Shadow on the Wall (song)
| "Shadow on the Wall" | ||||
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| Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
| from the album Crises | ||||
| B-side | "Taurus 3" | |||
| Released | 5 September 1983[1] | |||
| Studio | Denham | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[2] | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Oldfield | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Shadow on the Wall" on YouTube | ||||
"Shadow on the Wall" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1983 by Virgin Records. English rock singer Roger Chapman performs vocals on the song and it is taken from Oldfield's Crises album.[3] The song was a hit single especially in Germanic countries.
The music video for "Shadow on the Wall" depicts an interrogation scene and was directed by Keith McMillan.[4] The song also features on Roger Chapman's compilation albums, such as 1994's King of the Shouters where the song has been 'remastered'.
An "acoustic" mix and a 5.1 surround sound mix were released on the 2013 reissue of Crises.
The song has been covered by a number of artists including Swedish metal band Arch Enemy.[5]
B-side
[edit]The B-side is "Taurus 3", a short, fast-paced flamenco-guitar piece, which is notably different from Oldfield's long multi-themed pieces, "Taurus" and "Taurus 2", on QE2 and Five Miles Out respectively.
Track listing
[edit]7 inch
[edit]- "Shadow on the Wall" – 3:09
- "Taurus 3" – 2:25
12 inch
[edit]- "Shadow on the Wall" (Extended version) – 5:07
- "Taurus 3" – 2:25
Chart positions
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Personnel
[edit]- Mike Oldfield – guitars, banjo, bass, Fairlight C.M.I., Roland strings
- Roger Chapman – vocals
- Ant – guitars
- Simon Phillips – Tama drums
- Phil Spalding – backing vocals (extended version)[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman – Shadow on the Wall" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Blum, Jordan (29 August 2012). "Mike Oldfield: Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ The Wind Chimes (VHS rear cover credits). Mike Oldfield. Virgin Vision. 1988. VVD 353.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Arch Enemy – War Eternal". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman – Shadow on the Wall" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman – Shadow on the Wall" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman – Shadow on the Wall". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman – Shadow on the Wall" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts: 1984". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield – Crises". Philspalding.com. July 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
