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, It reached #1 in countries including Italy, Austria, Switzerland for four weeks and Norway for six weeks. It spent four weeks at #2 in Germany and also hit #6 in Australia. It was re-released as a maxi-CD single in 1993 to promote Oldfield's Elements box set, charting at #52.
A 12" 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. The extended mix also appears on his compilation album The Platinum Collection.
Maggie Reilly sang "Moonlight Shadow" live when she toured with Oldfield in the 1980s. However since then, other singers have performed the song live with Oldfield including, Anita Hegerland and Miriam Stockley.
The original cover art is an enlargement of the lower right corner of the Crises album cover.
very bad version
freakyscumbag 3 months ago
i think thats an Ovation guitar, am i right? ovation is a great guitar. i`m about to buy an ovation à la Dj ashba soon.
thefatmuff 1 year ago
guitar for cowboys
sosna00 2 years ago 2
its really good very relaxing
pitoflasido 2 years ago
You have a very cool guitar, guy :D
Please check out also my cover :
/watch?v=fHchwpwIiTM
jerome96114 2 years ago
Simple.. Bad..
erik987987 2 years ago
Ma atzè ciuk?
nutellagood 2 years ago
mah... boh....
dEnIsInApRiNcEsS 2 years ago
i liked it ^^
hunabi 3 years ago
watch?v=UJY1PHa6pug
Very nice acoustic version a la what I mentioned below ;-)
ElvenDane 3 years ago