"Hibernaculum" is a song by musician Mike Oldfield, released on his 1994 album The Songs of Distant Earth.[1] It charted at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.

"Hibernaculum"
Single by Mike Oldfield
from the album The Songs of Distant Earth
Released5 December 1994 (1994-12-05)
RecordedRoughwood Studio, Buckinghamshire
GenreAmbient
Length3:32
LabelWarner Music UK
Songwriter(s)Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"In Dulci Jubilo"
(1993)
"Hibernaculum"
(1994)
"Let There Be Light"
(1995)
CD single 2

Two different versions of the single were released. The first contained several remixes of "Moonshine", the final part of Tubular Bells II, while the other contain unreleased material, including "The Song of the Boat Men", which would later be reused in another song called "Moonshine" on Oldfield's 2014 rock album, Man on the Rocks.

Track listing edit

UK CD 1 edit

  1. "Hibernaculum" – 3:32
  2. "Moonshine" (Festive Mix) – 3:41
  3. "Moonshine" (Solution Hoedown Mix) – 5:27
  4. "Moonshine" (Jungle Mix) (Featuring Rankin' Sean & Peter Lee) – 4:16

UK CD 2 edit

  1. "Hibernaculum" – 3:32
  2. "The Spectral Army" – 2:41
  3. "The Song of the Boat Men" – 2:52

Charts edit

Chart (1994) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 47

References edit

  1. ^ "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Mike Oldfield: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-09.