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{{Short description|1988 single by Enya}}
{{otheruses4|the Enya single|the Enya tribute album by the [[Taliesin Orchestra]]|Orinoco Flow (Taliesin Orchestra album)}}
{{About|the Enya single|the Enya tribute album by the Taliesin Orchestra|Orinoco Flow – The Music of Enya}}
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
| Name = Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
{{Infobox song
| Cover = OrinocoFlow cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Enya]]
| name = Orinoco Flow
| Album = [[Watermark (album)|Watermark]]
| cover = OrinocoFlow cover.jpg
| Released = {{Start date|1988|10|15}}
| alt =
| Format = [[Cassette single|Cassette]], [[CD single]], [[7" single]]
| type = single
| Recorded = {{Start date|1988}}
| artist = [[Enya]]
| Genre = [[New Age music|New Age]]
| album = [[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]
| B-side = "Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)
| Length = 4:25
* "Out of the Blue"
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] / [[EMI]]
| Writer = Enya & Roma Ryan
| released = {{start date|df=yes|1988|10|3}}
| Producer = Enya<br>[[Nicky Ryan]]
| recorded =
| Last single = "[[I Want Tomorrow]]"<br />(1987)
| studio = * Aigle ([[Dublin]], Ireland)
| This single = "'''Orinoco Flow'''"<br />(1988)
* [[Orinoco Studios|Orinoco]] ([[London]], England)
| Next single = "[[Evening Falls...]]"<br />(1988)
| genre = [[New-age music|New-age]]
| length = 4:25
| label = [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
| writer = * Enya
* [[Roma Ryan]]
| producer = [[Nicky Ryan]]
| prev_title = [[I Want Tomorrow]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Evening Falls...]]
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{External music video|
{{YouTube|LTrk4X9ACtw|"Orinoco Flow"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Orinoco Flow'''", also released as "'''Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)'''", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter [[Enya]] from her second studio album, ''[[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]'' (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by [[Warner Music Group|WEA Records]] in the United Kingdom and by [[Geffen Records]] in the United States the following year. The song topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] for three weeks and received two [[Grammy Award]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]] and [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Performance]] at the [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards]]. ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked "Orinoco Flow" at number 77 on its list of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s|title=The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|first1=Ben|last2=Petridis|first2=Alexis|last3=Snapes|first3=Laura|date=5 June 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 July 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
"'''Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)'''" is a 1988 UK #1 single by [[Enya]]. The song is often incorrectly referred to as "Sail Away", a phrase repeated during the [[chorus]]. The [[United States|American]] version of the single, however, was retitled "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)".


==Background==
==Background==
The song was released as the lead single from Enya's studio album ''[[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]'' on 3&nbsp;October 1988.<ref name="ukrel">{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=1 October 1988}}</ref> It became a global success, reaching number&nbsp;one in several countries, including Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top of the [[UK Singles Chart]] for three weeks.<ref name="uk"/> In the United States, the song peaked at number&nbsp;24 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot&nbsp;100]] in April&nbsp;1989.<ref name="hot100"/>
The song was highly popular in the early 1990s and was featured on many pop music compilations.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
It shares part of its name with Orinoco Studios (now [[Miloco Studios]]), where it was recorded. {{Fact|date=May 2008}}


The title of the song is an allusion both to [[Orinoco Studios]] (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded, and to the [[Orinoco|river of the same name]]. Its [[pizzicato]] chords, generated by altering the [[Roland D-50]] [[synthesizer]]'s "Pizzagogo" [[Synthesizer#Patch|patch]], are highly recognizable as a [[New-age music|new-age]] sound.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Famous Sounds |url=http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds.htm |work=Synth Mania |publisher=Paolo Di Nicolantonio |access-date=9 June 2012 |author=Paolo Di Nicolantonio}}</ref> Enya was signed to [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] by [[Rob Dickins]], who served as executive producer of ''Watermark'', and the song pays homage to Dickins in the line "with Rob Dickins at the wheel".<ref>{{cite web |title=YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKUTC6M5OZY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041551/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKUTC6M5OZY |archive-date=7 March 2016 }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} Co-producer [[Ross Cullum]] is referenced in the song with a pun on [[Ross Dependency]]: "We can sigh, say goodbye&nbsp;/ Ross and his dependencies".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Behind the Song: "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" by Enya |url=https://americansongwriter.com/sail-away-by-enya-behind-the-song/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref>
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 language|English]]. At the end of the song she pays tribute to [[Warner Brothers|Warner Brothers Music UK]] CEO [[Rob Dickins]] and makes a more veiled reference to producer [[Ross Cullum]].


===Lyrics===
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released.
The lyrics have been likened to "an itinerary for the most expensive [[gap year]] of all time",<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 2015 |title=Enya on her new album, living in a castle and the international appeal of her music |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34699044 |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> mentioning an array of locations like a "global geography lesson". Locations mentioned in the song include [[Fiji]], [[Tiree]], [[Peru]], [[Bali]], and [[Cebu]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Behind the Song: "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" by Enya |url=https://americansongwriter.com/sail-away-by-enya-behind-the-song/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Legacy ===
== Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)==
In 1994, the song was [[Music licensing|licensed]] to [[Virgin Records]] for the best-selling [[new-age music]] compilation album ''[[Pure Moods]]'', which contributed to further exposure and "helped provide a multi-platinum bonanza" to the record company.<ref name=":0" />
*[[Orinoco]] River, Venezuela
*[[Tripoli]], Libya
*[[Yellow Sea]], Between Korea and China
*[[Bissau]], Guinea-Bissau
*[[Palau]], islands near the Philippines
*[[Avalon]], British Isles
*[[Fiji]], Fiji islands
*[[Tiree]], Scotland
*[[Ebony, Kent|Isles of Ebony]], England
*[[Peru]], Peru
*[[Cebu Island|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|Mount Huangshan, China]]
*[[Island of the Moon]] ([[Madagascar]])
*[[Ross Dependency]], a part of Antarctica, (also an in-song reference to [[Ross Cullum]])


In 1998, a special-edition 10th-anniversary remix single was released.<ref name=":2" />
==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
; 1988
;; 7" single
# "Orinoco Flow" — 3:45
# "Out of the Blue" — 3:10


In a 2015 interview with ''[[The Irish Times]]'', Enya said: “Longevity is all any artist dreams of”, rather than to dwell on how her songs are remembered.<ref name=":1" /> She credits "Orinoco Flow" for some of her cross-generational appeal, saying: "people who used to like Orinoco Flow are now playing my music to their children".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Enya: 'Love can be difficult as boyfriends tend to get jealous when they learn I need space to write music' |language=en-GB |work=belfasttelegraph |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/enya-love-can-be-difficult-as-boyfriends-tend-to-get-jealous-when-they-learn-i-need-space-to-write-music-34217179.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In another interview, when asked whether people bring up "Orinoco Flow", she responded: "people say 'sail away' to me or whistle bits of it back to me. I think it’s wonderful—I never tire of it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2015 |title=Enya: 'I feel comfortable singing in a variety of languages' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/enya-dark-sky-island-album-feature |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
;; 3" CD single
# "Orinoco Flow" — 4:26
# "Smaointe..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain) — 6:09
# "Out of the Blue" — 3:08
{{col-2}}
; 1998
#"Orinoco Flow"
#"Hope Has A Place"
#"Pax Deorum"
{{col-end}}


==Critical reception==
== Appearances ==
Ned Raggett from [[AllMusic]] described the song as "distinct" and "downright catchy". He noted "its implicit dramatics, [that] gently charges instead of piling things on".<ref>{{cite web|first= Ned |last= Raggett |title= Enya – ''Watermark'' |publisher= [[AllMusic]]|access-date= 10 November 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/watermark-mw0000198831}}</ref>
* Louise Brooks ([[Kathryn Drysdale]]) in ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]'' on [[BBC Three]] refers to "Orinoco Flow" as a birthing method as she is pretending to give birth.
* In [[2000]], a sample of "Orinoco Flow" was used by Rodney "El Chombo" Clark in his production of the track "Moriran", performed by Aldo Ranks.
* The song is featured during the credits for the season 1 finale of [[Peep Show (TV series)|Peep Show]].
* "Orinoco Flow" is also featured on the hit Celtic album (and production) [[Celtic Woman (album)|''Celtic Woman'']]
* The song also received increased popularity{{Fact|date=May 2008}} after featuring in a U.S. commercial for car maker [[Volkswagen]].
* It is also mentioned in the lyrics of the GLC song "RnB" in the line "Rap slow, like Enya in Orinoco Flow".
* The song is used in the opening and closing titles of Louis' Limerick's in the [[2008]] and [[2009]] series of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|X-factor]]''.
* A [[parody]] of the song is used in an [[Death_(South_Park_episode)|episode]] of South Park where Stan's grandfather plays this song to simulate how horrible his old age feels to him, and to convince Stan to kill him.
* [[Libera (music)|Libera]] performs a cover in their 2008 album, "New Dawn".
* In an episode of [[I'm Alan Partridge]], Alan is seen singing the 'Sail Away' line of the song in a BP petrol station whilst his former headteacher waits to be served.
*"Orinoco Flow" was featured in an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N0SZ8yimyk [[advertisement|ad]]] aired for the introduction of new Czech channel [http://www.tv-cool.cz/nl/tv-prima-cool/cool-plany-na-prazdniny/ PRIMA Cool], launched by [[Modern Times Group|MTG]] on april 1, 2009.<ref>http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/03/02/cool-april-for-czech-prima/</ref>
* The song was in the [[soundtrack]] of a Brazilian [[Telenovela]] called "Que Rei sou Eu?" (Which King am I?), released by [[Rede Globo]] on February 13th of 1989.
* The song was played in the background on Channel 4 Star Stories : Peter Andre and Jordan.
* At the [[Secret Policeman's Ball]] 2008 [[James Corden]] and [[Mathew Horne]] performed a comedic dance to Orinoco Flow.
* The song was used in the audio greetings on-board Aer Lingus transatlantic flights
*Orinoco Flow is played in Kath & Kim where Kath sings Orinoco Flow after buying the CD on her honeymoon.


== Covers ==
==Music video==
A video was made to accompany the song. It features Enya singing the song in front of footage of rivers, flowers and nature, edited to have the appearance of a painting. It was directed by Michael Geoghegan.
* [[Celtic Woman]] - ''[[Celtic Woman (album)|Celtic Woman]]''


==Certifications==
==Track listings==
{{Track listing
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| headline = 7-inch and cassette single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=[[Enya]]|year=1988|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]|id=YZ 312, 247 608-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=Enya|year=1988|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[[Geffen Records]]|id=7-27633}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=Enya|year=1988|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Geffen Records|id=4-27633}}</ref>
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Country
| title1 = Orinoco Flow
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Certification
| note1 = edit
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Date
| length1 = 3:44
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Sales certified
| title2 = Out of the Blue
|-
| length2 = 3:10
|UK<ref>UK certifications [http://www.bpi.co.uk/ Bpi.co.uk] (Retrieved [[September 5]], [[2008]])</ref>
}}
|align="center"|Silver

|align="center"|November 1, 1988
{{Track listing
|align="center"|200,000
| headline = 12-inch and mini-CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=Enya|year=1988|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=WEA|id=YZ312T, 247 607-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=Enya|year=1988|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Geffen Records|id=0-21129}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)|others=Enya|year=1988|type=UK mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=WEA|id=YZ312CD, 247 607-2}}</ref>
|-
| title1 = Orinoco Flow
|}
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = Smaoitím...
| note2 = d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain
| length2 = 6:05
| title3 = Out of the Blue
| length3 = 3:10
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese CD 3 Tracks EP (1990)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow|others=Enya|year=1990|type=Japanese CD EP liner notes|publisher=WEA|id=WMC5-109}}</ref>
| title1 = Orinoco Flow
| note1 = 7-inch version
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = [[Evening Falls...]]
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = [[Storms in Africa]]
| note3 = single version
| length3 = 3:01
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese CD single (1998)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Orinoco Flow|others=Enya|year=1998|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=WEA|id=WPCR-1886}}</ref>
| title1 = Orinoco Flow
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = Hope Has a Place
| length2 = 4:46
| title3 = Pax Deorum
| length3 = 4:57
| total_length =
}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
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{{col-begin}}
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
===Weekly charts===
!align="left"|Chart (1988-1989)
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|+Weekly chart performance for "Orinoco Flow"
!Chart (1988–1989)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Australia|6|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts">"Orinoco Flow", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Enya&titel=Orinoco+Flow&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
{{single chart|Austria|8|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|8
|-
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=4893 |title=De Nederlandse Top 40, week 48, 1988 |accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2049-No.%2022-March%2027%20-%20April%201,%201989.pdf|title=RPM 100 Singles – March 4, 1989|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|volume=49|issue=22|page=6|date=27 March 1989|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|aligh="left"|European Hot 100
|4
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|French SNEP Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>Danish Singles Chart. 16 December 1988.</ref>
|6
|align="center"|16
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=52|page=15|date=1 January 1989|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|align="left"|German Singles Chart<ref>German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref>
|1
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=74|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Enya|page=74|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
|align="left"|Italian Singles Chart
|5
|align="center"|23
|-
|-
{{single chart|France|16|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart<ref>Irish Single Chart [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irishcharts.ie] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
!scope="row" |Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=28 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Enya".</ref>
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|20
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=1988|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart<ref>UK Singles Chart [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=15812 Chartstats.com] (Retrieved [[April 10]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Billboard">Billboard [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifoxqe5ldhe~T51 Allmusic.com] (Retrieved [[September 5]], [[2008]])</ref>
|align="center"|24
|-
|-
{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|7
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-03-04.pdf|title=Top 3 Singles in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=9|page=14|date=4 March 1989|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks<ref name="Billboard"/>
|3
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19881029|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019|refname="uk"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|24|artist=Enya|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019|refname="hot100"}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|7|artist=Enya|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|6|artist=Enya|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19890422.html|title=Cash Box Top 100: April 22, 1089|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
|25
|-
!scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=19 May 1989|title=National Airplay Overview|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=104|id={{ProQuest|1017213355}}}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"| US CHR (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=14 April 1989|title=National Airplay Overview|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=112|id={{ProQuest|1017218647}}}}</ref>
| 25
|-
!scope="row"| US New Rock (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=27 January 1989|title=New Rock|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=76|id={{ProQuest|1017213248}}}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|2|artist=Enya|song=Orinoco Flow|songid=1880|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2019}}
|}
|}
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{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
===Year-end charts===
!align="left"|End of year chart (1989)
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!align="center"|Position
|+1988 year-end chart performance for "Orinoco Flow"
!Chart (1988)
!Position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1989|title=Jaaroverzichten 1989|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|align="left"|Australian Singles Chart<ref>1989 Australian Singles Chart [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1989.htm aria.com] (Retrieved [[September 5]], [[2008]])</ref>
|56
|align="center"|43
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf|title=1988 Year End Eurocharts|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=52/1|page=30|date=1 January 1988|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>1989 Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1989 Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved [[September 3]], [[2008]])</ref>
|83
|align="center"|19
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1988|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1988|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1988&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988|publisher=[[Dutch Charts|MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|23
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Peter|editor-last=Scaping|title=BPI YearBook 1989/90|chapter=Top 100 Singles: 1988|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|location=London, England|pages=64–65|date=1991|isbn=978-0-9061-5410-6}}</ref>
|18
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+1989 year-end chart performance for "Orinoco Flow"
!Chart (1989)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1989/singles-chart|title=1989 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
|43
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6684&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6684.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6684|title=Top 100 Single of '89|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|60
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 1989|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=51|page=6|date=23 December 1989|access-date=17 January 2020|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
|72
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1989-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1989|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|34
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1989|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1989|language=de|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|19
|-
!scope="row"|West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1989|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1989|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>
|20
|}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}


==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Orinoco Flow"}}
{{succession box
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Enya| title=Orinoco Flow|award=Gold|relyear=2000|source=radioscope|access-date=15 December 2024|certyear=2022}}
| before = "[[Desire (U2 song)|Desire]]" by [[U2]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Enya|title=Orinoco Flow|award=Gold|id=enya-orinoco-flow|relyear=1988|certyear=2024|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
| title = [[Irish Recorded Music Association|Irish IRMA]] [[Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1988|number-one single]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Enya|title=Orinoco Flow|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=2024|id=4933-151-1|access-date=5 January 2024}}
| years = [[October 22]], [[1988]] - [[November 12]], [[1988]] (4 weeks)
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
| after = "[[Stand Up for Your Love Rights]]" by [[Yazz]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[One Moment in Time]]" by [[Whitney Houston]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK)#1988|UK number-one single]]
| years = [[October 29]], [[1988]] - [[November 12]], [[1988]] (3 weeks)
| after = "[[The First Time (Robin Beck song)|The First Time]]" by [[Robin Beck]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Teardrops (Womack & Womack song)|Teardrops]]" by [[Womack & Womack]]
| title = [[Dutch Top 40|Dutch]] [[Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1988|number-one single]]
| years = [[December 3]], [[1988]] - [[December 17]], [[1988]] (3 weeks)
| after = "[[Smooth Criminal]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[A Groovy Kind of Love]]" by [[Phil Collins]]
| title = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss]] [[List of Swiss number-one hits of 1989|number-one single]]
| years = [[December 11]], [[1988]] - [[January 8]], [[1989]] (5 weeks)
| after = "Bring Me Edelweiss" by [[Edelweiss (band)|Edelweiss]]
}}
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==See also==
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
*[[Orinoco]]
|+Release dates and formats for "Orinoco Flow"
*[[New age music]]
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|3 October 1988
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
|<ref name="ukrel"/>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan
|25 February 1989
|Mini-CD
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/50256/products/5455/1/|title=オリノコ・フロウ {{!}} エンヤ|trans-title=Orinoco Flow {{!}} Enya|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
|25 June 1990
|CD
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/50256/products/301962/1/|title=オリノコ・フロウ {{!}} エンヤ|trans-title=Orinoco Flow {{!}} Enya|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>
|}

==In popular culture==
After a wave of popularity, including regular rotation on [[MTV]], the song became "a punch line",<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Greiving |first=Tim |date=19 October 2018 |title=Sail Away: How Enya's "Orinoco Flow" Went From a Hit to a Punch Line to a Pop Culture Anthem |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/10/19/17996942/enya-orinoco-flow-sail-away-30-years |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref> representing a [[New-age music|new-age]] cliché of "generic 'bubble bath' music". The song was used in scenes depicting relaxation and to highlight this in a jokey manner. In the 1997 ''[[South Park]]''<ref name=":0" /> episode "[[Death (South Park)|Death]]", [[Stan Marsh]] ([[Trey Parker]])'s grandfather Marvin Marsh (Parker) locks Stan in a room and plays a parody of the song performed by [[Toddy Walters]] to illustrate what it feels like to be old. In the 2017 ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'' episode "[[Crime and Punishment (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)|Crime and Punishment]]", character Jake Peralta ([[Andy Samberg]]) mentions Enya as one of his favorite musical artists. Later on, "Orinoco Flow" plays as he walks, in slow motion, into a courtroom. Producer [[Dan Goor]] remarked, “We weren’t trying to attach ourselves to a history of making fun of it. The joke was just that it’s 100 percent the wrong music to play. It’s supposed to be this triumphant, badass moment, and instead we’re playing that song.”<ref name=":1" />

In the 2002 ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'' episode "The Talented Mr. Alan", [[Alan Partridge]] (Steve Coogan) is caught singing the song to himself.<ref name=":1" /> The song is in "Funeral", the 2003 sixth episode of the first series of ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''; the video is shown and the song plays over the end credits. The song is played during [[Rumpelstiltskin]] ([[Walt Dohrn|Walt Dorhn]])'s announcement scene in the 2010 film ''[[Shrek 4|Shrek Forever After]]''.<ref name=":0" /> It is in the 2010 [[Cougar Town season 1|first season]] episode, "Letting You Go", of ''[[Cougar Town]].''<ref name=":1" /> The song was briefly played during a monster cruise commercial in the 2018 film ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]''. The song was also used as the title song for the [[Netflix]] comedy-drama series ''[[Living with Yourself]]'' starring [[Paul Rudd]] and [[Aisling Bea]].

Alternatively, the song is used in media to create a dissonance between its calmness and starkly contrasting visuals. The song is featured during a sequence in [[David Fincher]]'s [[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|2011 adaptation]] of the novel ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'',<ref name=":0" /> in which [[Mikael Blomkvist]] ([[Daniel Craig]]) is tortured while the song plays. In the 2016 ''[[Black Mirror]]''<ref name=":0" /> episode "[[Hated in the Nation]]", one of the characters listens to the song to relax "shortly before she’s torn apart by murderous drones" and effectively returned "Orinoco Flow" to the top of the new-age charts after the episode was released.<ref name=":1" />

An exception to this is the use of the song in the 2018 [[Bo Burnham]] film ''[[Eighth Grade (film)|Eighth Grade]]''. Burnham wrote to Enya directly for permission to use the song, and recognized it as a serious choice for the film; "in ''Eighth Grade'', 'Orinoco Flow' finally gets to be itself" rather than "fodder for ironic laughs".<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date=15 October 2018 |title=Eighth Grade and the Pop-Culture Redemption of Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/the-pop-culture-redemption-of-enyas-orinoco-flow.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

===Advertisement===
* In 1991, the song featured in an advert for [[Dulux]] paint.<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201092207/https://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/sm-5.htm|url=https://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/sm-5.htm|title=Enya Book of Days:Shepherd Moons Article|date=15 November 1991|archive-date=1 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Other references===
"Orinoco Flow" has been used in reference to various object names including an iris cultivar ''Orinoco Flow'' by [[iris (plant)|iris]] breeder Cy Bartlett in 1989,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldiris.com/public_html/wif/WI_Iris/Orinoco_Flow.html| title=Orinoco Flow | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512060146/http://www.worldiris.com/public_html/WIF/WI_Iris/Orinoco_Flow.html|date=12 May 2013|archive-date=12 May 2013 | url-status=dead}}, at WorldIris.com; published 2004; retrieved 30 September 2012.</ref> and ''[[Leporinus enyae]]'', a species of fish from the Orinoco drainage basin named for the artist herself.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2017 |title=New Orinoco fish named after Enya |url=https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/new-orinoco-fish-named-after-enya/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=Practical Fishkeeping}}</ref>

In the 2017 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] tribute to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], ''Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy'', [[Prince Harry]] recalls his mother listening to Enya driving in her [[BMW]] with the top down.<ref>{{cite video |title=Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy |publisher=ITV |year=2017}}</ref>

[[AIDA Cruises|AIDA cruise ships]] play this song often when they are put to sea <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kreuzfahrt-coach.de/aida-cruises/aida-auslaufsong/ | title=AIDA Auslaufsong beim Sail Away - Kreuzfahrt-Coach.de &#124; Tipps & Infos für Kreuzfahrt-Urlauber | date=31 August 2022 }}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
*{{discogs master|27470|Orinoco Flow|type=single}}


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Latest revision as of 13:58, 17 December 2024

This article is about the Enya single. For the Enya tribute album by the Taliesin Orchestra, see Orinoco Flow – The Music of Enya.

"Orinoco Flow"
Single by Enya
from the album Watermark
B-side"Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)
  • "Out of the Blue"
Released3 October 1988 (1988-10-03)
Studio
GenreNew-age
Length4:25
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
"I Want Tomorrow"
(1987) 		"Orinoco Flow"
(1988) 		"Evening Falls..."
(1988)
Music video
"Orinoco Flow" on YouTube

"Orinoco Flow", also released as "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Enya from her second studio album, Watermark (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by WEA Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States the following year. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Music Video and Best New Age Performance at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. The Guardian ranked "Orinoco Flow" at number 77 on its list of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles in 2020.[1]

Background

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The song was released as the lead single from Enya's studio album Watermark on 3 October 1988.[2] It became a global success, reaching number one in several countries, including Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.[3] In the United States, the song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1989.[4]

The title of the song is an allusion both to Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded, and to the river of the same name. Its pizzicato chords, generated by altering the Roland D-50 synthesizer's "Pizzagogo" patch, are highly recognizable as a new-age sound.[5] Enya was signed to WEA by Rob Dickins, who served as executive producer of Watermark, and the song pays homage to Dickins in the line "with Rob Dickins at the wheel".[6][citation needed] Co-producer Ross Cullum is referenced in the song with a pun on Ross Dependency: "We can sigh, say goodbye / Ross and his dependencies".[7]

Lyrics

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The lyrics have been likened to "an itinerary for the most expensive gap year of all time",[8] mentioning an array of locations like a "global geography lesson". Locations mentioned in the song include Fiji, Tiree, Peru, Bali, and Cebu.[9]

Legacy

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In 1994, the song was licensed to Virgin Records for the best-selling new-age music compilation album Pure Moods, which contributed to further exposure and "helped provide a multi-platinum bonanza" to the record company.[7]

In 1998, a special-edition 10th-anniversary remix single was released.[5]

In a 2015 interview with The Irish Times, Enya said: “Longevity is all any artist dreams of”, rather than to dwell on how her songs are remembered.[10] She credits "Orinoco Flow" for some of her cross-generational appeal, saying: "people who used to like Orinoco Flow are now playing my music to their children".[11] In another interview, when asked whether people bring up "Orinoco Flow", she responded: "people say 'sail away' to me or whistle bits of it back to me. I think it’s wonderful—I never tire of it."[12]

Critical reception

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Ned Raggett from AllMusic described the song as "distinct" and "downright catchy". He noted "its implicit dramatics, [that] gently charges instead of piling things on".[13]

Music video

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A video was made to accompany the song. It features Enya singing the song in front of footage of rivers, flowers and nature, edited to have the appearance of a painting. It was directed by Michael Geoghegan.

Track listings

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7-inch and cassette single[14][15][16]
No.TitleLength
1."Orinoco Flow" (edit)3:44
2."Out of the Blue"3:10
12-inch and mini-CD single[17][18][19]
No.TitleLength
1."Orinoco Flow"4:25
2."Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)6:05
3."Out of the Blue"3:10
Japanese CD 3 Tracks EP (1990)[20]
No.TitleLength
1."Orinoco Flow" (7-inch version)3:48
2."Evening Falls..."3:49
3."Storms in Africa" (single version)3:01
Japanese CD single (1998)[21]
No.TitleLength
1."Orinoco Flow"3:47
2."Hope Has a Place"4:46
3."Pax Deorum"4:57

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Orinoco Flow"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[57] Gold 15,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[58] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[59] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

[edit]
Release dates and formats for "Orinoco Flow"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 3 October 1988
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 WEA [2]
Japan 25 February 1989 Mini-CD [60]
25 June 1990 CD [61]
[edit]

After a wave of popularity, including regular rotation on MTV, the song became "a punch line",[10] representing a new-age cliché of "generic 'bubble bath' music". The song was used in scenes depicting relaxation and to highlight this in a jokey manner. In the 1997 South Park[7] episode "Death", Stan Marsh (Trey Parker)'s grandfather Marvin Marsh (Parker) locks Stan in a room and plays a parody of the song performed by Toddy Walters to illustrate what it feels like to be old. In the 2017 Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode "Crime and Punishment", character Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) mentions Enya as one of his favorite musical artists. Later on, "Orinoco Flow" plays as he walks, in slow motion, into a courtroom. Producer Dan Goor remarked, “We weren’t trying to attach ourselves to a history of making fun of it. The joke was just that it’s 100 percent the wrong music to play. It’s supposed to be this triumphant, badass moment, and instead we’re playing that song.”[10]

In the 2002 I'm Alan Partridge episode "The Talented Mr. Alan", Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) is caught singing the song to himself.[10] The song is in "Funeral", the 2003 sixth episode of the first series of Peep Show; the video is shown and the song plays over the end credits. The song is played during Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dorhn)'s announcement scene in the 2010 film Shrek Forever After.[7] It is in the 2010 first season episode, "Letting You Go", of Cougar Town.[10] The song was briefly played during a monster cruise commercial in the 2018 film Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. The song was also used as the title song for the Netflix comedy-drama series Living with Yourself starring Paul Rudd and Aisling Bea.

Alternatively, the song is used in media to create a dissonance between its calmness and starkly contrasting visuals. The song is featured during a sequence in David Fincher's 2011 adaptation of the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,[7] in which Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is tortured while the song plays. In the 2016 Black Mirror[7] episode "Hated in the Nation", one of the characters listens to the song to relax "shortly before she’s torn apart by murderous drones" and effectively returned "Orinoco Flow" to the top of the new-age charts after the episode was released.[10]

An exception to this is the use of the song in the 2018 Bo Burnham film Eighth Grade. Burnham wrote to Enya directly for permission to use the song, and recognized it as a serious choice for the film; "in Eighth Grade, 'Orinoco Flow' finally gets to be itself" rather than "fodder for ironic laughs".[62][10]

[edit]
  • In 1991, the song featured in an advert for Dulux paint.[63]

Other references

[edit]

"Orinoco Flow" has been used in reference to various object names including an iris cultivar Orinoco Flow by iris breeder Cy Bartlett in 1989,[64] and Leporinus enyae, a species of fish from the Orinoco drainage basin named for the artist herself.[65]

In the 2017 ITV tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, Prince Harry recalls his mother listening to Enya driving in her BMW with the top down.[66]

AIDA cruise ships play this song often when they are put to sea [67]

References

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