Circle in the Sand
1988 single by Belinda Carlisle
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"Circle in the Sand" is a song by American singer Belinda Carlisle from her second studio album, Heaven on Earth (1987). The song was written by Rick Nowels, who also produced it, and Ellen Shipley. "Circle in the Sand" was the third single released from Heaven on Earth in April 1988. It reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Carlisle's fourth top-10 hit in the United States. It also charted at number five in Canada, ending the year as the country's 69th-most successful single.
- 4:27 (album version)
- 3:44 (single version)
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| Single by Belinda Carlisle | ||||
| from the album Heaven on Earth | ||||
| B-side | "We Can Change" | |||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) | |||
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| Label | MCA | |||
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| Producer | Rick Nowels | |||
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Background and writing
"Circle in the Sand" was written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, who wrote many of Carlisle's hit singles in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, including her signature song "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". The first known appearance of the song in progress is from the Lost Heaven Demos bootleg. The final album version features a keyboard theme provided by Thomas Dolby.
Music video
The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Peter Care[1] in Half Moon Bay, California, and features Carlisle singing with various beach scenes in the background. The video mirrors the lyrical content with "cold wind", "tide moves in", and "waves crash" throughout. It makes effective use of video editing effects by displaying different images of Carlisle and the surf on large sheets of paper hanging on a clothes line, with waves crashing in the background. The combined effect gives the semblance of a video-based collage.
The music video uses the single edit version of the song and was released by MCA Records in March 1988. Universal Records later posted the video for free viewing on YouTube in March 2007.
Track listing and formats
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Personnel
- Belinda Carlisle – lead vocals
- Charles Judge – keyboards, drum programming
- John McCurry – electric guitars
- Thomas Dolby – keyboards
- John Pierce – bass
- Rick Nowels – keyboards, drum programming
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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