Orinoco Flow

"Orinoco Flow"
"Orinoco Flow"
Single by Enya
from the album Watermark
B-side	"Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain) "Out of the Blue";
Released	3 October 1988
Studio	Aigle (Killiney, Dublin, Ireland); Orinoco (London, England);
Genre	New-age
Length	4:25
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Enya; Roma Ryan;
Producer(s)	Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
Music video
	"Orinoco Flow" on YouTube

"Orinoco Flow", also released as "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Enya from her second studio album, Watermark (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by WEA Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States the following year. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Music Video and Best New Age Performance at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. The Guardian ranked "Orinoco Flow" at number 77 on its list of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles in 2020.^[1]

^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Petridis, Alexis; Snapes, Laura (5 June 2020). "The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[1] Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Petridis, Alexis; Snapes, Laura (5 June 2020). "The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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