"Vox" is the debut single

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 by Canadian

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 singer-songwriter

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 Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...

. It was released in 1988

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 in Canada

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 from her album Touch

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Touch is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan which was released in 1988 and then re-released in 1989.The album was originally released in 1988 by Nettwerk...

, and as a CD-single in 1992. The 1989 Arista Records

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 release of Touch contained a different mix of the song from the original 1988 album, and different extended remixes were released as well.

"Vox" was also featured on McLachlan's 2005 Bloom: Remix Album

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as a contemporary dance remix by Tom Middleton

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7": Arista / ASI-9804 United States

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1. "Vox" (Single version) - 4:15
2. "Solsbury Hill" (Live)
   • US promo

12": Nettwerk / NT12 3023 Canada

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1. "Vox" (Extended remix) - 6:49
2. "Vox" (Radio mix) - 4:15
3. "Vox" (Dub mix) - 7:19
   • With black picture sleeve
   • 1988 release

12": Nettwerk / W1-3023 Canada

1. "Vox" (Extended Dance remix)
2. "Vox" (Radio mix) - 4:15
3. "Vox" (Instrumental)
   • 1989 release

12": Arista / ADP-9805 United States

United States

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1. "Vox" (Extended Version) - 6:49
2. "Vox" (Radio Version) - 4:15
3. "Vox" (Album Version) - 4:48
4. "Vox" (Dub Version) - 7:19
   • US promo

CD: Nettwerk / W2-3070 Canada

1. "Vox" (Extended mix) - 6:59
2. "Vox" (Instrumental Dub Mix) - 5:43
3. "Into the Fire" (Extended remix) - 6:00
   • released in 1992

Videos

• Vox (Canadian Version)

Directed by: Mark Jowett and Dermot Shane

Year released: 1988

Colour.

Description: Sarah is singing "Vox" while falling water and flowers are superimposed over her. Cut to Sarah on top of a rock and at the end she throws flowers into the water.

• Vox (American Version)

Directed by: Michelle Mahrer

Year released: 1989

Black and white.

Description: Sarah singing and playing guitar in a long black dress in the middle of the desert. It's hot, she cools off by getting wet. Clearly, many shots of this video inspired Madonna to create, many years later, her video for the song "Frozen".

Sources

• Sarah McLachlan Discography by Cathy Barrett
• Vox 12" single NT12 3023