"Moonlight Shadow" is a pop song written by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield and released as a single in May 1983 and included on the album Crises in the same year. The vocals were performed by the Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had joined Mike Oldfield in 1980.
The single peaked at number 4 in the British charts, making it Oldfield's second highest ranked single after "Portsmouth" which reached number 3 in 1976. "Moonlight Shadow" was successful throughout Europe, It reached number 1 in countries including Italy, Austria, Switzerland for four weeks and Norway for six weeks. It spent four weeks at number 2 in Germany and also hit number 6 in Australia.
It was long believed that the lyrics are a reference to the murder of John Lennon, although when asked about this in a 1995 interview, Oldfield responded:
[It's] not really [about Lennon]... well, perhaps, when I look back on it, maybe it was. I actually arrived in New York that awful evening when he was shot and I was staying at the Virgin Records house in Perry Street, which was just a few blocks down the road from the Dakota Building where it happened, so it probably sank into my subconscious. It was originally inspired by a film I loved - Houdini, starring Tony Curtis, which was about attempts to contact Houdini after he'd died, through spiritualism... it was originally a song influenced by that, but a lot of other things must have crept in there without me realising it.
Lyrics
The last that ever she saw him Carried away by a moonlight shadow He passed on worried and warning Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Lost in a river last saturday night Far away on the other side. He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight And she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side. He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push through
I stay I pray I see you in heaven far away I stay I pray I see you in heaven one day
Four am in the morning Carried away by a moonlight shadow I watched your vision forming Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Star was light in a silvery night Far away on the other side Will you come to talk to me this night But she couldn't find how to push through
I stay I pray I see you in heaven far away I stay I pray I see you in heaven one day Far away on the other side.
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five The night was heavy but the air was alive But she couldn't find how to push through Carried away by a moonlight shadow Carried away by a moonlight shadow
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