"Against the Wind" is

Máire Brennan Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...

's first solo single, taken from her 1992 album ''

Máire Máire is the Irish language form of the Latin Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Both New Testament names were forms of the Hebrew name or Mir ...

''. Two covers were made available, one with a sand pattern and the title of the single, the other with a photograph by Tim Jarvis, of Máire and three dancers, superimposed on the sand pattern. A promotional video directed by the Douglas Brothers was made to accompany the single. The song also appears on

Moya Brennan Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...

's 2005

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

'' Óró - A Live Session'' and on 2008's '' Heart Strings''.

Track listing

;7" Vinyl & Cassette #"Against the Wind" (edit) #"She Moved Through the Fair" ;Compact Disc #"Against the Wind" (edit) #"She Moved Through the Fair" #"Against the Wind" (album version)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Against the Wind (Maire Brennan song) 1992 debut singles 1992 songs RCA Records singles