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Far Above the Clouds

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Format
  
CD single

Label
  
Warner Music UK

Length
  
5:30 (Album version)

Writer(s)
  
Mike Oldfield

Released
  
12 April 1999 (1999-04-12)

Genre
  
Progressive rockElectronica

"Far Above the Clouds" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released on 12 April 1999. The single is the final track from the album Tubular Bells III. "Far Above the Clouds" similarly features tubular bells in fashion with the part-one-finales of Oldfield's previous works, Tubular Bells and Tubular Bells II.

Contents

On 27 July 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Oldfield performed renditions of Tubular Bells, "Far Above the Clouds" and "In Dulci Jubilo" during a segment about the NHS. This rendition appears on the soundtrack album Isles of Wonder.

Charts

It charted at number 53 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listings

All songs written by Mike Oldfield.

UK CD 1

  1. "Far Above the Clouds" (Timewriter's Radio Mix) - 3:38
  2. "Far Above the Clouds" (Jam & Spoon Mix) - 9:54
  3. "Far Above the Clouds" (Original Version) - 3:52

UK CD 2

  1. "Far Above the Clouds" (Jam & Spoon - Deep Inside the Club Mix) 10:24
  2. "Far Above the Clouds" (Timewriter's Big Bag of Secrets) - 6:18
  3. "Far Above the Clouds" (Jam & Spoon Far Below the Bass Edit) - 3:12

References

Far Above the Clouds Wikipedia
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