To France

"To France"
"To France"
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Snapshots
Released	2 December 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:59
Label	Columbia SevenOne
Songwriter(s)	Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)	Andrew Murray; Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology

"To France"
"To France"
Single by Maggie Reilly
from the album Elena
Released	1 March 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Folk pop
Length	5:09
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)	Nick Patrick
Maggie Reilly singles chronology

"To France"
"To France"
Single by Mike Oldfield
from the album Discovery
B-side	"In the Pool"; "Bones";
Released	16 June 1984
Recorded	"In the Swiss Alps at 2,000 metres within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days"
Genre	Europop, rock
Length	4:33
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Mike Oldfield
Producer(s)	Mike Oldfield; Simon Phillips
Mike Oldfield singles chronology

"To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals.

The musical theme used in "To France" was also used on the first track on side two of the Discovery album, "Talk About Your Life". It references Mary, Queen of Scots, in its chorus.^{[citation needed]} The B-sides for the single are the non-album tracks "In the Pool" and "Bones".^[2] The B-sides later re-appeared on the re-issue of the "Moonlight Shadow" single in 1993.

The music video that appears on the Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield video for "To France" is a mock-live performance of the song. Oldfield plays a Fender Stratocaster in the video.

Track listing

7" Single

"To France" (4.33)
"In the Pool" (3.40)

12" Single

"To France" (extended version) (5:32)
"In the Pool" (3:40)
"Bones" (3:19)

Charts

The song reached the top 10 in a number of countries in 1984 and topped the French charts for one week in October 1984.

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	2
France (SNEP)^[5]	23
Italy (FIMI)^[6]	12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[7]	3
Spanish Singles Chart^{[citation needed]}	3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	7
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	48
West Germany (GfK)^[10]	6

Year-End Chart

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Spanish Singles Chart	17
Belgian VRT Top 30	33
Dutch Singles Chart	37
German Media Control Charts	37
Italian Singles Chart	56

Maggie Reilly version

In 1996, Maggie Reilly re-recorded "To France" on her solo album Elena, and in 2009 she recorded another version of the song for her album Looking Back Moving Forward. Compared to the original, this version is significantly Pop-heavy. Maggie Reilly released their version under her initials M. R.

Track listing

Maxi-CD

"To France" (JPO & Beam Video Mix) 3:46
"To France" (Intro) 1:08
"To France" (JPO & Beam Spanish Dream Mix) 5:50
"To France" (JPO & Beam Club Mix) 8:03
""To France" (Espirito Remix) 6:40
"Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - "To France" (Radio Edit) 3:34

Part II - CD-Maxi

"To France" (DJ Beam's Radio Mix) 3:54
"To France" (De Donatis Remix) 6:16
"To France" (DJ Beam's Club Mix) 6:29

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[11]	17
Germany (GfK)^[12]	19
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[13]	30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[14]	53
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	22

Kim Wilde version

"To France" is the second single to be released from Kim Wilde's twelfth studio album Snapshots. It was released digitally on 2 December 2011. Included on the single is a Christmas remix of the song as well as an exclusive remix of "It's Alright" by German Euro-dance band Groove Coverage.

Track listing

"To France" (Christmas edit) – 3:56
"To France" – 3:59
"It's Alright" (Groove Coverage remix edit) – 2:55
"It's Alright" (Groove Coverage remix) – 4:26

Other cover versions

In 1996, Blind Guardian released a Power metal cover of "To France" on their album The Forgotten Tales.
In 1998, Yamboo used parts from the song in their song "Come With Me".
In 1997, Marina Kapuro recorded a Russian version, called "Маленький остров" ("little island").^[16]
In 2002, Novaspace released a cover of "To France" as a single.
In 2002, Hungarian pop group Crystal released a Hungarian language version called "Itt megtalálsz"
In 2004, Under:Cover released a trance cover version.
In 2006, The Highstreet Allstars released a jumpstyle cover version.
In 2008, Alien Market released a house cover version.
In 2008, Liz Kay released a techno cover version called "To France 2008".
In 2009, E-Mine vs. Disco Punks released a commercial dance remix bundle digitally.
In 2010, Brisby & Jingles released an electro house cover version as a digital single.
In 2011, Leaves' Eyes released a cover of "To France" on their album Meredead.
In 2011, French singer Nolwenn Leroy covered the song on the re-issue of her album Bretonne.
In 2015, The German Band Santiano released a cover version called "Lieder der Freiheit" (Songs of freedom).

References

^ "Mike Oldfield Discography - Discovery". Tubular.net. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: O". www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Mike Oldfield" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ "M. R. – To France" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "M.R. – To France" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Maggie Reilly" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "M. R. – To France" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "M. R. – To France". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ Marina Kapuro - "Маленький остров" on YouTube

External links

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[tubnetdiscog-1] "Mike Oldfield Discography - Discovery". Tubular.net. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[2] "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 2010-06-08.

[sc_Austria_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-3] "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_Flanders_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-4] "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_France_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-5] "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[6] "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: O". www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[sc_Dutch40_Mike_Oldfield-7] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Mike Oldfield" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_Switzerland_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-8] "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-9] "Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_West_Germany_Mike_Oldfield_&_Maggie_Reilly-10] "Offiziellecharts.de – Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – To France" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[sc_Austria_M._R.-11] "M. R. – To France" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[sc_Germany_M.R.-12] "M.R. – To France" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[sc_Dutch40_Maggie_Reilly-13] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Maggie Reilly" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[sc_Dutch100_M._R.-14] "M. R. – To France" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[sc_Swiss_M._R.-15] "M. R. – To France". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[16] Marina Kapuro - "Маленький остров" on YouTube

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v t e Mike Oldfield
Albums Singles
Studio albums	Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge Ommadawn Incantations Platinum QE2 Five Miles Out Crises Discovery The Killing Fields Islands Earth Moving Amarok Heaven's Open Tubular Bells II The Songs of Distant Earth Voyager Tubular Bells III Guitars The Millennium Bell Tres Lunas Tubular Bells 2003 Light + Shade Music of the Spheres Man on the Rocks Return to Ommadawn
Live albums	The Orchestral Tubular Bells Exposed The Art in Heaven Concert
EPs	Take Four The Singles The Mike Oldfield EP
Singles	"Mike Oldfield's Single" "Don Alfonso" "In Dulci Jubilo" "Portsmouth" "William Tell Overture" "Cuckoo Song" "Take Four" "Guilty" "Blue Peter" "Arrival" "Sheba" / "Wonderful Land" "Five Miles Out" "Family Man" "Mistake" "Moonlight Shadow" "Shadow on the Wall" "Crime of Passion" "To France" "Tricks of the Light" "Étude" "Pictures in the Dark" "Shine" "In High Places" "Islands" "The Time Has Come" "Magic Touch" "Flying Start" "Earth Moving" "Innocent" "(One Glance Is) Holy" "Heaven's Open" "Gimme Back" "Sentinel" "Tattoo" "The Bell" "Hibernaculum" "Let There Be Light" "Women of Ireland" "Man in the Rain" "Far Above the Clouds" "To Be Free" "Thou Art in Heaven" "Spheres"
Other songs	"Foreign Affair" "The X-Files Theme" "Introduction 2003" "Surfing" "Song for Survival"
Video albums	The Space Movie Exposed The Essential Live Live at Montreux 1981 The Wind Chimes Tubular Bells II Live Elements Tubular Bells III Live The Art in Heaven Concert
Compilation albums	Boxed Music Wonderland Episodes The Complete Mike Oldfield Elements 4 CD Boxset Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield XXV: The Essential The Best of Tubular Bells Collection The Complete Tubular Bells The Platinum Collection The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983 Two Sides Icon Tubular Beats Moonlight Shadow: The Collection The 1984 Suite
Other media	Changeling MusicVR Tres Lunas Maestro
Related articles	Sally Oldfield Terry Oldfield Anita Hegerland Maggie Reilly The Sallyangie Children of the Sun Isles of Wonder 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
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v t e Maggie Reilly
Studio albums	Echoes (1992)
Singles	"What About Tomorrows Children" (1992) "Everytime We Touch" (1992) "Wait" (1992) "Tears in the Rain" (1992) "To France (The Mixes)" (1997)

v t e Kim Wilde
Studio albums	Kim Wilde Select Catch as Catch Can Teases & Dares Another Step Close Love Moves Love Is Now & Forever Never Say Never Come Out and Play Snapshots Wilde Winter Songbook Here Come the Aliens
Live albums	Aliens Live
Remix albums	The Remix Collection
Compilations	The Very Best of Kim Wilde The Singles Collection 1981–1993 The Very Best of Kim Wilde The Hits Collection Pop Don't Stop: Greatest Hits
Singles	"Kids in America" "Chequered Love" "Water on Glass" "Cambodia" "View from a Bridge" "Child Come Away" "Love Blonde" "Dancing in the Dark" "House of Salome" "The Second Time" "The Touch" "Rage to Love" "Schoolgirl" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "Another Step (Closer to You)" "Say You Really Want Me" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Hey Mister Heartache" "You Came" "Never Trust a Stranger" "Four Letter Word" "Love in the Natural Way" "It's Here" "Time" "Can't Get Enough (Of Your Love)" "I Can't Say Goodbye" "World in Perfect Harmony" "Love Is Holy" "Heart over Mind" "Who Do You Think You Are" "Million Miles Away" "If I Can't Have You" "Kids in America 1994" "Breakin' Away" "This I Swear" "Shame" "Loved" "Born to Be Wild" "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime" "You Came (2006)" "Perfect Girl" "It's Alright" "Sleeping Satellite" "To France" "Ever Fallen in Love" "F U Kristmas!"
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