Cathedral Song

"Cathedral Song"
Single by Tanita Tikaram
from the album Ancient Heart
A-side "Cathedral Song"
B-side "Sighing Innocents, Fireflies In The Kitchen, Let’s Make Everybody Smile Today, Over To You All [LIVE]"
Released 1989
Format 7", 12" , CD single
Recorded 1988
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:52
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Tanita Tikaram
Producer(s) Peter Van Hooke, Rod Argent
Tanita Tikaram singles chronology
"Twist in My Sobriety"
(1988)		 "Cathedral Song"
(1989)		 "World Outside Your Window"
(1989)

"Twist in My Sobriety"
(1988)		 "Cathedral Song"
(1989)		 "World Outside Your Window"
(1989)

"Cathedral Song" is a song released as a single from the album Ancient Heart by Tanita Tikaram. It received a nice treatment on music video with an extended length video, portraying love story between two swimmers in a summer. The video was shot in black and white, and Tanita is featured only in studio footage, not on the external footages. The single peaked at #48 in UK.[1] Most of video was filmed in Portugal in Praia Grande, Praia do Guincho, Estoril and Cristo Rei sanctuary.

Releases

WEA released a limited edition 7" EP box set which featured three prints from the video. Other formats also feature live tracks - "Over You All" (CD/7" box), "Let's Make Everybody Smile Today" (CD/12"/7" box) and "Fireflies In The Kitchen" (12"). No studio versions were recorded of the last two.

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 120
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 36
German Singles Chart[4] 71
UK Singles Chart[1] 48

Covers

This song was covered by Brazilian singer Zélia Duncan. Her version, which features similar arrangement but lyrics in Portuguese, was released in her second homonymous album (1994) and became a smash hit in Brazil and "Catedral" (the Brazilian title of the song) is still considered a classic tune. The translated version has also been covered by Leandro, from the duo Leandro e Leonardo. The song was also covered by Renato Russo from the Legião Urbana band.

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Charts > Tanita Tikaram". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: Tanita Tikaram ARIA singles chart history, received 19 September 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the single's peak on the national chart.
  3. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl > Tanita Tikaram in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tanita Tikaram – Cathedral Song (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 September 2017.


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