Northern Sky
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| "Northern Sky" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Nick Drake | |
| from the album Bryter Layter | |
| Released | 1970 |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 3:45 |
| Label | Island, Universal |
| Writer(s) | Nick Drake |
| Producer | Robert Kirby and Joe Boyd |
"Northern Sky" is a song from Nick Drake's 1970 album Bryter Layter. The song, written in DADGDG tuning,[1] features piano, organ and celesta, performed by former Velvet Underground member John Cale.[2]
In 2004, the NME described the song as the "greatest English love song of modern times".[citation needed] The Dream Academy's 1985 world-wide hit single "Life in a Northern Town" was inspired by and in tribute to "Northern Sky". The song was included on the soundtracks to the romantic comedies Serendipity (2000) and Fever Pitch (2005).
References
- ^ Dann, Trevor. Darker than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake (2006), (Hardback) Portrait. ISBN 0-7499-5095-1
- ^ Cale, John. What's Welsh for Zen (2000), (Hardback), Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-068-4
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