Wonderful Land

Wonderful Land

Infobox Single
Name = Wonderful Land


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Artist = The Shadows
Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Stars Fell on Stockton" (Welch-Harris-Marvin-Bennett)
Released = start date|1962|2|df=yes
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Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = Columbia 45-DB 4790
Writer = Jerry Lordan
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Last single = "The Savage"
(1961)
This single = "Wonderful Land"
(1962)
Next single = "Guitar Tango"
(1962)
Misc =

"Wonderful Land" is UK #1 single by The Shadows. The song was released on the Atlantic Records label in the U.S., but did not reach the Billboard Top 100. This single stayed more weeks at #1 in the UK than any other single during the 60's - including those by The BeatlesFact|date=June 2008.

Mike Oldfield version

English musician Mike Oldfield covered "Wonderful Land" on his 1980 "QE2" album. Oldfield's version was also released as a single and as the B-side for his "Sheba" single. The Shadows later covered one of Oldfield's songs, "Moonlight Shadow".

Hank Marvin and Mark Knopfler version

Two guitarists, Hank Marvin (of The Shadows) and Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits) recorded a version of "Wonderful Land" in the 1990s, produced by Jeff Lynne.

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