| Tricks of the Light | |
| Cover: | Tricks of the Light (Mike Oldfield).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mike Oldfield |
| Album: | Discovery |
| B-Side: | Afghan |
| Released: | 10 September 1984[1] |
| Recorded: | "In the Swiss Alps at 2000 metres within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days"[2] |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Mike Oldfield Simon Phillips |
| Prev Title: | To France |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Etude |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Tricks of the Light" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield released in 1984 and is from the Virgin Records album Discovery. Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer perform vocals for this song.
The single's B-side, "Afghan" (working title "Celtic", is a non-album track, and was recorded at the same time as the Discovery album.[3] The single also features an instrumental version of "Tricks of the Light".[4]
The music video for "Tricks of the Light" is a mock-live performance of the song and focuses on a girl in the audience. Interspersed are non-concert scenes of the same girl with and without sunglasses. Oldfield plays a Fender Stratocaster in the video and a Fairlight CMI appears on stage. The clip is available on the Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield video.