No Frontiers (song)

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"No Frontiers"
No Frontiers CD cover.jpg
Single by Mary Black
from the album No Frontiers
B-side "I Just Want to Dance with You/Goin' Back"
Released1989
RecordedApril–June 1989
Studio Windmill Lane Studios
Genre Celtic folk
Length4:01
Label Dara
Songwriter(s) Jimmy MacCarthy
Producer(s) Declan Sinnott
Mary Black singles chronology
"Past the Point of Rescue"
(1988)
"No Frontiers"
(1989)
"Columbus"
(1989)

"No Frontiers" is a 1989 Celtic folk song performed by Irish singer Mary Black. [1] [2] [3]

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Song history

The song was written by Jimmy MacCarthy. [4] [5]

A bilingual English–Irish version was released during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, with vocals by Nell Ní Chróinín. [6]

It was released by Evelyn Kallansee and Declan Sinnott in 2025, as "Evelyn and Dec." [7]

Personnel

Technical

Reception

In The Echo, Colette Sheridan said that "No Frontiers" was "iconic for so many women in Ireland. It has a theme of hope and inner strength, an apt message for the current climate." [6]

References

  1. "On This Day: Irish singer Mary Black was born in Dublin in 1955". IrishCentral.com. May 22, 2025.
  2. Murphy, Lauren (March 13, 2019). "13 songs that immediately make you think of Ireland and home". Entertainment.ie.
  3. "Mary Black - No Frontiers" via www.mary-black.net.
  4. Christman, Ed (15 Aug 1998). "Songwriter Gets Down to Business". Billboard . New York City: Billboard Publications Inc. p. 34. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. Harrington, Katy. "As Mary Black embarks on her last British tour, she talks about giving up life on the road and turning 60". The Irish Post.
  6. 1 2 "The power of song during Covid-19". echo live. July 31, 2020.
  7. Piater, Zoé (January 9, 2025). "Evelyn & Dec to release new Single 'No Frontiers' on January 16th". IMRO.
  8. No Frontiers (song) at Discogs