Moonlight Shadow

:Moonlight Shadow is also the name of a novella by Banana Yoshimoto

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Moonlight Shadow - Novella - Banana Yoshimoto

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"Moonlight Shadow" is a pop song written by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield and released as a single in May 1983 and included on the album Crises in the same year. The vocals were performed by the Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had joined Mike Oldfield in 1980. A 12" single featured an extended version of the song and the single B-side was "Rite of Man" which was a rare instance of Oldfield singing lead vocal.

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Pop song - British - Multi-instrumentalist - Mike Oldfield - Single - 1983 - Crises - Scottish - Vocalist - Maggie Reilly - 1980 - B-side

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The single peaked at #4 in the British charts, making it Oldfield's second highest ranked single after Portsmouth which reached #3 in 1976. "Moonlight Shadow" was successful throughout Europe, spending four weeks at #2 in Germany, four weeks at #1 in Switzerland and six weeks at #1 in Norway. It was re-released as a maxi-CD single in 1993 to promote Oldfield's Elements box set.

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1976 - Europe - Germany - Switzerland - Norway - 1993 - Box set

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Numerous cover versions of "Moonlight Shadow" have been performed over the years, including by The Shadows on their 1986 album Moonlight Shadow. In 2003 a dance version by Groove Coverage reached #1 in Germany. Missing Heart remixed the song and placed more emphasis on the vocals of the song. The game Dance Dance Revolution currently has the Missing Heart version on Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX for Playstation/Arcade and Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX for Xbox.

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Cover version - The Shadows - 1986 - 2003 - Dance - Groove Coverage - Missing Heart - Dance Dance Revolution - Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX - Playstation - Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX - Xbox

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