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"Scandinavia" is an instrumental composition by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is the closing track on his 1982 album Beautiful Vision.

The track is Morrison's first released instrumental and would be followed by many others throughout his 1980s career. It has been performed in concert only a few times. It was performed by Morrison on the Rockpalast TV/radio simulcast from Grugahalle, Essen, April 4, 1982.

It was recorded at the first recording session for the Beautiful Vision album and was the only track from this session that would be used on the album. The musicians featured differed from the other tracks on the finished album and had appeared with Morrison at the Great American Music Hall in March 1981. Morrison played piano on this instrumental.

The composition was nominated in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for the 25th Annual Grammy Awards.

It was used throughout the 1993 BBC documentary 40 Minutes.

Personnel

• Van Morrison - piano
• Mark Isham - synthesizers
• Herbie Armstrong - acoustic rhythm guitar
• David Hayes - bass
• Peter Van Hooke - drums

Notes

1. Heylin. Can You Feel the Silence?, p.369
2. "Rock on the Net: 25th Annual Grammy Awards-1983". rockonthenet. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
3. Brooks. In Search of Van Morrison, p.95

References

• Brooks, Ken (1999), In Search of Van Morrison, Andover, Hampshire: Agenda, ISBN 1 89988295 2
• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7

• 1982 singles
• Instrumentals
• Rock instrumentals
• Van Morrison songs
• Songs written by Van Morrison