Wonderful Shadow

Speaking to the Evening Herald in 1995, Tikaram said of the song: "It's about somebody who sees love in everything. They're absolutely abandoned. I have a sneaking desire to be that person. I know more people who are like that and I'm attracted to them, because I'm amazed at people who follow their own desire."^[3]

Upon its release, Music & Media wrote: "It might be hip to say Tanita is over, but it's not fair. Without being unfaithful to her roots she's steadily innovating her fragile music. The rhythm track underneath brings out the best in her."^[4] Music Week considered it a "brooding track" which is "accompanie[d] [by] a subtle dance beat" but added that it "somehow lacks the dynamism to make it a hit single".^[5]

In a review of Lovers in the City, Paul Robicheau of The Boston Globe noted the song was "set to a lazy dance beat". He also commented on the contrast between "I Might Be Crying" and "Wonderful Shadow", as they "explore both sides of romance".^[6] Out described the song as "sweet" and "well worth chasing Lovers in the City down [for]".^[7] Oliver P. Sweeney of Hot Press noted the song's "shuffly percussion".^[8] The Gavin Report considered the song to be the album's "centerpiece".^[9]

1. "Wonderful Shadow" – 6:10
2. "Have You Lost Your Way?" – 13:15
3. "Good Tradition" – 2:50

1. "Wonderful Shadow" – 6:10
2. "Wonderful Shadow" (Reconstruction Version) – 6:27
3. "Out on the Town" – 2:50

1. "Wonderful Shadow" (Edit) – 3:32
2. "Wonderful Shadow" (Original Version) – 6:10
3. "Have You Lost Your Way?" – 13:15
4. "Good Tradition" – 2:50