"Tricks of the Light" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield released in 1984 and is from the Virgin Records album Discovery.

Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer perform vocals for this song.

The single's B-side, "Afghan" (working title "Celtic", is a non-album track, and was recorded at the same time as the Discovery album.

[4] The music video for "Tricks of the Light" is a mock-live performance of the song and focuses on a girl in the audience.

Oldfield plays a Fender Stratocaster in the video and a Fairlight CMI appears on stage.