10 Things – Kate Bush
With all the hype surrounding Kate Bush re-entering the charts with her hit Running Up That Hill, we thought we would look at 10 things you didn’t know about Kate Bush.
1. 10 Studio Albums
That’s right Kate Bush has released 10 studio albums over her career.
- The Kick Inside 1978
- Lionheart 1978
- Never for Ever 1980
- The Dreaming 1982
- The Hounds Of Love 1985
- The Sensual World 1989
- The Red Shoes 1993
- Aerial 2005
- Directors Cut 2011
- 50 Worlds of snow 2011
Running Up That Hill is from Kate Bush’s 1985 Album Hounds of Love.
2. Her First Hit
Kate’s first hit was Wuthering Heights, inspired by the novel of the same name. It reached number 1 on the Australian charts, as well as in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal and the UK. Pat Benatar recorded a cover of the song for her 1980 album Crime of Passion. Read about Pat Benatar here
3. Musical Style
Kate’s musical style could be called eclectic, blending in many styles and influences. Her primary genre fits into art pop, art rock or experimental pop.
4. Number One’s
.Believe it or not, Prior to 2022’s resurgence of Running Up That Hill, Kate only had 1 Number 1 Hit in Australia. That was for Wuthering Heights. Now she has Two. She has two Hits peaking at 2 on The Australian Charts and 8 Top forty hits.
Want to hear a different version of Running up that hill? Read our article on remixes, re-imaginings and covers.
5. Don’t Give Up
In 1986 Kate did a duet with Peter Gabriel (Original Lead Singer of Genisis). It reached Number 5 On the Charts in Australia. Willie Nelson and Sinead O’Connor did a cover in 1993.
Willie Nelson said of the cover
There was another lady, Dolly Parton, who was supposed to do that part, but she ended up being unavailable. At the rehearsal for the Dylan tribute show in New York, Don [Was] suggested Sinead. I’d heard about the controversy with the Pope, but I’d never heard her sing. Don said, ‘She’s excellent. It turned out that she and Peter Gabriel were friends and she already knew the song. At the concert, she was booed for the controversy. I asked her, ‘Are you sure you still feel like coming in to sing tomorrow?’ She said, ‘Yes, I’ll be there.’ She came in the next day and sang her off.
Willie Nelson
6. The Pink Floyd Connection
Kate’s family produced a demo tape with over 50 of Kate’s Compositions, which was turned down by record labels. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was given a copy from a mutual friend. David helped the 16-year-old Kate produce a more professional tape. Three tracks in total, paid for by David, leading to her first two albums.
Kate Bush wrote the song, The Man with the Child in His Eyes when she was just 13, she recorded it at 16. David Gilmour produced the single. Bush herself has never stated who she wrote the song about, but Steve Blacknell (Kate Bush’s first boyfriend) has stated that a person close to Bush had told him the song was written about him. It had long been assumed it was about Gilmour.
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7. Rocket Man
1991, Kate did a cover of Sir Elton Johns’s smash-hit Rocket Man, it was a reggae-inflicted version, and was a commercial success, reaching number 2 in Australia.
8. Early years
Kate grew up in Kent England in a 350-year-old farmhouse. That would make it over 420 years old now. She learnt to play Piano and Violin and began composing songs and adding her own lyrics from the age of 11.
9. Hiatus 1994
In 1994 Kate was to take a 12-month break but ended up being a slightly longer 11 years. Finally ending her Hiatus in 2005 with the release of her 8th Studion album Aerial.
10. Kate Bush resurgence and stranger things
After being included on the soundtrack for Stranger Things season 4, Kate Bush has found a resurgence, thanks to her hit Running up that Hill.
Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers and streaming on Netflix. The brothers serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. The first season of the series was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016, with the second, third, and fourth seasons following in October 2017, July 2019, and May and July 2022, respectively. The series was renewed for a fifth and final season in February 2022.
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