

The song was released as the lead single from Enya's studio album Watermark on 3 October 1988. The Guardian ranked "Orinoco Flow" number 77 in its list of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles of all time in 2020. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Music Video and Best New Age Performance at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.

It was released on 3 October 1988 by WEA Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States the following year. " Orinoco Flow", also released as " Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Enya from her second studio album, Watermark (1988). For the Enya tribute album by the Taliesin Orchestra, see Orinoco Flow – The Music of Enya.
