Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)
Encyclopedia
"Foreign Affair" is a pop song written by Maggie Reilly
and Mike Oldfield
, which first appeared on Oldfield's 1983 album Crises
.
On "Foreign Affair" Oldfield plays a Fairlight
CMI
and Roland
Strings. Maggie Reilly provides vocals, and the co-producer, Simon Phillips plays Tama Drums and a Shaker. Oldfield performed the song on tour extensively in the 1980s. The song has since been featured on compilations such as The Platinum Collection
, Collection
, Elements Box
set and Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield
.
covered "Foreign Affair" on their 5th album, Sacrifice
. The song reached number 3 on the Belgian Singles Chart
. The song was released in Germany on 20 November 2009, but only as a download
.
Maggie Reilly
Maggie Reilly is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield...
and Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
, which first appeared on Oldfield's 1983 album Crises
Crises
Crises is the eighth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1983. Oldfield's well known hit "Moonlight Shadow" appears on the album.- Album analysis :...
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On "Foreign Affair" Oldfield plays a Fairlight
Fairlight
Fairlight is a digital audio company based in Sydney, Australia. In 1979 they created the Fairlight CMI, the first digital audio sampler, quickly used by artists such as Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Jean Michel Jarre. They are now a manufacturer of media solutions tools such as digital audio...
CMI
Fairlight CMI
The Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...
and Roland
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
Strings. Maggie Reilly provides vocals, and the co-producer, Simon Phillips plays Tama Drums and a Shaker. Oldfield performed the song on tour extensively in the 1980s. The song has since been featured on compilations such as The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection (Mike Oldfield album)
The Platinum Collection is a 2006 Virgin Records compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It contains most of Oldfield's best known work, and some rare mixes of songs that had previously only been available as B-sides to singles....
, Collection
Collection (Mike Oldfield album)
- CD one :# "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:36# "To France" – 4:43# "Five Miles Out" – 4:15# "Shadow on the Wall" – 5:18# "Foreign Affair" – 3:55# "Sentinel" – 3:56# "Family Man" – 3:46# "Heaven's Open" – 4:26# "Pictures in the Dark" – 4:20# "Innocent" – 3:30...
, Elements Box
Elements Box
Elements Box is a 4CD box set by Mike Oldfield released in 1993 .- Disc artwork :Each CD covers a different period of time in Oldfield's work and has a different cover; disc one's cover is red, depicting fire, disc two's cover is blue, depicting water, disc three's cover is also blue, depicting the...
set and Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield
Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield
Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield is a compilation album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1993 .The compilation was first released as a single CD album, which is most commonly available form today. It was later released alongside the original Tubular Bells, as a double CD album...
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Sylver cover
In 2009 the Belgian vocal trance group SylverSylver
Sylver is a Belgian vocal Trance group best known for the song "Turn the Tide". The group's vocalist is Silvy De Bie and keyboardist/songwriter is Wout Van Dessel . Regi Penxten is the producer and co-songwriter...
covered "Foreign Affair" on their 5th album, Sacrifice
Sacrifice (Sylver album)
Sacrifice is Sylver's fifth studio album, released on 12 May 2009 in Belgium. The workingtitle was 'Resurrection', in the end Sylver decided to name the album 'Sacrifice'....
. The song reached number 3 on the Belgian Singles Chart
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...
. The song was released in Germany on 20 November 2009, but only as a download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
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Track listing
- "Foreign Affair" (Radio Edit) - 3:14
- "Foreign Affair" (Album Version) - 6:26
- "Foreign Affair" (Hardwell Remix) - 7:06
- "Foreign Affair" (Cliff Coenraad Repimp) - 7:23
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
3 |
| German Singles Top 100 Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
77 |
| German Download Chart | 23 |
| German DJ Top 100 International | 8 |
| VIVA Club Rotation Dance Charts | 2 |
External links
- Crises at Tubular.net
- "Foreign Affair" at Tubular.net
- Sylver - "Foreign Affair" (CD, Single) at Discogs