Orinoco Flow

"Orinoco Flow", også udgivet som "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", er en sang af den irske singer-songwriter Enya fra hendes andet studiealbum, Watermark (1988). Den blev udgivet den 3. oktober 1988 af WEA Records i Storbritannien og via Geffen Records i USA året efter. Sangen toppede UK Singles Chart i tre uger og modtog to Grammy Award-nomineringer for hhv. Bedste musikvideo og Bedste New Age Performance.

"Orinoco Flow"
Single af Enya
fra albummet Watermark
B-side(r)	"Out of the Blue"
Udgivet	3. oktober 1988
Format	Single
Genre	New age
Længde	4:25
Pladeselskab	WEA (Europa) Geffen (USA)
Skrevet af	Ena Roma Ryan
Producer(e)	Nicky Ryan
Enyas singlekronologi
"I Want Tomorrow" (1987) "Orinoco Flow" (1988) "Evening Falls..." (1988)

The Guardian rangerede "Orinoco Flow" som nummer 77 på sin liste over de 100 bedste nummer-1 hits nogensinde i Storbritannien i 2020.^[1]

Spor

7-inch and cassette single[2][3][4]
#	Titel	Længde
1.	"Orinoco Flow" (edit)	3:44
2.	"Out of the Blue"	3:10

12-inch and mini-CD single[5][6][7]
#	Titel	Længde
1.	"Orinoco Flow"	4:25
2.	"Smaoitím..." (d'Aodh agus do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)	6:05
3.	"Out of the Blue"	3:10

Japanese CD EP (1990)[8]
#	Titel	Længde
1.	"Orinoco Flow" (7-inch version)
2.	"Evening Falls"
3.	"Storms in Africa" (single version)

Japanese CD single (1998)[9]
#	Titel	Længde
1.	"Orinoco Flow"
2.	"Hope Has a Place"
3.	"Pax Deorum"

Hitlister

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Orinoco Flow" Hitliste (1988–1989) Højeste placering Australien (ARIA)[10] 6 Østrig (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 8 Belgien (Ultratop 50 Flanderen)[12] 1 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[13] 4 Denmark (IFPI)[14] 6 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[15] 1 Finland Suomen virallinen lista[16] 5 Frankrig (SNEP)[17] 16 Irland (IRMA)[18] 1 Italy (Musica e Dischi)[19] 20 Holland (Dutch Top 40)[20] 1 Holland (Single Top 100)[21] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)[22] 2 Norge (VG-lista)[23] 5 Portugal (AFP)[24] 3 Sverige (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 2 Schweiz (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 1 Storbritannien Singles (Official Charts Company)[27] 1 USA Billboard Hot 100[28] 24 USA Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[29] 7 USA Alternative Songs (Billboard)[30] 6 US Cash Box Top 100[31] 25 Vesttyskland (Official German Charts)[32] 2

Årshitlister 1988 year-end chart performance for "Orinoco Flow" Hitliste (1988) Placering Belgium (Ultratop)[33] 56 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[34] 83 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[35] 40 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[36] 23 UK Singles (OCC)[37] 18 1989 year-end chart performance for "Orinoco Flow" Hitliste (1989) Placering Australia (ARIA)[38] 43 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[39] 60 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[40] 72 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[41] 34 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 19 West Germany (Official German Charts)[43] 20