"In the Swiss Alps at 2,000 metres within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days"[2]
Genre
Europop, rock
Length
4:33
Label
Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)
Mike Oldfield Simon Phillips
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"Crime of Passion" (1984)
"To France" (1984)
"Tricks of the Light" (1984)
"To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals.
The musical theme used in "To France" was also used on the first track on side two of the Discovery album, "Talk About Your Life". The B-sides for the single are the non-album tracks "In the Pool" and "Bones".[3] The B-sides later re-appeared on the re-issue of the "Moonlight Shadow" single in 1993.
The music video that appears on the Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield video for "To France" is a mock-live performance of the song. Oldfield plays a Fender Stratocaster in the video.
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^"Mike Oldfield Discography - Discovery". Tubular.net. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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