Vox (song)

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"Vox"
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1988 Nettwerk / Capitol Records release
Single by Sarah McLachlan
from the album Touch
B-side
ReleasedOctober 21, 1988 (1988-10-21)
Genre Pop
Length4:48
Label Nettwerk / Capitol Records (1988)
Arista Records (1989)
Songwriter(s) Sarah McLachlan
Producer(s) Greg Reely
Sarah McLachlan singles chronology
"Vox"
(1988)
"Steaming"
(1989)

"Vox" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. It was released in 1988 in Canada from her album Touch , and as a CD-single in 1992. The 1989 Arista Records release of Touch contained a different mix of the song from the original 1988 album, and different extended remixes were released as well. "Vox" reached number 90 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart but failed to chart elsewhere.

Contents

"Vox" was also featured on McLachlan's 2005 Bloom: Remix Album as a contemporary dance remix by Tom Middleton.

Music videos

In the Canadian version of the music video, directed by Mark Jowett and Dermot Shane, McLachlan sings "Vox" while falling water and flowers are superimposed over her. At the end she stands on top of a rock and throws flowers into the water. In the black-and-white American version, directed by Michelle Mahrer, McLachlan sings and plays guitar in a long black dress in a desert.

Track listing

7": Arista / ASI-9804 United States

  1. "Vox" (Single version) – 4:15
  2. "Solsbury Hill" (Live)

7": Arista / 112 217 Germany

  1. "Vox" (Radio version) – 4:15
  2. "Touch" – 3:11

12": Nettwerk / NT12 3023 Canada

  1. "Vox" (Extended remix) – 6:49
  2. "Vox" (Radio mix) – 4:15
  3. "Vox" (Dub mix) – 7:19

12": Nettwerk / W1-3023 Canada

  1. "Vox" (Extended Dance remix)
  2. "Vox" (Radio mix) – 4:15
  3. "Vox" (Instrumental)

12": Arista / ADP-9805 United States

  1. "Vox" (Extended Version) – 6:49
  2. "Vox" (Radio Version) – 4:15
  3. "Vox" (Album Version) – 4:48
  4. "Vox" (Dub Version) – 7:19

CD: Nettwerk / W2-3070 Canada

  1. "Vox" (Extended mix) – 6:59
  2. "Vox" (Instrumental Dub Mix) – 5:43
  3. "Into the Fire" (Extended remix) – 6:00

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [1] 90

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References

  1. "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 49, no. 26. 24 April 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 24 March 2019.