A remake with the Chieftains was also included on Morrison's 1988 album, Irish Heartbeat, and was released as a single with "Star of the County Down" as the B-side.
[1] The first version of the song, "Irish Heartbeat" that appeared on the album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart was recorded in 1982 at Townhouse in London with Mick Glossop acting as engineer.
Van Morrison was quoted by his biographer, Steven Turner as remarking: "But there's a big part of me that's just strictly involved with the island of Ireland.
The original recording has been remastered in 2007 and included on the compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.
Another version was recorded with Mark Knopfler for the 2015 release Duets: Re-working the Catalogue.