Take Four | |
Cover: | Take Four (Mike Oldfield).jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Mike Oldfield |
Recorded: | 19731978 |
Genre: | Folk |
Label: | Virgin |
Producer: | Mike Oldfield Tom Newman Simon Heyworth |
Prev Title: | Cuckoo Song |
Prev Year: | 1977 |
Next Title: | Guilty |
Next Year: | 1979 |
"Take Four" is a four-themed single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1978. It was Oldfield's first 12-inch single, and was available in white vinyl.[1]
The single featured two of Oldfield's previous singles, "Portsmouth" and "In Dulci Jubilo", along with the finale from Tubular Bells, "The Sailor's Hornpipe", and a new track, "Wrekorder Wrondo" that may be based on the song "Cum decore" by Tielman Susato. Tracks 1, 2 and 3 feature Les Penning on recorders
It charted at number 72 in the UK Singles Chart.