Enya - Storms In Africa (Instrumental)

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Liner notes

There are two versions of "Storms in Africa", one in Gaelic and one in English. The Gaelic version is our personal favourite, which we have included here. Both versions were released as a single in 1989.
NOTES BY ROMA RYAN
ONLY TIME: THE COLLECTION, 2002

Quotes about the song

Enya: "The title actually came from Nicky for this one. It was an instrument, the Juno 60, and it’s got this arpeggiator, and he had set it, and he had said to me ‘I’d love you to write the melody with this sound and the arpeggiator’ and he left me for a few hours. And what happened was the chord sequence for ‘Storms in Africa.’ So I worked very closely with him on the theme, because, once he had heard the initial chord sequence with this sound, he came up with the title ‘Storms in Africa,’ and so we took it. He guided the direction, the arrangement to that song. And it was nice – it was a different approach yet again."
ONE TO ONE, ITV, 1993
ENYABOOKOFDAYS.COM

Trivia

‘Storms In Africa’ first appeared on ‘Watermark’ in its original Gaelic version. The following year, Enya re-recorded the song with English lyrics and released the new version entitled ‘Storms in Africa (Part II)’ as a single. The single came out in June 1989, four months after the original deadline that was pushed because of Enya’s busy promotion schedule. Some countries subsequently included ‘Storms in Africa (Part II)’ as the last track on ‘Watermark.’ Most returned back to the original format but the US and a few others still keep the extra track.

Part I: Gaelic lyrics

nanananana….nananana…. nananananana….nananana….
Cá fhad é ó…nananana…nananana…
Cá fhad é ó…nananana…
nanananana…Siúl tríd na stoirmeacha…nananana…
nananannana…Dul tríd na stoirmeacha….nananana…
Cá fhad é ó…nananana…
an tús don stoirm? …nananana…
Cá fhad é ó …nananana…
an tús go deireadh?
Tóg do chroí! nanananana…
Siúl tríd na stoirmeacha. nananana…
Tóg do chroísa! nanananana…
Dul tríd na stoirmeacha. nanananna…
Turas mór. …nanananana…
Tar tríd na stoirmeacha. …nananana…
Turas fada. …nanananana…
Amharc tríd na stoirmeacha. …nananana…

Translation

How far is it from…
How far is it from…
Walk through the storms.
Go through the storms.
How far is it from
the start of the storm?
How far is it from
the beginning to the end?
Take heart!
Walk through the storms.
Take heart
going through the storms!
A great journey.
Come through the storms.
A long Journey.
Look through the storms.

lyrics by Roma Ryan
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, 1988

Instrumental by Umbriel Music Productions

[robbiewales]

I remember that the storms of Africa song was used in a tv commercial for Ansett Australia back in the 1990s.

Unfortunately the airline is no longer. The music though is always beautiful

[eddyrose]

Beautiful rendition. Pleasantly surprised how powerful you mastered your keyboard piano to make Storms of Africa sound this good. Just excellent!!!

[niedjatenorio]

Many txs for sharing this master piece

[MrGiloine]

Very nice !
We can here the Yamaha "tubular bells" with relatively slow attack too.

[scottpadamonsky]

there's the frisson . You should do a really long version.

[christianbarros]

nanananana....nananana.... nananananana....nananana....
Cá fhad é ó...nananana...nananana...
Cá fhad é ó...nananana...
nanananana...Siúl tríd na stoirmeacha...nananana...
nananannana...Dul tríd na stoirmeacha....nananana...

Cá fhad é ó...nananana...
an tús don stoirm? ...nananana...
Cá fhad é ó ...nananana...
an tús go deireadh?

Tóg do chroí! nanananana...
Siúl tríd na stoirmeacha. nananana...
Tóg do chroísa! nanananana...
Dul tríd na stoirmeacha. nanananna...

Turas mór. ...nanananana...
Tar tríd na stoirmeacha. ...nananana...

Turas fada. ...nanananana...
Amharc tríd na stoirmeacha. ...nananana...

Congratulations, it turned out amazing! 🥰

[catherineDaniels-lg]

♥️ Did you go to church today? Level some questions asked this morning about church being baptized And All I could say. Let me think for myself and you. Think for yourself. I don't care what people are doing. I think for myself. And I don't care how many religious groups out there. And whatever you want to call yourself. There's only one God. I don't claim no religious Justice. Ist where they use the baptbut whatever.
I think for myself. But it was about being baptized. Most of the don't know what it means they just go. I miss our sunday church❤