Riverdance (song)

"Riverdance"
Single by Bill Whelan
from the album Riverdance: Music from the Show
B-side	"Caraçena"
Released	1994 (1994)
Recorded	March 1993
Studio	Windmill Lane (Ringsend, Dublin)
Genre	Celtic[1]
Length	5:48 (full version) 4:01 (radio edit)
Label	Son RTÉ
Songwriter(s)	Bill Whelan
Producer(s)	Bill Whelan
Audio
"Riverdance" on YouTube

"Riverdance" is a song by Irish musician Bill Whelan, originally recorded in March 1993 and first performed as the interval act for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. "Riverdance" is a mostly instrumental composition performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, with an introduction sung by choral ensemble Anúna. The act received such a positive response that Son Records and Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) decided to release "Riverdance" as a single.

In Ireland, the song spent a record-breaking 18 weeks at number one on the Irish Singles Chart and is the country's second-best-selling single of all time. "Riverdance" also became a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart. The song's success inspired Whelan to use "Riverdance" as a springboard to conceive an album of similar material and the theatrical show of the same name, which would open in February 1995.