| Evening Falls... | |
| Cover: | Evening Falls... cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Enya |
| Album: | Watermark |
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| Genre: | New-age |
| Label: | WEA |
| Producer: | Nicky Ryan |
| Prev Title: | Orinoco Flow |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Storms in Africa |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Evening Falls..." is a new-age song by Irish singer-songwriter Enya. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from her second album, Watermark (1988). It was written by Enya and her long-time collaborator Roma Ryan, and produced by Roma's husband Nicky Ryan.
"Evening Falls..." is a song that Roma Ryan described as "a song of a spirit travelling".[1] It is based on a ghost story that Roma had heard, about a woman who had recurring dreams of a house in America, only to accidentally come across it years later in England. Upon entering the house, its inhabitants become frightened of the woman as they explain she had haunted the house each time she dreamed about it. Nicky thought a melody Enya had written suited the story, which led to Roma writing a lyric inspired by it.[2]
Music & Media commented, "Harking back to her Clannad days, this is in a similar vein to the theme tune to Harry's Game. Haunting stuff."[3]
| Peak position | |
| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 104 |
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] | 96 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Tipparade 40)[6] | 2 |
| Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
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| United Kingdom | 12 December 1988 | WEA | [7] | |
| Japan | 25 April 1989 | Mini-CD | [8] |
