Mike Oldfield ft Maggie Reilly Moonlight Shadow lyrics

“Moonlight Shadow“ is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. It is Oldfield’s most successful single, reaching number one on a number of charts around Europe. The single peaked at number four in the British charts, making it Oldfield’s second-highest ranked single after “Portsmouth“, which reached number three in 1976. “Moonlight Shadow“ was successful throughout Europe; it reached number one in many countries, including Italy, Austria, Switzerland for four weeks and Norway for six weeks. It spent four weeks at number two in West Germany, hit number six in Australia, and peaked at number three in New Zealand and France. It was re-released as a maxi-CD single in 1993 to promote Oldfield’s Elements box set,