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==In popular culture==

After a significant wave of popularity, including a regular rotation on MTV, the song became "a punch line",<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Greiving |first=Tim |date=19 October 2018 |title=Sail Away: How Enya's "Orinoco Flow" Went From a Hit to a Punch Line to a Pop Culture Anthem |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/10/19/17996942/enya-orinoco-flow-sail-away-30-years |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref> representing a new-age cliché of "generic 'bubble bath' music". The song was used in scenes depicting relaxation and to highlight this in a joking manner. In the 1997 ''[[South Park]]''<ref name=":0" /> episode "[[Death (South Park)|Death]]", [[Stan Marsh|Stan]]'s grandfather locks Stan in a room and plays a parody of the song performed by [[Toddy Walters]] to illustrate what it feels like to be old.