Islands

1987 single by Mike Oldfield (featuring Bonnie Tyler)
VisualArtwork single Q606118
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Islands

Summary

Islands is a single[1]. Islands ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Islands's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Islands's genre is pop rock[4].
  • Islands followed In High Places[5].
  • Islands was followed by The Time Has Come[6].
  • Islands was produced by Mike Oldfield[7].
  • Among the performers on Islands was Mike Oldfield[8].
  • Islands's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[9].
  • Islands is part of Islands[10].
  • Islands was distributed by vinyl record[11].
  • Islands was released on September 7, 1987[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[13]

  • First release date: 1987-09-07[14]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock[15]

  • Community tags: pop, pop rock, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fb3b8629-17be-382c-b21c-7a28951a48c7[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Islands was Mike Oldfield[8]. Islands was produced by Mike Oldfield[7].

Publication

Islands was released on September 7, 1987[12]. Islands's genre is pop rock[4]. Islands is part of Islands[10]. Islands was distributed by vinyl record[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Islands followed In High Places[5]. Islands was followed by The Time Has Come[6].

Why It Matters

Islands ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2] Islands has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Islands. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/islands-q606118
MLA “Islands.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/islands-q606118.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_islands-q606118_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Islands}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/islands-q606118}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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