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The song's melodic and talking vocals in English are provided by Angel X (Andreas Harde), and a short talking vocal by Sandra ("That's not the beginning of the end, that's the return to yourself, the return to innocence"), while an Amis chant ("Weeding and Paddyfield Song No. 1") sung by folk music duo Difang and Igay Duana opens the song and is repeated throughout.
The Duanas have been credited on all subsequent releases of the song. In 1993, the German band Enigma sampled a portion of a song called "Song of Joy" (palafang) [i] recorded by Kuo Ying-nan in France, and mixed it into their song "Return to Innocence", which was then selected as the theme song for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. [8]
The musical project Enigma used an Amis chant in their song "Return to Innocence", on their second album, The Cross of Changes (1993). This song was used as the theme song of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The main chorus was sung by Difang and Igay Duana, who were part of a Taiwanese aboriginal cultural performance group.
Song title Personnel External links "Return to Innocence" Director: Julien Temple: The music video begins in black and white with an old man tending to a fruit farm. He plucks a quince from a tree and bites into it before lying down on the grass, dying. The fallen fruits surrounding him then rises back up into the tree as the video switches to ...
Pure Moods is the first United States release of a series of compilation albums of new-age music released by Virgin Records.The original was titled Moods – A contemporary Soundtrack [3] and released in the UK in 1991.
In 1994, four singles were released from the album: "Return to Innocence", "The Eyes of Truth", "Age of Loneliness (Carly's Song)" (originally written for the film Sliver), and "Out from the Deep". A special limited edition of the album was released on 21 November 1994 on a 24-carat gold-plated disc, containing three additional remixes.
MCMXC a.D. is the debut studio album by the German musical project Enigma, led by the Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu.It was released in Europe by Virgin Records on 3 December 1990, and in the United States by Charisma Records on 12 February 1991.
The song features guest vocals by Ruth-Ann Boyle of the British band Olive and has samples from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The beat in the song originally came from Led Zeppelin's rendition of "When the Levee Breaks", which was also used in the song "Return to Innocence".