan
Engineer(s) Nicky Ryan
 
Platenlabel WEA
Catalogusnr YZ312 247 608-7 Ⓝ
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