"Cuckoo Song" is a musical piece written by Michael Praetorius (1571 â 1621). In 1977, British musician Mike Oldfield released an arrangement of the piece as a single.
Mike Oldfield released a version of "Cuckoo Song" in 1977 as a non-album single on Virgin Records. The B side, a musical precursor of the double LP Incantations and which could almost be a part of it, is an original composition by Oldfield. The single (in a plain white sleeve) was included as a free bonus when Incantations was released in 1978. It is one of the many non-album singles which Oldfield released in the 1970s. "Cuckoo Song" also features Les Penning.