Caislean Óir

7 cited facts

September 6, 1985
2:08
137 BPM · A minor

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
Produced by Steve Nye, also The Lovecats (The Cure), Let’s Go to Bed (The Cure) and Ghosts (Japan)
Written by Ciarán Ó Braonáin, also Something to Believe In, Saltwater (Chicane) and Theme From Harry’s Game
Part of Macalla, also Buachaill ón Éirne, In a Lifetime and Closer to Your Heart

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Steve Nye produced 4 of Clannad’s top 10 songs
Steve Nye produced 45 songs on fono
Steve Nye’s most frequent co-producer is Simon Jeffes (10 songs together)
Steve Nye first appears on fono in 1976, 9 years before this song

Credits

All 6 credits

Written by: Ciarán Ó Braonáin, Moya Brennan and Pól Ó Braonáin
Produced by: Steve Nye
Part of: Macalla
Released on: RCA

Written by: Ciarán Ó Braonáin, Moya Brennan and Pól Ó Braonáin
Produced by: Steve Nye
Part of: Macalla
Released on: RCA

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same producer: Steve Nye
The Lovecats
The Cure
1983
Same writer: Ciarán Ó Braonáin
Something to Believe In
Clannad
1987
Same writer: Pól Ó Braonáin
Saltwater
Chicane, Moya Brennan
1999
Same writer: Moya Brennan
White Fool
Clannad, Steve Perry
1987
Same label: RCA
The Pretender
Foo Fighters
2007
Same release: Macalla
Buachaill ón Éirne
Clannad
1985
Same producer: Steve Nye
Let’s Go to Bed
The Cure
1982
Same writer: Pól Ó Braonáin
Theme From Harry’s Game
Clannad
1983

Elsewhere

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1MusicBrainz Caislean Óir was produced by Steve Nye
Caislean Óir was produced by Steve Nye
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2MusicBrainz Caislean Óir was written by Ciarán Ó Braonáin
Caislean Óir was written by Ciarán Ó Braonáin
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3MusicBrainz Caislean Óir was written by Moya Brennan
Caislean Óir was written by Moya Brennan
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4MusicBrainz Caislean Óir was written by Pól Ó Braonáin
Caislean Óir was written by Pól Ó Braonáin
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5MusicBrainz Caislean Óir is part of the release Macalla
Caislean Óir is part of the release Macalla
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6MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song Caislean Óir
RCA is the label of the song Caislean Óir
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7MusicBrainz Caislean Óir was released on 1985-09-06
Caislean Óir was released on 1985-09-06
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