Return to Innocence

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"Return to Innocence"
Enigma Return to Innocence single cover.jpg
Single by Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released1994
Studio A.R.T. (Ibiza, Spain)
Genre
Length4:03
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Carly's Song"
(1993)		"Return to Innocence"
(1994)		"The Eyes of Truth"
(1994)
Music video
"Return to Innocence" on YouTube

"Return to Innocence" is a song by German musical group Enigma, released in 1994 by Virgin as the lead single from the group's second album, The Cross of Changes (1993). It reached number one in over 10 countries, peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, and entered the top five in several other countries. "Return to Innocence" was the project's biggest hit in the United States, reaching number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Julien Temple directed its accompanying music video, which received heavy rotation on European music channels.

Contents

History

The song's melodic and talking vocals in English are provided by Angel X (Andreas Harde), and a short talking vocal by Sandra ("That's not the beginning of the end, that's the return to yourself, the return to innocence"), while an Amis chant ("Weeding and Paddyfield Song No. 1") is repeated, which opens the song. Difang and Igay Duana, from the Amis, were in a cultural exchange program in Paris in 1988 when their performance of the song was recorded by the Maison des Cultures du Monde and later distributed on CD. [1] [2] The producer of Enigma, Michael Cretu, later obtained the CD and proceeded to sample it. In addition, the drum beat of the song was sampled from the Led Zeppelin song "When the Levee Breaks", played by John Bonham. [3]

The song was used to promote several types of media in the mid-1990s, including film and TV commercials. In autumn 1994, the song was featured in an episode of the TV show My So-Called Life . In 1995, the song was used as the closing theme in Disney's live-action film Man of the House , as well as in the opening and closing of an Outer Limits episode. In 1996, the song was further popularised when it was used in a television advertisement to promote the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In March 1998, Difang and Igay sued Cretu, Virgin Records and a number of recording companies for unauthorised use of their song without credit. [4] [5] The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money and all further releases of the song were credited (including royalties) to the Duanas. [6] Cretu has stated that he had been led to believe that the recording was in the public domain and that he did not intentionally violate the Duanas' copyright. [7]

Critical reception

Ned Raggett from AllMusic said that "Return to Innocence" is "not quite up there with 'Sadeness' in the popular culture in the U.S. but almost inescapable elsewhere." [8] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Enigma "resurfaces with a far more accessible, but no less cool pop/hip-hop kicker". He added, "The track's insistent beat is good bait for a song that is chock-full of unusual male chants and breathy female vamping. Somewhere between the two is an irresistible hook and melody that assures much-deserved success at both radio and club level." [9] Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box noted, "Now, experts at the Virgin Records hitmaking laboratory have concocted a new, even more startling scenario: Enigma as hit song-makers! Wild, but true. The life's work of one Michael Cretu, a zealous Romanian attempting to go where no new age musician has gone before. Enigma is threatening to break free of the genre's tacky shackles, making the world safe for ambient artists everywhere." [10] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report called it "a haunting production that won't go by unnoticed". [11]

Jonathan Riggs from Idolator commented, "If all of human existence across time were a movie, 'Return to Innocence' is the song that should play over the end credits." He added, "'Return to Innocence' was then and remains now universally epic, instantly recognizable, largely incomprehensible and endlessly moving. Like us. Like life." [12] Alan Jones from Music Week described it as a "mysterious new collage of sounds" and "a haunting and well-constructed piece that sets ethnic-sounding emoting and softly spoken phrases against a dance beat and a swirl of soft synth sounds". He stated, "Satisfying and unique." [13] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update declared it as a "slinkily atmospheric rolling sombre 0-88-0bpm Euro smash". [14] John Kilgo from The Network Forty deemed it a "melodramatic chant". [15] Charles Aaron for Entertainment Weekly noted, "group mastermind Michael Cretu replaces his familiar monkish chants (1991's hit 'Sadeness') with aboriginal croons, but the entrancing, mid-tempo groove remains, along with loopy female whispers." [16] Richard Paton from Toledo Blade said that the song "captures that melange of sounds, the intensity of the beat, and the wafting vocals and chant". [17]

Music video

English film, documentary and music video director Julien Temple directed the accompanying music video for "Return to Innocence", which depicts a man's life in reverse, starting with him dying and ending with his baptism as a baby. [18] It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe [19] and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA. [20]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Return to Innocence"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [79] Gold250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [80] Gold5,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway) [81] Gold 
United Kingdom (BPI) [82] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [83] Gold500,000 [84]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Return to Innocence"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Europe4 January 1994— Virgin [ citation needed ]
United Kingdom17 January 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [85]
Japan16 February 1994Maxi-CDVirgin Japan [86]
7 December 1994Mini-CD [87]

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