I Am an Island (song) explained

I Am an Island
Cover:I_Am_an_Island_by_Richard_Clapton.png
Type:single
Artist:Richard Clapton
Album:The Great Escape
Released:February 1982
Studio:Paradise Studio, Sydney
Length:5:03
Label:WEA
Producer:Mark Opitz
Prev Title:High Society
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Spellbound
Next Year:1982

"I Am an Island" is a song by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The song was released in February 1982 as the lead single from Clapton's seventh studio album, The Great Escape. The song peaked at number 20 on the Australian Kent Music Report; becoming Clapton's second top twenty single. It features Ian Moss on lead guitar, with Jimmy Barnes on backing vocals and Jon Farriss from INXS on drums.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "I Am an Island"
Side two
  1. "Walk On Water"

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.