Furthermore, the name of the song was used for the 2013 Universal Music compilation album of Oldfield's music, Moonlight Shadow: The Collection. The 1993 reissue included 'Bones' and 'In the Pool' as B-sides, which had previously been released as B-sides with 'To France'. In 1991, the song was re-released in France, and in 1993 it was featured on promos for Elements in France and Spain. The extended mix also appears on his compilation album The Platinum Collection. It was re-released as a maxi-CD single in 1993 to promote Oldfield's Elementsbox set, charting at number 52.Ī 12-inch single (later reissued on a 3' CD single) featured an extended version of the song with an extra verse, and the single B-side was 'Rite of Man', which was a rare instance of Oldfield singing lead vocal. It spent four weeks at number 2 in West Germany, hit number 6 in Australia, and peaked at number 3 in New Zealand and France. 'Moonlight Shadow' was successful throughout Europe it reached number 1 in many countries, including Italy, Austria, Switzerland for four weeks and Norway for six weeks. The single peaked at number 4 in the British charts, making it Oldfield's second highest ranked single after 'Portsmouth', which reached number 3 in 1976. It is Oldfield's most successful single, reaching number one on a number of charts around Europe. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. ' Moonlight Shadow' is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalistMike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included in the album Crises of the same year.
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