Lyra (song) - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Background 2 Critical reception and recognition 3 Chart performance 4 References Toggle the table of contents Lyra (song) 2 languages فارسی 한국어 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [[EMI Records]]"},"writer":{"wt":"[[Kate Bush]]"},"producer":{"wt":"[[Kate Bush]]"}},"i":0}}]}'>2007 song by Kate Bush "Lyra" Song by Kate Bush from the album The Golden Compass soundtrack Language English Released 26 November 2007 Recorded 2007; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England and Kate Bush's studio Genre Art rock Length 3:19 Label New Line Records EMI Records Songwriter Kate Bush Producer Kate Bush "Lyra" is a song written, produced, and performed by British recording artist Kate Bush, from the 2007 soundtrack album The Golden Compass from the film of the same name. It is used in the closing credits of the film. Bush was commissioned to write the song, with the request that it make reference to the lead character, Lyra Belacqua. Background [edit] According to Del Palmer, Bush was asked to do the song at very short notice and the whole project was completed in 10 days.[1] The song was produced and recorded by Bush in her own studio, and features the Magdalen College, Oxford choir. It contains the introduction of an unused song written for Disney's Dinosaur.[citation needed] Critical reception and recognition [edit] "Lyra" was nominated for the International Press Academy's Satellite Award for Best Original Song.[2][3] Chart performance [edit] The song reached number 187 on the UK Singles Chart,[4] charting on downloads from the album alone. References [edit] ↑ Palmer, Del. "Lyra". DelPalmer.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2008. ↑ Silberman, Stacey (30 November 2007). "Tis the Awards Season: Lots of Green & "Golden" Loving Stars". Hollywood Today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008. ↑ Awards for The Golden Compass, Satellite Awards ↑ Chart Log UK: B Zobbel.de v t e Kate Bush songs Discography The Kick Inside "Moving" "Strange Phenomena" "Kite" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "Wuthering Heights" "Them Heavy People" Lionheart "Symphony in Blue" "Wow" "Hammer Horror" Never for Ever "Babooshka" "Army Dreamers" "Breathing" The Dreaming "Sat in Your Lap" "There Goes a Tenner" "Suspended in Gaffa" "The Dreaming" "Night of the Swallow" Hounds of Love "Running Up That Hill" "Hounds of Love" "The Big Sky" "Cloudbusting" The Whole Story "Experiment IV" The Sensual World "The Sensual World" "Love and Anger" "Deeper Understanding" "This Woman's Work" The Red Shoes "Rubberband Girl" "And So Is Love" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" Aerial "King of the Mountain" 50 Words for Snow "Wild Man" Other songs "December Will Be Magic Again" "Ne t'enfuis pas" "Don't Give Up" "Rocket Man" "The Man I Love" "Lyra" v t e Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust His Dark Materials Northern Lights The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass The Book of Dust La Belle Sauvage The Secret Commonwealth The Rose Field Companion books Lyra's Oxford Once Upon a Time in the North The Collectors Serpentine The Imagination Chamber Characters Lyra Belacqua Will Parry Lord Asriel Mrs. Coulter Adaptations His Dark Materials (stage play) The Golden Compass (film) soundtrack "Lyra" The Golden Compass (video game) His Dark Materials (television series) La Belle Sauvage (stage play) Other Locations Races Dust Dæmons Category Authority control databases Lyra</span>"}]]}'>MusicBrainz work MusicBrainz release group Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lyra_(song)&oldid=1343391210" Categories: 2007 songs Kate Bush songs His Dark Materials Songs written by Kate Bush Songs written for films Songs about fictional female characters Adaptations of works by Philip Pullman Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from May 2022 Use British English from February 2012 All Wikipedia articles written in British English Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2020 This page was last edited on 14 March 2026, at 00:41(UTC). 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