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The song was highly popular in the early 1990s and was featured on many pop music compilations. It shares part of its name with Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded.
The division of syllables to follow the pattern of music may trick the listener into thinking that the song is written in Latin (as some Enya tracks are), but the lyrics are in fact English. At the end of the song she pays tribute to Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum.
In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released.
Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)
Orinoco River, Venezuela and Colombia
Tripoli, Libya
Yellow Sea, China
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Palau, islands near the Philippines
Avalon, British Isles
Fiji, Fiji islands
Tiree, Scotland
Isles of Ebony, England
Peru, Peru
Cebu, Philippines
Babylon, Iraq
Bali, Indonesia
Cali, a city in Colombia
Coral Sea, Australia
Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland (also the name of a later Enya song)
Khartoum, Sudan
Sea of Clouds, the Moon, possibly Mount Huangshan, China
Island of the Moon, Madagascar
Ross Dependency (this was an in song reference to Ross Cullum)
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