Format CD single Label Quinlan Road | Genre Folk, world, new age Writer(s) Loreena McKennitt | |
Released September 1997 (North America) Length 6:08 (Album version)
4:01 (Single version) | ||
"The Mummers' Dance" is a single by Canadian Celtic singer Loreena McKennitt from the album The Book of Secrets in 1997. The song was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching #3 in the Adult Top 40, #17 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on The Billboard Hot 100.
The song refers to the seasonal Mummers Play performed by groups of actors, often as house-to-house visits. Its lyrics indicate a springtime holiday.
It is also featured on her albums Live in Paris and Toronto, Nights from the Alhambra, The Olive and the Cedar and the compilation The Journey So Far – The Best of Loreena McKennitt.
The song is the theme song of the TV series Legacy. It was also featured in the trailer for the film Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, and in the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Corpo Dourado. The song was also made into a music video.
The song was frequently used on the late-night syndicated radio talk show Coast To Coast AM, when Art Bell hosted the show.