| Mike Oldfield singles discography | |
|---|---|
| Singles | 52 |
| Promotional singles | 33 |
This is the singles discography of English musician Mike Oldfield.
Singles
| Title | Vocals | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
DEN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SPA [8][9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | ||||
| "Mike Oldfield's Single" [upper-alpha 1] ("Tubular Bells") |
1974 | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | Tubular Bells | |
| "Froggy Went a-Courting" [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Don Alfonso" | David Bedford | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "In Dulci Jubilo" / "On Horseback" | Mike Oldfield on "On Horseback" | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | Non-album single [upper-alpha 3] | |
| "Theme from Ommadawn" [upper-alpha 4] | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ommadawn | |
| "Portsmouth" | 3 | 23 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "William Tell Overture" | 1977 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cuckoo Song" [upper-alpha 5] | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Guilty" | 1979 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Guilty" (live) [upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exposed | ||
| "Blue Peter" | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "North Star/Platinum Finale" [upper-alpha 7] | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Platinum | |
| "Arrival" | — | — | 13 | 12[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | — | — | — | — | QE2 | ||
| "Sheba" / "Wonderful Land" | — | — 40 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Five Miles Out" | Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly | 1982 | 43 | 61 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Five Miles Out |
| "Family Man" | Maggie Reilly | 45 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| "Mistake" [upper-alpha 9] | Maggie Reilly | — | — | — | 10 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single [upper-alpha 10] | |
| "Moonlight Shadow" | Maggie Reilly | 1983 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Crises |
| "Shadow on the Wall" | Roger Chapman | 95 | — | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 4 | — | ||
| "Crime of Passion" | Barry Palmer | 1984 | 61 | — | — | 1 | 17 | 22 | — | — | 17 | — | Non-album single |
| "To France" | Maggie Reilly | 48 | 97 | 9 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | Discovery | |
| "Tricks of the Light" | Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer | 91 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Étude" | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Killing Fields | ||
| "Pictures in the Dark" | Anita Hegerland, Barry Palmer and Aled Jones | 1985 | 50 | — | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Shine" | Jon Anderson | 1986 | 100 | — | — | 11 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "In High Places" | Jon Anderson | 1987 | 161 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single [upper-alpha 11] |
| "Islands" | Bonnie Tyler | 100 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | Islands | |
| "The Time Has Come" | Anita Hegerland | 190 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | ||
| "Magic Touch" [upper-alpha 12] | Max Bacon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Flying Start" | Kevin Ayers | 1988 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Earth Moving" | Nikki Bentley | 1989 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Earth Moving |
| "Innocent" | Anita Hegerland | 97 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 45 | — | — | — | ||
| "(One Glance Is) Holy" [upper-alpha 13] | Adrian Belew | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Étude" (reissue) [upper-alpha 14] | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Heaven's Open" | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heaven's Open | |
| "Gimme Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sentinel" | 1992 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | Tubular Bells II | |
| "Tattoo" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Bell" | Vivian Stanshall (UK) [upper-alpha 15] | 1993 | 50 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Moonlight Shadow" (reissue) | Maggie Reilly | 1993 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield |
| "Hibernaculum" | 1994 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Songs of Distant Earth | |
| "Let There Be Light" | 1995 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Women of Ireland" | 1997 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Voyager | |
| "Man in the Rain" | Cara Dillon, and additionally Heather Burnett | 1998 | 98 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | Tubular Bells III |
| "Far Above the Clouds" | Clodagh Simonds | 1999 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "To Be Free" | Jude Sim | 2002 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | Tres Lunas |
| "Thou Art in Heaven" | Sally Oldfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Spheres" | Hayley Westenra | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music of the Spheres |
| "Tubular Bells/In Dulci Jubilo" [upper-alpha 16] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Isles of Wonder | |
| "Sailing" | Luke Spiller | 2014 | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Man on the Rocks |
| "Moonshine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Hergest Ridge" [upper-alpha 17] | 1974 | Hergest Ridge |
| "Extract from The Orchestral Tubular Bells" [upper-alpha 18] | 1975 | The Orchestral Tubular Bells |
| "Foreign Affair" [upper-alpha 19] | 1983 | Crises |
| "Discovery" [upper-alpha 20] | 1984 | Discovery |
| "The Wind Chimes" [upper-alpha 21] | 1987 | Islands |
| "Blue Night" [upper-alpha 22] | 1989 | Earth Moving |
| "Nothing But" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Hostage" [upper-alpha 21] | ||
| "Tubular Bells" (edit) [upper-alpha 21] | 1990 | Tubular Bells |
| "Amarok X-Traks" [upper-alpha 23] | Amarok | |
| "Tubular Bells"/"Moonlight Shadow" [upper-alpha 24] | 1993 | Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield |
| "Tubular Bells" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Moonlight Shadow" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Ommadawn" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Family Man" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "To France" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Islands" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Five Miles Out" [upper-alpha 22] | 1994 | |
| "Foreign Affair" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Heaven's Open" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "A Shot of Moonshine" [upper-alpha 25] | Non-album single | |
| "The Voyager" [upper-alpha 23] | 1996 | Voyager |
| "Mont St. Michel" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "The Song of the Sun" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "The Top of the Morning" [upper-alpha 22] | 1998 | Tubular Bells III |
| "Cochise" [upper-alpha 22] | 1999 | Guitars |
| "Out of Mind" [upper-alpha 22] | ||
| "Pacha Mama" [upper-alpha 22] | The Millennium Bell | |
| "Amber Light" [upper-alpha 26] | ||
| "Introduction" [upper-alpha 27] | 2003 | Tubular Bells 2003 |
| "Surfing" [upper-alpha 27] | 2005 | Light + Shade |
| "Mike Oldfield's Single" [upper-alpha 28] | 2013 | Tubular Bells |
| "Nuclear" [upper-alpha 29] | 2016 | Man on the Rocks |
Notes
- ↑ Note that US version is a very different edit. The UK version was featured on the 2009 reissue of Tubular Bells.
- ↑ "Froggy Went A-Courting" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
- ↑ Whilst "In Dulci Jubilo" was released as a non-album single, "On Horseback" had featured as the final section of the side two of Ommadawn.
- ↑ "Theme from Ommadawn" was only released as a single in the US, Canada and France.
- ↑ Credited to Mike Oldfield with Les Penning.
- ↑ The live version of "Guilty" was only released as single in Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands.
- ↑ "North Star/Platinum Finale" was only released as a single in Spain.
- ↑ Charted in 1983
- ↑ Credited to the Mike Oldfield Group.
- ↑ "Mistake" was released as a non-album single in the UK/Europe, but was included on the North American release of Crises.
- ↑ "In High Places" was originally released in 1983 on Crises, but was released as a single in 1987 to promote Richard Branson's launch of the then-largest ever hot air balloon.
- ↑ "Magic Touch" was not released as a single in the UK, but was released in the majority of other territories.
- ↑ "(One Glance Is) Holy" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ↑ "Étude" was reissued in 1990 after being used in an advert for Nurofen.
- ↑ Many different mixes exist and on the UK charting version Stanshall features as the Master of Ceremonies.
- ↑ Released as download and limited edition vinyl as Music from the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in the UK, US, Australia and Japan.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in the UK and Australia.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in Argentina.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in Canada.
- 1 2 3 Released as a promotional single in the US.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Released as a promotional single in Spain.
- 1 2 Released as a promotional single in the UK and Germany.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in the Netherlands.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in the UK. Credited to MOT2.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single in Germany and Spain.
- 1 2 Released as a promotional single in the UK and Europe.
- ↑ Released as a promotional single for Record Store Day and the 40th Anniversary of Virgin and Tubular Bells
- ↑ Released as a Record Store Day exclusive.
References
- ↑ For all the chart positions apart from the below-mentioned, see: "MIKE OLDFIELD | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- "William Tell Overture": "Star Breakers" (PDF). Music Week. 26 February 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- "Cuckoo Song": "Breakers" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- "Étude": "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 1 December 1984. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via ukmix.org.
- "In High Places": "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 13 June 1987. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via ukmix.org.
- "The Time Has Come": "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 12 December 1987. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via ukmix.org.
- "Flying Start": "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 4 June 1988. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via ukmix.org.
- "Sailing": "CHART: CLUK Update 15.03.2014 (wk10)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 222, 223. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
- ↑ "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Mike Oldfield". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
External links
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Tubular.net
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Amadian.net
- Mike Oldfield singles discography discography at Discogs
- Argiers – Mike Oldfield's collector corner, includes Rainer-Muenz's lists
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