A Whiter Shade of Pale
~ Recording by Annie Lennox
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BVCP-796 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 74321-25717-2 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321-25717-2 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa (SONOPRESS K) | Annie Lennox | Album | BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321257172 | |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | Henry Maske: Power & Glory, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 9548-33896-2 | |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa / Live in Central Park | Annie Lennox | Album + Live | RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 33163 2, 74321331632 | |
| 1.16 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | Donnamour, volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | 74321 299932 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 74321-25717-2, D 103678 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321257172 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| BMG Japan | BVCM-37919 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| BMG Records Africa, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | CDRCA(WF) 4093 |
| 1.2 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Women Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG France | BM600 |
| 2.9 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | Les Voix en or, Volume 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 501210-2 |
| 2.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:18 | Annie Lennox | Jazz in the City 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection (Deluxe edition, Digital) | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| 19 Recordings (imprint of 19 Recordings Ltd. founded by Simon Fuller), Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697369262 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| 19 Recordings (imprint of 19 Recordings Ltd. founded by Simon Fuller), Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 36927 2, 88697 36927 2 RE1 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), 19 Recordings (imprint of 19 Recordings Ltd. founded by Simon Fuller) | 88697368052 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), 19 Recordings (imprint of 19 Recordings Ltd. founded by Simon Fuller) | 88697368082 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection (deluxe edition) | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| 19 Recordings (imprint of 19 Recordings Ltd. founded by Simon Fuller), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697374702 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697368052 |
| 1.6 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:19 | Annie Lennox | The Annie Lennox Collection | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697368051 |
| 1.3 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Medusa | Annie Lennox | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.4 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:18 | Annie Lennox | Best (bootleg) | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| AL 14397-B | |
| 1.9 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:18 | Annie Lennox | The Very Best Of | Annie Lennox | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (fake label, for Russian or other bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only) | AL 070197 - TVB |
| 2.10 | A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5:17 | Annie Lennox | Royal Gallery: Romantic Paradise | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer: | Marius de Vries Heff Moraes |
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| producer: | Stephen Lipson |
| mixer: | Heff Moraes |
| recorded at and mixed at: | The Aquarium (Studio) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/11Mkoen07pKwyDqHiFnVU9 [info] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyOatVYq0mM [info] |
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| recording of: | A Whiter Shade of Pale (cover) |
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Related works
A Whiter Shade of Pale
| lyricist: | Keith Reid |
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| composer: | Gary Brooker Matthew Fisher (UK organist for Procol Harum/Prairie Madness, engineer) |
| publisher: | Belsize Music Ltd. Essex Music International Ltd. Onward Music Ltd. The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO) Westminster Music Ltd. |
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| sub-publisher: | ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division) |
| later translated versions: | Esse amor que eu não queria Fahler als nur fahl Merisairaat kasvot Senza luce (Italian version) 青い影 |
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| later versions: | Mijn gedachten |
| is based on: | Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string) |
| arrangements: | A Whiter Shade of Pale |
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