"Cuckoo Song" is a musical piece written by Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621). In 1977 British musician Mike Oldfield released an arrangement of the piece as a single.
"Cuckoo Song" | ||||
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Single by Mike Oldfield with Les Penning | ||||
A-side | "Cuckoo Song" | |||
B-side | "Pipe Tune" | |||
Released | 25 November 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 6:40 | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael Praetorius | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Oldfield | |||
Mike Oldfield singles chronology | ||||
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Mike Oldfield single
editMike Oldfield released a version of "Cuckoo Song" in 1977 as a non-album single on Virgin Records. The B side, a musical precursor of Incantations and which could almost be a part of it, is an original composition by Oldfield. The single (in a plain white sleeve) was included as a free bonus when the double LP Incantations was released in 1978. It is one of the many non-album singles which Oldfield released in the 1970s. "Cuckoo Song" also features Les Penning.[1]
Track listing
edit- "Cuckoo Song" – 3:13
- "Pipe Tune" – 3:27
References
edit- ^ "Singles". Amadian. Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2009-02-28.