The Celts (song)

"The Celts"
Single by Enya
from the album Enya and The Celts
B-side	"Eclipse"
Released	2 November 1992 (1992-11-02)
Genre	New-age
Length	2:56
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Enya Roma Ryan
Producer(s)	Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
"Book of Days" (1992) "The Celts" (1992) "Anywhere Is" (1995)
Music video
"The Celts" on YouTube

"The Celts" is a song by the Irish musician Enya, from her 1987 album Enya . It originally served as the B-side to the single "I Want Tomorrow", released in 1987. When the album was re-issued in 1992 and re-titled The Celts , the title song was released as an accompanying single, peaking at number 29 on the UK singles chart.

Sung entirely in Irish, it was the theme song to the 1987 BBC documentary The Celts and Channel 4's Gaelic Games coverage. The video for the song was filmed at Bodiam Castle. The B-side of the single, "Eclipse", is the song "Deireadh An Tuath" (found on Enya/The Celts album), played backwards.

Music Video

The video for the song was filmed at the Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, England. It was Enya's last video directed by Michael Geoghegan. ^[1]

Charts

Chart (1992–1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [2] [3]	97
UK Singles (OCC) [4]	29

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	2 November 1992	7-inch vinyl	WEA	[5]
Japan	21 December 1992	CD		[6]

References

1. "The Celts". EnyaBlues. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
2. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 05 Mar 1995". ARIA . Retrieved 13 December 2016– via Imgur.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
5. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 31 October 1992. p. 21.
6. "ケルツ(4トラックス) | エンヤ" [Celts (4 Tracks) | Enya] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 24 February 2024.

External links

• " The Celts " at Discogs (list of releases)