Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield single)

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“Women of Ireland”
Single by Mike Oldfield from the album Voyager & XXV: The Essential
Released	1997 (1997)
Format	CD
Genre	Celtic
Length	13:55
Label	Warner Music UK
Writer(s)	Mike Oldfield
Producer	Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"Let There Be Light" (1995) "Women of Ireland" (1997) "Man in the Rain" (1998)

"Women of Ireland" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1998. It is from the 1996 Voyager album. It is a version of the traditional folk song, "Women of Ireland".

The CD singles feature various mixes of the song along with a reel tune, similar to the ending pieces of the first two Tubular Bells albums.

It charted at number 70 in the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD single

1. "Women of Ireland" (Lurker edit) (Traditional) - 3:37
2. "Women of Ireland" (Album version) (Traditional) - 6:27
3. "Mike's Reel" (Mike Oldfield) - 3:51

The Lurker edit remix is by Henry Jackman and George Shilling.

[edit] Remix CD single

1. "Women of Ireland" (Lurker edit) (Traditional) - 3:37
2. "Women of Ireland" (System 7 12" mix) (Traditional) - 9:00
3. "Women of Ireland" (12" Lurker mix (Traditional)- 9:08
4. "Women of Ireland" (Transient mix) (Traditional) - 9:37

[edit] Other covers

Remix CD cover

German promo cover