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Far Above the Clouds

"Far Above the Clouds"
Mike Oldfield - Far Above the Clouds.jpg
Single by Mike Oldfield
from the album Tubular Bells III
Released 12 April 1999 (1999-04-12)
Format CD single
Genre Progressive rock
Electronica
Length 5:30 (Album version)
Label Warner Music UK
Songwriter(s) Mike Oldfield
Producer(s) Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"Man in the Rain"
(1998)
"Far Above the Clouds"
(1999)
"To Be Free"
(2002)
"Man in the Rain"
(1998)
"Far Above The Clouds"
(1999)
"To Be Free"
(2002)
CD single 2
Far Above the Clouds (Mike Oldfield).jpg

"Far Above the Clouds" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released on 12 April 1999. The single is the final track from the album Tubular Bells III. "Far Above the Clouds" similarly features tubular bells in fashion with the part-one-finales of Oldfield's previous works, Tubular Bells and Tubular Bells II.

On 27 July 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Oldfield performed renditions of Tubular Bells, "Far Above the Clouds" and "In Dulci Jubilo" during a segment about the NHS. This rendition appears on the soundtrack album Isles of Wonder.

It charted at number 53 in the UK Singles Chart.


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