Caribbean Blue

Album

Shepherd Moons

Label

Reprise Records

Genre

Celtic New Age

Media Type

45s

Duration

3:39

Composer(s)

Enya,R.Ryan

Entered Chart

Feb 29, 1992

Peak Date

Mar 28, 1992

Released

1 October 1991

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Reprise 4-19089

B-Side

"Orinoco Flow"

"Caribbean Blue" is a song by Irish musician Enya, included as the second track on her third studio album, Shepherd Moons (1991). It was written by Enya and Roma Ryan, and produced by Nicky Ryan. The song follows a waltz time signature, and mentions the Anemoi (Ancient Greek wind gods): Boreas, Afer Ventus (Africus), Eurus, and Zephyrus. "Caribbean Blue" was released as the lead single from the album on 7 October 1991 by WEA. It reached number eight on the Irish Singles Chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it reached number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart; on the latter listing, it was the 12th-most-successful song of 1992. The accompanying music video, directed by Michael Geoghegan, features visual imagery based on the paintings of Maxfield Parrish and was an early appearance for British actress and singer Martine McCutcheon

Eurus
Afer Ventus

So the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue

If every man says all he can
If every man is true
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue 

Boreas 
Zephryus 

If all you told was turned to gold
If all you dreamed was new
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue