Caribbean Blue

"Caribbean Blue"
Single by Enya
from the album Shepherd Moons
Released 7 October 1991
Recorded 1989
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 (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA 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 (Retrieved 10 April 2008)

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