Circle in the Sand

"Circle in the Sand"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Heaven on Earth
B-side	"We Can Change"
Released	May 11, 1988
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	New wave
Length	4:27 (album version) 3:44 (single version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Rick Nowels Ellen Shipley
Producer(s)	Rick Nowels
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"I Get Weak" (1988) "Circle in the Sand" (1988) "I Feel Free" (1988)

"Circle in the Sand" is a song recorded by American singer Belinda Carlisle for her second studio album, Heaven on Earth (1987). It was written by Rick Nowels, who also produced it, and Ellen Shipley. "Circle in the Sand" was the third single released from Heaven on Earth in May 1988. It reached number seven, becoming Carlisle's fourth and last top-10 hit in the United States. It also charted at number five in Canada, ending the year as the country's 69th-most-successful single.