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“Caribbean Blue” by Enya
From the album Shepherd Moons (1991)
“Caribbean Blue” by Enya appears on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1991 and 2002. It was first released in 1991 on the album Shepherd Moons. Its best result is #28 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 1992 and #2,944 alternative song of all time.
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"Caribbean Blue" went out on 7 October 1991 as the lead single from Shepherd Moons, Enya's third album, and it drifts rather than walks: a waltz, voices layered on voices until the whole thing seems to float. Enya wrote the music, Roma Ryan the words, and Nicky Ryan produced and engineered it and shaped the arrangement with Enya. The lyric calls on the old Greek gods of the winds, Boreas, Africus, Eurus and Zephyrus.
It reached number eight in Ireland and 13 in Britain and, unlikely as it sounds for a new age record, number three on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The video, directed by Michael Geoghegan, borrowed its dreamy look from the paintings of Maxfield Parrish and gave a young Martine McCutcheon one of her early screen appearances.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 91 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 42 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
| 1991 | 81 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 | 105 |
| 1992 | 28 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 28 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
| 1992 | 57 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 409 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1992 | 131 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1994 | 342 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1994 | 312 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1995 | 358 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1995 | 271 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) | 300 |
| 1996 | 301 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 2001 | 1704 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 1792 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
Also listed as: Carribean Blue; Carribbean Blue.
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