Étude (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Étude


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Mike Oldfield
from Album = The Killing Fields
A-side =
B-side = "Evacuation"
Released = start date|1984|11|26
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label = Virgin Records
Writer = Francisco Tarrega
Producer = Mike Oldfield
Certification =
Last single = "Tricks of the Light"
(1984)
This single = "Étude"
(1984)
Next single = "Pictures in the Dark"
(1985)
Misc =Infobox Single
Name = Étude


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Mike Oldfield
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Gakkaen"
Released = 1990
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label = Virgin Records
Writer = Francisco Tarrega
Producer = Mike Oldfield
Certification =
Last single = "(One Glance is) Holy"
(1989)
This single = "Étude"
(1990)
Next single = "Heaven's Open"
(1991)
Misc =

"Étude" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). It is from the album "The Killing Fields", the soundtrack album for the film of the same name . It was reissued in 1990, when it was used in a commercial for Nurofen. The 1990 release also featured a track called "Gakkaen" by The Ono Gagaku Kai Society.

"Étude" is taken from the Francisco Tarrega piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra".

The music video for "Étude" which appears on the "Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield" video shows a boy watching parts of "The Killing Fields" on a television from a reel-to-reel tape machine and looking through photographs. The boy also plays with a Fairlight CMI, which the soundtrack album was composed on.

Track listing

7-inch vinyl

# "Étude" (edit) - (3:07)
# "Evacuation" (edit) - (4:11)

12-inch vinyl

# "Étude" - (4:38)
# "Evacuation" - (5:13)

1990 release

# "Étude" - Mike Oldfield
# "Gakkaen" - The Ono Gagaku Kai Society