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The song was highly popular in the early 1990s and was featured on many pop music compilations. It shares part of its name with Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded.
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 pays tribute to Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released.
Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)
Orinoco River, Venezuela and Colombia
Tripoli, Libya
Yellow Sea, China
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Palau, islands near the Philippines
Avalon, British Isles
Fiji, Fiji islands
Tiree, Scotland
Isles of Ebony, England
Peru, Peru
Cebu, Philippines
Babylon, Iraq
Bali, Indonesia
Cali, a city in Colombia
Coral Sea, Australia
Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland (also the name of a later Enya song)
Khartoum, Sudan
Sea of Clouds, the Moon, possibly Mount Huangshan, China
Island of the Moon, Madagascar
Ross Dependency (this was an in song reference to Ross Cullum)
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 pays tribute to Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released.
Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)
Orinoco River, Venezuela and Colombia
Tripoli, Libya
Yellow Sea, China
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Palau, islands near the Philippines
Avalon, British Isles
Fiji, Fiji islands
Tiree, Scotland
Isles of Ebony, England
Peru, Peru
Cebu, Philippines
Babylon, Iraq
Bali, Indonesia
Cali, a city in Colombia
Coral Sea, Australia
Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland (also the name of a later Enya song)
Khartoum, Sudan
Sea of Clouds, the Moon, possibly Mount Huangshan, China
Island of the Moon, Madagascar
Ross Dependency (this was an in song reference to Ross Cullum)
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aricoon wrote:
Goosebumps galore, she is an angel
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MusicaLilly wrote:
A classic!
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Nefertiti2 wrote:
great song!!!!!!!
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Metzae wrote:
When this album first came out I had my parents drive me to the nearest city that had a mall and bought it on cassette. I brought it home and popped it into the tape deck and made my parent listen to it. They were absolutely flabbergasted that I would pick something so unusual. After all, I was an 11-year-old boy and never showed interest in real music until then. Something tells me I'm not the only one that experienced Enya in this way.
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slushie360 wrote:
one of the best selling artists and has never toured...amazing
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kristojk wrote:
If I ever get into a gunfight this is what I want to listen to during it.
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BigGibbo wrote:
Sentimental <3
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AlterSchotte wrote:
it´s a great song from enya
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Gaacek wrote:
Best song Enya:)
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SouthEastPictur wrote:
This song always makes me happy. Every sound in this song is beautiful.
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kroftek wrote:
Enya made a lot of good songs but this is the one that makes me kiss the ground on which she walks on.
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LGatakan wrote:
let me reach let me BITCH
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IsJazzMe wrote:
An Enya classic. Lovely!
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Seaweed1002 wrote:
Lovely.
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xxmissleoniexx wrote:
beautiful song!!!
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johnalvintc wrote:
i bought my first ever cd because of this song.
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sneggyuser wrote:
Great music, beautiful woman.
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galactus15 wrote:
reminds me of beating grunts to death with my smg
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cheftea wrote:
vino,song,ooh
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SilAlcantara wrote:
I can fly with this...
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