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Oldfield wrote words and music, Reilly sings and Simon Phillips drums. It was released as a single on June 18, 1984 with the non-album B-side "In the Pool"; the 12-inch had a 5:32 extended version and "Bones". Its length is given as 4:37 for the album, 4:33 for the single and 4:50 on the fan site. Wikipedia says it was recorded in the Swiss Alps at 2,000 meters within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days. It opens with a mandolin, which he once said was a harpsichord, though Carter cannot clearly hear that; the opening theme returns in "Talk About Your Life", and the track runs straight into "Poison Arrows". Secondary sources say the chorus refers to Mary, Queen of Scots, but we found no statement from Oldfield. Yliruusi calls the acoustic interlude so good he wishes it longer.

It reached 2 in Flanders, 4 in the Netherlands, 6 in West Germany, 7 in Switzerland and 48 in the UK, and did not chart in the US. The video is a mock-live performance with Oldfield on a Stratocaster, on the Elements video. Setlist.fm shows 75 performances, including Night of the Proms in December 2006. Maggie Reilly re-recorded it for Elena (single January 1997, EMI) and again in 2009; Blind Guardian covered it in 1996, Novaspace had a 2002 single, Leaves' Eyes recorded it in 2011, and Kim Wilde released it as a digital single on December 2, 2011. We do not know which version our upload is.