"Innocent" is a

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by British musician

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, released in 1989. It is from the album ''

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'' and features vocals from

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Inspiration

According to an interview Mike Oldfield and

gave in the TV-program '' Good Morning Britain'', the song was inspired by their young daughter Greta; who also appears in the music video. In the program Oldfield and Hegerland gave an acoustic version of the song, Hegerland singing and Oldfield playing the

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Music videos

The music video features an

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synthesiser and a

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guitar and is available on the ''Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield'' video. There is also a second part animated part live action video in existence.

Track listing

# "Innocent" (12" mix) – 5:35 # "Innocent" – 3:25 # "Earth Moving" (disco version) – 4:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Groove Coverage version

A version of the song was recorded and released as a single by

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. The single was released digitally on 1 October 2010 in

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as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''

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''. The song was written by Mike Oldfield and produced by Axel Konrad, Ole Wierk, Verena Rehm.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Innocent" was first released onto YouTube on 20 September 2010 at a total length of three minutes and nine seconds.

Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

Other recorded versions

* In 2010

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recorded a version of "Innocent" for his 1980s covers album ''Soundtrack of the 80s''.

References

1989 singles Mike Oldfield songs Songs written by Mike Oldfield 2010 singles Groove Coverage songs Virgin Records singles 1989 songs {{1980s-single-stub