Caribbean Blue

"Caribbean Blue"
Single by Enya
from the album Shepherd Moons
Released 7 October 1991
Format 7", Cassette, CD
Recorded 1990
Genre New age
Length 3:58
Label Warner Music
WEA324CD (Germany, CD)
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
"Exile"
(1991)
"Caribbean Blue"
(1991)
"How Can I Keep from Singing?"
(1991)

"Caribbean Blue" is a song by Irish musician Enya originally released as the second track on her 1991 album Shepherd Moons. "Caribbean Blue" got to Number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] The song follows a waltz time signature, and mentions the Anemoi (Ancient Greek wind gods): Boreas, Afer Ventus (Africus), Eurus, and Zephyrus.

The song plays at the end of the Northern Exposure season 3 episode "The Final Frontier".

The music video for the song features visual imagery based on the paintings of Maxfield Parrish, and was an early appearance for British TV-personality Martine McCutcheon.[2]

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[3] 74
Dutch Singles Chart 37
German Singles Chart 50
Irish Singles Chart[4] 8
Swiss Singles Chart 30
Swedish Singles Chart 25
UK Singles Chart[1] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 79
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 2

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Charts > Enya". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  2. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EeYL3uhYv48
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved 10 April 2008)


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