Blurb:
In 1988 Irish singer Enya released the single "Orinoco Flow" (which is often incorrectly referred to as "Sail Away," a phrase repeated during the chorus. The US version of the single and the album cut are called "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"), which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in October 1988.
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released. The song was highly popular in the early ’90s and was featured on many pop music compilations. The song "Out Of The Blue" was also released as "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)" on other albums.
The division of syllables to follow the pattern of music may trick the listener into thinking that the song is written in Latin (as some Enya tracks are), but the lyrics are in fact English. At the end of the song she namechecks Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
Recently the group Celtic Woman has resurrected this song with their own arrangement.
In 1988 Irish singer Enya released the single "Orinoco Flow" (which is often incorrectly referred to as "Sail Away," a phrase repeated during the chorus. The US version of the single and the album cut are called "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"), which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in October 1988.
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released. The song was highly popular in the early ’90s and was featured on many pop music compilations. The song "Out Of The Blue" was also released as "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)" on other albums.
The division of syllables to follow the pattern of music may trick the listener into thinking that the song is written in Latin (as some Enya tracks are), but the lyrics are in fact English. At the end of the song she namechecks Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
Recently the group Celtic Woman has resurrected this song with their own arrangement.
Scroll and Sing:
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
From Bisau to Palau
In the shade of Avalon
From Fiji to Tiree
And Isles of Ebony
From Peru to Cebu
Hear the power of Babylon
From Bali to Cali
Far beneath the coral sea
----VOCAL HARMONICS----
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
In the lands I've never been
Carry me on the waves
In 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 Dickens 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 sail we can sail
1 comment:
DJ Tiesto one of our worlds most famous trance producers does a really nice "Sail Away" remix of Enyas song... Very beautiful...
You should maybe also checkout a hiphop remix I have done of The Gladiator, By Enya and Hanz Zimmer...
http://a-manual.blogspot.com/2007/03/gladiator-manual-hiphop-remix.html
Awesome..
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