Theme from Harry's Game

"Theme from Harry's Game" is a 1982 song by Clannad commissioned as the theme for Harry's Game, a Yorkshire Television miniseries adapted from a 1975 novel set in The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was released as a single in October 1982 and became a surprise hit, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart the following month and number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart.

"Theme from Harry's Game"
Original 7" cover
Single by Clannad
from the album Magical Ring
LanguageIrish
Written1982
ReleasedOctober 1982
RecordedDublin, Ireland
StudioWindmill Studios
GenreCeltic, new-age
Length2:30
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Pól Brennan, Ciarán Brennan
Producer(s)Richard Dodd
Clannad singles chronology
"Strayed Away"
(1981)
"Theme from Harry's Game"
(1982)
"I See Red"
(1982)
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1993 US single cover
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