Kate Bush 17443 226144999 2008-07-17T00:50:42Z 62.136.140.217 /* Video projects */ {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Kate Bush | Img = KateBushComicRelief.png | Img_capt = Kate Bush about to perform at [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] 1986 | Img_size = 174 | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Catherine Bush | Born = {{birth date and age|1958|07|30|df=yes}} [[Bexleyheath]], [[Kent]], [[England]] | Died = | Instrument = [[singer|Vocals]], [[piano]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] | Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[art rock]], [[pop rock]] | Occupation = [[Musician]], [[singer|vocalist]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]] | Years_active = 1975–present | Label = [[EMI]] | URL = [http://www.katebush.com/ www.katebush.com] | Notable_instruments = }} '''Kate Bush''' (born [[30 July]] [[1958]]) is an [[England|English]] singer, songwriter, musician, and [[record producer]]. Her eclectic musical style and [[idiosyncratic]] lyrics have made her one of [[England]]'s most successful solo female performers of the past 30&nbsp;years. Bush was signed by [[EMI]] at the age of 16 after being recommended by [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[David Gilmour]]. In 1978, aged 19, she topped the [[UK charts]] for four weeks with her début song "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]", becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song. After her 1979 tour, which is the only tour of her career, Bush released the 1980 album ''[[Never for Ever]]'', which made her the first solo female British singer to top the UK album charts. In 1987, she won a [[BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]] for Best British Female Solo Artist. She released eight albums, three of which topped the UK album charts, and had UK top ten hit singles with "[[Running Up That Hill]]", "[[King of the Mountain (song)|King of the Mountain]]", "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]", and "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]". In 2002, her songwriting ability was recognised with an [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. In 2005, Bush released ''[[Aerial (album)|Aerial]]'', her first album in 12 years. The album was a UK success and earned her a [[BRIT Award]] nomination for Best Album and another for Best Solo Female Artist. She has also been nominated for three [[Grammy Awards]]. ==Biography== ===Early life=== Bush was born in [[Bexleyheath]], [[Kent]], to English [[physician]] Robert Bush and his [[Ireland|Irish]] wife Hannah.<ref name="Sweeting">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush: Return of the recluse| work =The Independent|author= Sweeting, Adam | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kate-bush-return-of-the-recluse-509224.html| date =2005-10-02 | accessdate = 2008-05-15}}</ref> She was raised in their farmhouse in [[East Wickham]], Kent (just inside the [[Greater London]] boundary) with her older brothers, John and Paddy.<ref name="salon.com">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush | publisher = Salon.com | url = http://archive.salon.com/people/bc/2001/03/20/kate_bush/index.html | accessdate = 2007-04-22 }}</ref> Bush came from an artistic background: her mother was a former Irish folk dancer, her father was an accomplished pianist, Paddy worked as a musical-instrument maker, and John was a poet and photographer. Both brothers were involved in the local [[folk music]] scene.<ref name="Haunting Kate Bush">{{cite news |last=Young |first=David |title = Haunting Kate Bush | work = NZ Listener |date=[[1978-12-02]] }}</ref> Her family's musical influence inspired the young Kate to teach herself to play the piano at age 11. She soon began writing her own tunes and eventually added [[lyrics]] to them.<ref name="rebel">{{cite book | last = Gaar | first = Gillian | title = She's a Rebel |date=1993 }}</ref> At school, she was encouraged to take violin lessons, but the piano was her passion.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} While Bush attended St. Joseph's Convent Grammar school in [[Abbey Wood]], London, in the mid-1970s, [[David Gilmour]] of [[Pink Floyd]] received a demo tape of Bush's songs from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of Gilmour and the Bush family. Impressed with what he heard, Gilmour helped Bush get a more professional-sounding demo tape recorded that would be more saleable to the record companies.<ref name="NStatesman">{{cite news | last = Cowley | first = Jason | title = The Wow Factor | work = The New Statesman|date=[[2005-02-07]]}}</ref> The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend [[Andrew Powell]], who would go on to produce Bush's first two albums.<ref name="rebel"/> At the age of 16, Bush was signed by [[EMI]] after being recommended by Gilmour.<ref name="EMI">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush | publisher = EMI | url = http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> For the first two years of her contract, Bush spent more time on schoolwork than making an album. She left school after doing her mock [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-levels]] and having gained ten GCE [[O-Level]] qualifications.<ref name="MightyB">{{cite news | last = Williamson | first = Nigel | title = The Mighty Bush | work = Scotland on Sunday|date=[[2005-10-02]]}}</ref> In 2005, Bush stated in an interview with [[Mark Radcliffe]] on [[BBC Radio 2]] that she believed EMI signed her before she was ready to make an album so that no other record company could offer her a contract. After the contract signing, EMI forwarded her a sizable advance which she used to enroll in [[interpretive dance]] classes taught by [[Lindsay Kemp]], who was also a former teacher of [[David Bowie]].<ref name="Today's Style And Looks">{{cite news | title = Today's Style And Looks | work = Face & Figure |date=1979 }}</ref> Bush also wrote and made demos of close to 200 songs, a few of which today can be found on bootleg recordings and are known as the ''[[Phoenix Recordings]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Demos: The Phoenix recordings | publisher = Last.fm | url = http://www.last.fm/music/Kate+Bush/Demos%253A+The+Phoenix+recordings+%252F+Studio+Sessions | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> From March to August 1977, she fronted the KT Bush Band at public houses around London - specifically at the Rose of Lee public house (now Dirty South) in Lewisham. The other three band members were [[Del Palmer]] (bass), Brian Bath (guitar), and Vic King (drums). She began recording her first album in August 1977,<ref name="rebel"/> although two tracks had been recorded during the summer of 1975. ===1978–1979=== {{Sound sample box align right|Audio samples:}} {{multi-listen start}} {{multi-listen item |filename=Kate Bush Wuthering Heights Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights" (1978) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights".}} {{multi-listen end}} {{sample box end}} As part of her preparation for entering the studio, Bush toured pubs with the KT Bush Band. However, for her debut album ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' (1978) she was persuaded to use established session musicians, some of whom she would retain even after she had brought her bandmates back on board.<ref name="lyricsystem.com">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush Biography | publisher = Lyricsystem.com | url = http://www.lyricsystem.com/kate-bush/ | accessdate = 2007-04-22 }}</ref> Her brother Paddy Bush played the [[harmonica]] and [[mandolin]], unlike on later albums where he would play more exotic instruments such as the [[balalaika]] and [[didgeridoo]]. [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] played some of the [[drums]] and would become her main [[Percussion instrument|percussionist]] on subsequent albums,<ref name="Lyricbooks">{{cite book | title = Lyrics booklets from Kate Bush's albums | publisher = EMI | }}</ref> along with session drummer [[Charlie Morgan]], who later went on to work regularly with [[Elton John]]. [[Preston Heyman]] was credited with some subsequent studio work but mostly performed on Bush's live tour of 1979. Bush released ''The Kick Inside'' when she was 19 years old, but some of the songs had been written when she was as young as 13.<ref name="h2g2">{{cite web|title = Kate Bush—Singer-songwriter|publisher =BBC| date =[[2005-02-04]]| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3502568| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> EMI originally wanted the more rock-oriented track "James and the Cold Gun" to be her début single, but Bush insisted that it should be "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]". Even at this early stage of her career, she had gained a reputation for her determination to have a say in decisions affecting her work.<ref name="rebel"/> "Wuthering Heights" topped the UK and Australian charts and became an international hit. Bush became the first woman to reach number one in the UK charts with a self-penned song.<ref name="GuardianProfile">{{cite news | last = Barkham | first = Patrick | title = Guardian profile: Kate Bush | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1581815,00.html | work = The Guardian | date=[[2005-09-30]] | accessdate = 2007-09-10}}</ref> A second single, "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", reached number six on the UK charts.<ref name="songfacts.com">{{cite web | title = The Man with the Child in His Eyes | publisher = Songfacts.com | url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4831 | accessdate = 2007-04-22 }}</ref> It also made it onto the American [[Billboard Hot 100]] where it reached number 85 in early 1979, but it was Bush's only single to do so for nearly another seven years. "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" went on to win her an [[Ivor Novello Award]] in 1979 for Outstanding British Lyric.<ref>{{cite web | title = Awards Database | publisher = The Envelope | url = http://theenvelope.latimes.com | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> EMI capitalised on Bush's appearance by promoting the album with a poster of her in a tight pink top that emphasised her breasts. In an interview with ''[[NME]]'' magazine in 1982, Bush criticised the marketing technique, stating: "People weren't even generally aware that I wrote my own songs or played the piano. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've had to prove that I'm an artist in a female body."<ref name="rebel"/> In late 1978, EMI persuaded Bush to quickly record a follow-up album, ''[[Lionheart (album)|Lionheart]]'', to take advantage of the success of ''The Kick Inside''. Bush has often expressed dissatisfaction with ''Lionheart'', feeling that she needed more time to get it right. The album was rushed out of the studio in [[Nice]] on the [[French Riviera]], making this her only album to be wholly recorded outside the UK. The album was produced by Andrew Powell, assisted by Bush. While it has its share of hits, most notably "[[Wow (Kate Bush song)|Wow]]", it did not receive the same reception as her first album, reaching number six in the UK album charts.<ref name="WholeStory">{{cite book | title = The Whole Story album lyrics booklet | publisher = EMI |date=1986 | }}</ref> ''Lionheart'' is the first record on which her then-boyfriend Del Palmer worked as a bassist. Palmer went on to play bass or to engineer and record every album since. Bush was displeased with being rushed into making the second album. She set up her own publishing company, Kate Bush Music, and her own management company, Novercia, in order to maintain complete control over her work. The board of directors of these companies were herself and members of her family.<ref name="rebel"/> Following the album's release, she was required by EMI to undertake heavy promotional work and an exhausting tour, the only one of her career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stand By Your Mantra |work=Classic Rock |date=2004}}</ref> The tour, named [[The Tour of Life]], began in April 1979 and lasted six weeks. Typical of her determination to have control, she was involved in every aspect of the show's production, choreography, set design, and staff recruitment.<ref name="rebel"/> During the tour, Bush became the first singer to use a wireless headset [[Wireless microphone|radio microphone]] on stage,<ref>{{cite news| last=Badhorn|first=Philippe|title=Interview in Rolling Stone (France)|work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 006 |}}</ref> which allowed her to incorporate extensive dance routines into her live shows. However, Bush disliked the exposure and the celebrity lifestyle associated with promotional work, given that her main priority was making music. As she moved into producing her own work, Bush began a slow and steady withdrawal from public life. It was at this stage of her career that she developed her perfectionist approach, in which she spent long periods of time in the studio, only meeting the press when albums were released. Bush would disappear for up to four years while honing new material, which led to rumours in the press concerning her health or appearance.<ref name="littlemiss">{{cite news | title = Little Miss Can't Be Wrong | work = Q magazine |date=December 1993}}</ref> In the past, stories of weight gain or mental instability have been disproved by Bush's periodic reappearance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ziegler|first=Mollie|title=The Return of a Sultry Songstress |work=The New York Sun|date=[[2005-11-08]] |}}</ref> ===1980–1982=== {{Sound sample box align right|Audio samples:}} {{multi-listen start}} {{multi-listen item |filename=Kate Bush Babooshka Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "Babooshka" (1980) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "Babooshka".}} {{multi-listen item |filename=Kate Bush There Goes A Tenner Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "There Goes a Tenner" (1982) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "There Goes a Tenner".}} {{multi-listen end}} {{sample box end}} Released in September 1980, ''[[Never for Ever]]'' saw Bush's second foray into production, co-producing with Jon Kelly. Her first time as a producer was on her ''[[On Stage (EP)|Live On Stage]]'' [[Extended play|EP]], released after her tour the previous year.<ref name="h2g2"/> The first two albums had resulted in a definitive sound evident in every track, with orchestral arrangements supporting the live band sound. The range of styles on ''Never for Ever'' is much more diverse, veering from the straightforward rocker "Violin" to the wistful waltz of hit single "[[Army Dreamers]]". ''Never for Ever'' was the first Kate Bush album to be composed on synthesizers and drum machines, in particular the [[Fairlight CMI]], to which she was introduced when providing backing vocals on [[Peter Gabriel]]'s third album in early 1980.<ref name="rebel"/> It was her first record to reach the top position in the UK album charts, also making her the first female Briton ever to achieve that status.<ref name="MightyB"/> The top-selling single from the album was "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", which reached number five in the UK singles chart.<ref>{{cite web | title = Kate Bush | publisher = UnderGroundOnline | url = http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/bandsondemand/artist.aspx?artist=katebush&cat=Alternative&full=Kate%20Bush | accessdate = 2007-07-27 }}</ref> In November 1980, she released the Christmas single "December Will Be Magic Again", which reached number&nbsp;29 in the UK charts. This was a stand-alone single not featured on any album and was recorded a year earlier, but wasn't ready in time for the Christmas market. September 1982 saw the release of ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'', the first album Bush produced entirely by herself. With her new-found freedom, she experimented with production techniques, creating an album that features a diverse blend of musical styles and is known for its near-exhaustive use of the [[Fairlight CMI]]. ''The Dreaming'' received a mixed critical reception in the UK at first. Many were baffled by the dense soundscapes Bush had created, and some critics accused the album of being over-produced. In a 1993 interview with ''[[Q magazine|Q]]'', Bush stated: "That was my 'She's gone mad' album."<ref name="rebel"/> Ironically, the album was hailed as a "masterpiece" and a "musical ''tour-de-force''" by critics in America, and the album became her first to enter the US charts, albeit only reaching number&nbsp;157.<ref name="rebel"/> Despite singles from the album faring relatively badly in the UK charts, the album was a commercial success, peaking at number three in the UK album chart.<ref name="bbcalbums">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush—The Albums | publisher = BBC | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A21197171 | accessdate = 2007-04-22 }}</ref> "[[Sat in Your Lap]]" was the first single from the album to be released. It pre-dated the album by over a year and peaked at number&nbsp;11 in the UK. The following singles fared much worse. The album's [[The Dreaming (song)|title track]], featuring the talents of [[Rolf Harris]] and [[Percy Edwards]], stalled at number&nbsp;48, while the third single, "[[There Goes a Tenner]]", failed to chart at all, despite promotion from EMI and Bush. The album's most critically-acclaimed track, "[[Suspended in Gaffa]]", was surprisingly not released as a single in the UK. Bush was in her early twenties when making the album and tended to look outside her own personal experience for sources of inspiration. She drew on old crime films for the track "There Goes A Tenner", a documentary about the [[Vietnam war|war in Vietnam]] for "Pull Out The Pin", and the plight of [[Indigenous Australians]] for "The Dreaming". "Houdini" is about [[Harry Houdini|the magician]]'s death, and "Get Out Of My House" was inspired by [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s film of [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]''. The album does contain a few introspective songs. The lead single, "Sat In Your Lap", examines feelings of self-doubt versus burning self-confidence and the search for a balance between the two. "Leave It Open" speaks of the need to acknowledge and express the darker sides of one's personality within the greater context of maintaining an open mind.<ref name="KBC12">{{cite news | last = Bush | first = Kate | title = Kate's KBC article Issue 12 | publisher = KBC Newsletter |date=October 1982}}</ref> ===1983–1987=== {{Sound sample box align right|Audio samples:}} {{multi-listen start}} {{multi-listen item |filename=Kate Bush Running Up That Hill Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill" (1985) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill".}} {{multi-listen end}} {{sample box end}} In August 1985, the ''[[NME]]'' featured Bush in a "Where Are They Now" article. Two days later, on ''The [[Wogan]] Show'', the single "[[Running Up That Hill]]" was played for the first time. Considered by many reviewers to be her masterpiece, ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' (1985) is no less experimental than previous albums from a production standpoint. Because of the high cost of hiring studio space for her previous album, she built a private studio near her home, where she could work at her own pace.<ref name="comeback">{{cite web|last = Ellen| first =Barbara| title = Comeback Kate|work =The Observer | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1582789,00.html|date =[[2005-10-02]]| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> ''Hounds of Love'' ultimately topped the charts in the UK, knocking [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s ''[[Like a Virgin]]'' from the number one position.<ref>{{cite book | last = Fitzgerald Morris | first = Peter | title = Hounds of Love lyrics booklet |publisher = EMI |date=1997}}</ref> The album is split into two sides. The first side, ''Hounds of Love'', contains five "accessible" pop songs (each examining a particular type of love), including the four singles "Running Up That Hill", "[[Cloudbusting]]", "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]", and "The Big Sky". "Running Up That Hill" re-introduced Bush to American listeners and received considerable airplay at the time of its release. It expanded her small, but loyal, American fan base and climbed to number&nbsp;30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of 1985. The second side of the album, ''The Ninth Wave'', takes its name from a poem by [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Kate Bush radio interview | publisher = Rock Over London with Paul Cooke |date=1985 }}</ref> Each of its tracks conveys the story of a woman who is lost at sea and facing the threat of drowning. The album earned Bush nominations for Best Female Solo Artist, Best Album, Best Single, and Best Producer at the 1986 [[BRIT Awards]]. In the same year, Bush and [[Peter Gabriel]] had a UK top ten hit with "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]", and EMI released her "greatest hits" album, ''[[The Whole Story]]'', for which she recorded the single "Experiment IV" and provided new vocals to "Wuthering Heights". Bush won the award for Best Female Solo Artist at the 1987 BRIT Awards. ===1988–1994=== The increasingly personal tone of her writing continued on 1989's ''[[The Sensual World]]'', with songs about unexpressed and [[unrequited love]] ("Love and Anger" and "Never Be Mine", respectively), the pressures on modern relationships ("Between a Man and a Woman"), and self-doubt and how it interfaces with parental comfort ("The Fog"). One of the quirkiest tracks on the album, touched by Bush's [[black humour]], is "Heads We're Dancing", about a woman who dances all night with a charming stranger only to find out in the morning that he is [[Adolf Hitler]]. {{Sound sample box align right|Music sample:}} {{Listen |filename=Kate Bush The Sensual World Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "The Sensual World" (1989) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "The Sensual World". |format=[[Ogg]]}} {{sample box end}} The [[The Sensual World (song)|title track]] drew its inspiration from [[James Joyce]]'s novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''. Bush realised that the text from [[Molly Bloom's Soliloquy]] fitted the music she had created. When the Joyce estate refused to release the text, Bush wrote original lyrics that echo the original passage, as Molly steps from the pages of the book and revels in the real world.<ref name="Network">{{cite news | last = Littlejohn | first = Maureen | title = The Sensual Woman | work = Network |date=March 1990}}</ref> The album contains extensive analogue [[overdub]]bing, as evidenced by a noticeable lack of clarity to the recording.<ref name="AbSoundSW">{{cite news | title = Review of The Sensual World | work = The Absolute Sound |date=March 1990}}</ref> The songs "Deeper Understanding", "Never Be Mine", and "Rocket's Tail" all feature backing vocals by the Bulgarian vocal ensemble the [[Trio Bulgarka]]. ''The Sensual World'' went on to become her biggest-selling album in the US, receiving an RIAA Gold certification four years after its release for 500,000&nbsp;copies sold. In the United Kingdom album charts, it reached the number two position.<ref name="starpulse.com">{{cite web | title = Kate Bush Biography | publisher = Starpulse.com | url = http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bush,_Kate/Biography/ | accessdate = 2007-04-22 }}</ref> In 1991, Bush released a cover of Elton John's "[[Rocket Man]]", which reached number&nbsp;12 in the UK singles chart<ref name="everyhit">{{cite web | title =UK Top 40 Hit Database | publisher =EveryHit.com | url = http://www.everyhit.com/ | accessdate =2008-05-15 }}</ref> and in 2007 was voted the greatest cover ever by readers of ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/ttremastered/story/0,,2166706,00.html | work = The Observer | title = The top 50 greatest covers as voted by you | accessdate = 2007-10-26}}</ref> ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' was released in November 1993. ''The Red Shoes'' features more high-profile cameo appearances than Bush's previous efforts, including contributions from composer and conductor [[Michael Kamen]], comedian [[Lenny Henry]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Gary Brooker]] of [[Procol Harum]], [[Trevor Whittaker]], and [[Jeff Beck]] also donated their talents to the recording. The album gave Bush her highest chart position in the US, reaching number&nbsp;28, although the only song from the album to make the US singles chart was "Rubberband Girl", which peaked at number&nbsp;88 in January of 1994. The single fared better in Europe, breaking the top&nbsp;20 in the UK and Ireland. The album reached number two in the UK.<ref name="softpedia.com">{{cite web | title = Back On Stage After 12 Years | publisher = Softpedia.com | url = http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kate-Bush-Back-On-Stage-After-12-Years-7653.shtml | accessdate = 2007-04-23 }}</ref> That same year, the film ''[[The Line, the Cross & the Curve]]'', written and directed by Bush, and starring Bush and English actress [[Miranda Richardson]],<ref name="lineamazon">{{cite web | title = The Line, The Cross & The Curve | publisher = Amazon.co.uk | url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kate-Bush-Line-Cross-Curve/dp/B00003JA23/ref=sr_1_2/202-4934390-5379062?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1177361909&sr=1-2 | accessdate = 2007-04-23 }}</ref> used six of the songs on the album. The initial plan had been to take the songs out on the road, and so Bush deliberately aimed for a live-band feel, with less of the studio trickery that had typified her last three albums and that would be difficult to recreate on stage.<ref name="Future">{{cite news | title = Well red | work = Future Music |date=November 1993}}</ref> The result alienated some of her fan base, who enjoyed the intricacy of her earlier compositions,<ref name="Orlando">{{cite news | last = Gettelman | first = Parry | title = The Red Shoes review | work = The Orlando Sentinel |date=1993}}</ref> but others found a new complexity in the lyrics and the emotions they expressed.<ref name="request">{{cite news | title = The Red Shoes review | work = Request |date=November 1993}}</ref> This was a troubled time for Bush. She had suffered a series of bereavements, including the loss of her favoured guitarist [[Alan Murphy]], and, most painfully, her mother Hannah.<ref name="MightyB"/> Many of the people she lost are honoured in the ballad "Moments Of Pleasure", including [[Michael Powell (director)|Michael Powell]] (director of the movie [[The Red Shoes (film)|The Red Shoes]]), with whom she had discussed working shortly before his death. Her long-term romantic relationship with [[Del Palmer]] had also broken down, although the pair continued to work together. ===1995–present=== After the release of ''The Red Shoes'', Bush dropped out of the public eye for many years, although her name occasionally cropped up in the media with rumours of a new album release. The press often viewed her as an eccentric recluse, sometimes drawing a comparison with [[Miss Havisham]] from [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Great Expectations]]''.<ref name="GuardianProfile">{{cite news | last = Barkham | first = Patrick | title = Guardian profile: Kate Bush | work = The Guardian| date=[[2005-09-28]] }}</ref> In reality, she was trying to give her young son a normal childhood, away from the world of show business. In 1998, Bush gave birth to Albert, known as "Bertie", fathered by her guitarist and now-husband Danny McIntosh.<ref name="EveningStandard">{{cite web |title=Kate Bush and the war of Wuthering Heights|work=[[The Evening Standard]]|date = [[May 5]], [[2007]] | url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23395189-details/Kate+Bush+and+the+war+of+Wuthering+Heights/article.do |accessdate=2007-05-08|}}</ref> <ref name="MightyB"/> On the few occasions she has spoken to the press since, she has made it clear that motherhood has made her extremely happy. After living for many years in a large and secluded Victorian house on Court Road, between Mottingham and Eltham in her native southeast London, the couple and their son presently have two homes: a £2.5 million house in [[Salcombe]] in the [[South Hams]] on the [[Devon]] coast<ref name="EveningStandard"/> and a mansion on an island on the [[Kennet and Avon canal]] at [[Sulhamstead]] in [[West Berkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=£100K BILL FOR KATE|work=[[The Sunday Mirror]]|url= http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/tm_method=full%26objectid=18238674%26siteid=98487-name_page.html|accessdate=2007-01-19|}}</ref> Bush's eighth studio album, ''[[Aerial (album)|Aerial]]'', was released on double CD and vinyl in November 2005.<ref name="MightyB"/> The anticipation leading up to the album's release was immense, with press articles devoted to Bush being printed months before the album's release.<ref name="sequel">{{cite news| title = Kate Bush: The Sequel| work = The Independent| date = [[2005-09-02]] }}</ref> Members of the press invited to hear the album for pre-release review purposes were subjected to searches for personal recording equipment, and the album itself was played to them from a sealed CD machine bolted to the floor. The first single from the album was "[[King of the Mountain (song)|King of the Mountain]]". The track was played for the first time on [[BBC Radio 2]] on 21 September 2005 and was made available for download on 27 September 2005.<ref>{{cite news | last = McKenna | first = Stephen| title = Kate Bush back on form with first single in 12 years|url= http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/whatson/whatson2/tm_objectid=16160326&method=full&siteid=50141&headline=kate-bush-back-on-form-with-first-single-in-12-years-name_page.html|publisher = icScotland.com| date= [[2005-09-02]] }}</ref> ''Aerial'' is one of Bush's most critically acclaimed albums.<ref name="critics">{{cite web | title = Aerial | publisher = MetaCritic.com | | url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/bushkate/aerial#critics | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> As on ''Hounds of Love'' (1985), the double album is split into two sections. The first disc, subtitled ''A Sea of Honey'', features a set of unrelated themed songs, including "King of the Mountain"; "Bertie", a Renaissance-style ode to her son; and "Joanni", based on the story of [[St. Joan of Arc|Joan of Arc]]. In the song "π", Bush sings [[Pi|the number]] to its 137th decimal place, although for an unknown reason she omits the 79th to 100th decimal places. The piano and vocal piece "A Coral Room", which deals with the loss of Bush's mother and the passage of time, was hailed by sections of the British media as "stunning" in its simplicity<ref name="heat">{{cite news | last =Hilton| first =Boyd| title = Aerial review | work = Heat | date =[[2005-11-05]] }}</ref> "profoundly moving", <ref name="BThompson">{{cite news | last =Thompson| first =Ben| title = Ben Thompson reviews an album of two halves | work = Sunday Telegraph | date = [[2006-11-05]] }}</ref> and one of the most beautiful pieces Bush has ever recorded.<ref name="BThompson"/> The second disc, subtitled ''A Sky of Honey'', features thematically related songs linked by the presence of [[bird song]]. The album's cover art, which seems to show a mountain range at sunset over a sea, is in fact a [[waveform]] that represents birdsong. It also features her own "KT" symbol, which appears, slightly hidden, on several of her previous album covers, videos and promotional materials. All the pieces in this suite refer or allude to air or sky in their lyrical content. ''A Sky of Honey'' features [[Rolf Harris]] playing the [[didgeridoo]] on one track, as he did on the 1982 single "The Dreaming", and providing vocals on the track "The Painter's Link". Other artists making guest appearances on the album include [[Peter Erskine]], [[Eberhard Weber]], [[Lol Creme]], and Gary Brooker. Two tracks feature string arrangements by the late [[Michael Kamen]], performed by the [[London Metropolitan Orchestra]].<ref name="pi">{{cite news | last =Thrills| first =Adrian| title = Is this great Kate—or just Pi in the sky? | work = Daily Mail | date = [[2006-11-04]] }}</ref> {{Sound sample box align right|Music sample:}} {{Listen |filename=Kate Bush King Of The Mountain Sample.ogg |title=Kate Bush "King Of The Mountain" (2005) |description=Sample from Kate Bush's "King Of The Mountain". |format=[[Ogg]]}} {{sample box end}} "King of the Mountain" entered the UK Downloads Chart at number six on [[17 October]] [[2005]],<ref name="download">{{cite web | title = Official UK Download Chart Book | publisher = DigitalStar.org.uk | url = http://www.distantstar.org.uk/DigitalDownloadChartBook.pdf |format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> and by [[30 October]] it had become Bush's third highest charting single ever in the UK, peaking at number four on the full chart. ''Aerial'' entered the UK Albums Chart at number three, selling more than 90,000&nbsp;copies in its first week of release. In the US it entered at number&nbsp;48 with over 23,000&nbsp;copies sold. Within five months of its release, the album had sold more than 1.1&nbsp;million copies worldwide. Bush herself carried out relatively little publicity for the album, only conducting a handful of magazine and radio interviews. ''Aerial'' earned Bush two nominations at the 2006 [[BRIT Awards]], for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Search results for Kate Bush|publisher=The BRIT Awards|url=http://brits.co.uk/search/?q=kate+bush|accessdate=2007-02-15|}}</ref> In an interview with ''Weekend Australian'', published in December 2005, Bush stated that ''Aerial'' was not meant to be her last work and that she wished to continue writing and recording music. On 13 March 2006, EMI re-released all Bush's previous albums, including her greatest hits album ''The Whole Story'', on compact disc with cardboard cases made to look like the original vinyl pressings. In 2007, it was reported that Bush had met [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] after they had recorded a cover of "Running up that Hill" and told them she liked their version.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5646271 | work = The Denver Post | title = Going to extremes and liking it | accessdate = 2007-10-26}}</ref> She sent what was described as a "very amusing" good luck message to BBC Radio 2 disk jockey [[Mark Radcliffe]] after his show moved to a new time slot and also wrote the foreword <!-- The [[foreword]] is the introduction to an article or book. [[forward]] is a direction. --> for the [[David Bowie]] Special Edition of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.katebushnews.com/katenews.htm | publisher = katebushnews.com | title = Kate Bush News and Information | accessdate = 2007-07-28}}</ref> That same year Bush recorded a song for the film adaptation of ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' entitled "Lyra", that was played over the end credits of the film. ==Musical style== Bush is often compared to female singer/songwriters such as [[Joni Mitchell]] and [[Björk]], but this comparison is derived from those artists' uniqueness rather than the similarity of their music. Her music has also been eclectic, utilising various styles of music even within the same album. Her songs have spanned across genres as diverse as [[Rock music|rock]], [[pop music|pop]], [[alternative rock|alternative]], [[jazz]], [[folk music|folk]], [[ska]], [[samba]], and [[New Wave (music)|New Wave]]. Even in her earliest works where the [[piano]] was a primary instrument, Bush wove together many diverse influences, melding [[European classical music|classical music]], rock, and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources, and this has continued throughout her career. In an interview with ''[[Melody Maker]]'' magazine in 1977, she revealed that male artists had more influence on her work than females, stating: <blockquote>Every female you see at a piano is either [[Lynsey De Paul]], [[Carole King]]. And most male music—not all of it but the good stuff—really lays it on you. It really puts you against the wall and that's what I like to do. I'd like my music to intrude. Not many females succeed with that.<ref name="rebel"/></blockquote> The experimental nature of her music has led it to be described as a later, more technological, and more accessible manifestation of the British [[progressive rock]] movement that gave rise to the bands [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[King Crimson]], and [[Pink Floyd]].<ref name="bbcmprofile">{{cite web|title = Kate Bush Music Profile|publisher = BBC| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/m5vr/| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> Like artists in the prog rock genre, Bush rejects the classic American style of making pop music, which was adopted by most UK pop artists. Influenced by the vocal style of the singer [[Bryan Ferry]], Bush sings with an overtly English accent, and her lyrics tend to be more unusual and less clichéd than American-style pop lyrics.<ref name="Englishness">{{cite web|last =Moy | first =Ron| title = Kate Bush and mythologies of Englishness|publisher = Popular Musicology Online| url = http://www.popular-musicology-online.com/issues/02/moy-01.html| date =2006| accessdate = 2007-04-06 }}</ref> The musical instruments used in her songs and the way instruments are played commonly differs from the American norm.<ref name="Englishness"/> More than one reviewer has used the term "[[surrealism|surreal]]" to describe much of her music. Many of her songs have a melodramatic emotional and musical surrealism that defies easy categorization.<ref name="hifi">{{cite news|last = Hudson| first =Sue| title = The Back Page|work =Hi-Fi and Record Review}}</ref> It has been observed that even the more joyous pieces are often tinged with traces of melancholy, and even the most sorrowful pieces have elements of vitality struggling against all that would oppress them.<ref name="spin">{{cite news|last = Davis| first =Erik| title = Red Shoes review|work =Spin |date=1993 }}</ref> Bush is not afraid to tackle sensitive and taboo subjects.<ref name="bdreamer">{{cite news|last = Solanas| first =Jane| title = The Barmy Dreamer|work =New Musical Express|date=1983 }}</ref> "The Kick Inside" is about an [[incest]]uous pregnancy and a resulting [[suicide]];<ref>{{cite news| author=Colin Irwin|title = Iron Maiden|work =Q magazine|date=November 1989}}</ref> "Kashka From Baghdad" is a song about a [[homosexuality|gay male]] couple;<ref>{{cite news| author=Phil Sutcliffe|title = Labushka|work =Sounds| date =[[1980]]-[[08-30]] }}</ref> "The Infant Kiss" is a song about a haunted, unstable woman's almost [[pedophilia]]c infatuation with a young boy in her care (inspired by [[Jack Clayton]]'s film ''[[The Innocents (film)|The Innocents]]'' (1961), which had been based on [[Henry James]]'s famous novella ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'');<ref>{{cite news| title = Kate Bush interview|work =Q Magazine| date =1990 }}</ref> and "[[Breathing (song)|Breathing]]" explores the results of [[nuclear fallout]] from the perspective of an unborn child in the womb.<ref>{{cite news| title = Kate Bush interview|publisher =Smash Hits| date =1980 }}</ref> Her lyrics have referenced a wide array of subject matter, often relatively obscure, such as [[Wilhelm Reich]] in "Cloudbusting" and [[G. I. Gurdjieff]] in "Them Heavy People", while "Deeper Understanding", from ''The Sensual World'', portrays a person who stays indoors, obsessively talking to a computer and shunning human contact. Comedy is also a big influence on her and is a significant component of her work. She has cited [[Woody Allen]],<ref name="realm">{{cite news|last =Brown | first =Len| title = In the Realm of the Senses|work =New Musical Express| date =[[1989-10-07]] }}</ref> ''[[Monty Python]]'', ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', and ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''<ref name="littlemiss"/> as particular favourites. Horror movies are another interest of Bush's and have influenced the gothic nature of several of her songs, such as "Get Out Of My House", inspired by [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Shining]]'', and "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]", inspired by the 1957 horror movie ''[[Night Of The Demon]]''.<ref name="Qsleeve">{{cite news | last =Sutcliffe| first =Phil| title = Hounds of Love Sleeve Notes | work = Q magazine |date=June 1991}}</ref> Her songs have occasionally combined comedy and horror to form dark humour, such as murder by poisoning in "Coffee Homeground", an alcoholic mother in "The Ran Tan Waltz" and the upbeat "The Wedding List", a song inspired by [[François Truffaut]]'s 1967 film of [[Cornell Woolrich]]'s ''[[The Bride Wore Black]]'' about the death of a groom and the bride's subsequent revenge against the killer.<ref>{{cite news| author=Colin Irwin|title = Paranoia and Passion of the Kate Inside|work =Melody Maker| date =[[1980]]-[[10-04]]}}</ref> ==Live performances== {{see|The Tour of Life}} Bush's only tour took place [[2 April]] – [[13 May]] [[1979]], after which she gave only the occasional live performance. Several reasons have been suggested as to why she abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling [[fear of flying]],<ref name="Network"/> and the suggestion that the death of 21-year-old Bill Duffield severely affected her. Duffield, her lighting director, was killed in an accident during her [[2 April]] [[1979]] concert at Poole Arts Centre.<ref name="h2g2"/> Bush held a [[benefit concert]] on [[12 May]] [[1979]], with [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[Steve Harley]] at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo|Hammersmith Odeon]] for his family. Duffield would be honoured in two later songs: "Blow Away" on ''Never for Ever'' and "Moments of Pleasure" on ''The Red Shoes''. Bush explained in a [[BBC Radio 2]] interview with [[Mark Radcliffe]] that she actually enjoyed the tour but was consumed with producing her subsequent records, being more involved with the recording process than most artists.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} During the same period as her tour, she made numerous television appearances around the world, including ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' in the United Kingdom, ''Bio's Bahnhof'' in Germany, and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the United States (with [[Paul Shaffer]] on piano).<ref name="smiles">{{cite news|last = Gambaccini | first =Paul| title = Kate Bush Smiles in Her New Red Shoes|work =New York Press| date =[[1993-11-24]]}}</ref> On [[28th December]] [[1979]] BBC TV aired the ''Kate Bush Christmas Special''. It was recorded in October 1979 at the BBC Studios in Birmingham, England. As well as playing songs from her first two albums, she played "[[December Will Be Magic Again]]", and "Violin" from her forthcoming album, ''Never for Ever''. Peter Gabriel made a guest appearance to play "Here Comes the Flood", and a duet of [[Roy Harper]]'s "Another Day" with Bush.<ref name="BBC Christmas Special 1979">{{cite web| title = Kate Bush - BBC Christmas Special 1979|url =http://gaffa.org/passing/v79_dec.html| accessdate = 2008-06-06 }}</ref> In 1982 Bush participated in the first benefit concert in aid of [[The Prince's Trust]] alongside artists such as [[Madness]], [[Midge Ure]], [[Phil Collins]] and [[Pete Townshend]]. This one-off performance became notorious for her "wardrobe malfunction" when her strapless top fell down during the set; Bush carried on with the song holding the offending item to her chest before taking a very shallow bow. Townshend covered her quick exit with a "Whoops!".{{Fact|date-June 2008|date=June 2008}} On [[25 April]] [[1986]] Bush performed live for British charity event [[Comic Relief]], singing "Do Bears... ?", a humorous duet with [[Rowan Atkinson]], and a rendition of "[[Breathing (song)|Breathing]]". In March 1987, Bush sang "[[Running Up That Hill]]" at [[The Secret Policeman's Balls|The Secret Policeman's Third Ball]], with [[David Gilmour]] on guitar.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} In January 2002, Bush appeared with Gilmour singing the part of the doctor in "[[Comfortably Numb]]" at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London. Although this was recorded for inclusion on the ''[[David Gilmour in Concert]]'' DVD, it was left off the final release as Bush was unhappy with her nervous performance.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} ==Video projects== Bush has appeared in many innovative music videos designed to accompany her singles releases. Among the best known are those for "[[Running Up That Hill]]", "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", "Breathing", "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]", "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]", which was [[First music videos aired on MTV|the 55th video]] played on the first day of [[MTV]], and "[[Cloudbusting]]", featuring actor [[Donald Sutherland]], who made time during the filming of another project to take part in the video <ref name="CBAK">{{cite news| title = Kate Bush radio interview|publisher =CBAK 4011 (Australia)|date=1985}}</ref>. [[EMI]] has released a few collections of her videos, including ''The Single File'', ''Hair of the Hound'', ''The Whole Story'', and ''The Sensual World'', as well as an abridged concert video of her 1979 tour ''Live at Hammersmith Odeon''. In 1993, she directed and starred in the short film, ''[[The Line, the Cross & the Curve]]'', a musical co-starring [[Miranda Richardson]] featuring music from Bush's album ''The Red Shoes'', which was inspired by the classic movie [[The Red Shoes (film)|of the same name]]. It was released on [[VHS]] in the UK in 1994 and also received a small number of cinema screenings around the world. Overall it was a critical failure. In recent interviews, Bush has said that she considers it a failure, and stated in 2001: "I'm very pleased with four minutes of it, but I'm very disappointed with the rest."<ref>{{cite web|title = The Big Sleep|work=Q magazine| url = http://www.katebushnews.com/2001.htm| date =2001| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref>. In a 2005 interview she went as far as to described the film as "A load of bollocks"<ref>Mojo Magazine, page 81, October 2005 edition</ref>. In 1994, Bush provided the music used in series of [[psychedelic]]-themed television commercials for the soft drink [[Fruitopia]] that appeared in the United States. The same company aired the ads in the United Kingdom, but the British version featured [[Elizabeth Fraser]] of [[Cocteau Twins]] instead of Bush.<ref name="Cocteau">{{cite web| title = Cocteau Twins Discography|publisher =CocteauTwins.org| url = http://www.cocteautwins.org/~leesa/cocteautwins/cHTML/html/soundtracks.html |accessdate= 2007-04-04 }}</ref> Several collections of Bush's music videos have been released on VHS, most notably ''The Single File'', which contained videos predating the ''Hounds of Love'' album; ''Hair of the Hounds'', containing videos concerning that album; and ''The Whole Story'', a career video overview released with the late-1980s compilation album of the same title. In late 2006, a DVD documentary entitled ''Kate Bush Under Review'' was released by Sexy Intellectual, which included archival interviews with Bush, along with interviews with a selection of music historians and journalists (including Phil Sutcliffe, [[Nigel Williamson]], and [[Morris Pert]]). The DVD also includes clips from several of Bush's music videos.<ref name="underreview">{{cite web| title = Kate Bush - Under Review|publisher =Amazon.com|url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EXZHPQ/| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> As of 2008, a DVD collection of Bush's videography from 1978 to 2005 had yet to be released. ==Movie projects== In 1990, Bush starred in the [[black comedy]] film ''Les Dogs'', produced by ''[[The Comic Strip]]'' for [[BBC television]]. Beginning in 1982 on the UK's [[Channel 4]], ''The Comic Strip Presents ...'' offered a series of comedy films featuring comedians including [[Rik Mayall]], [[Dawn French]], [[Jennifer Saunders]], and [[Robbie Coltrane]]. The movies were usually written and produced by [[Peter Richardson]], who often also acted. In ''Les Dogs'', aired on [[8 March]] [[1990]], Bush plays the bride Angela at a wedding set in a post-apocalyptic version of Britain. While Bush's is a silent presence in a wedding dress throughout most of the film, she does have several lines of dialogue with Peter Richardson in two dream sequences. In another ''Comic Strip Presents'' film, ''GLC'', she produced the theme song "Ken" which includes a vocal performance by Bush. She also produced all the incidental music, which is synthesizer based. In 1985, Bush contributed a darkly melancholic version of the [[Ary Barroso]] song "[[Aquarela do Brasil|Brazil]]" to the soundtrack of the [[Terry Gilliam]] film ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]''. The track was scored and arranged by [[Michael Kamen]]. In 1986, she wrote and recorded "Be Kind To My Mistakes" for the [[Nicolas Roeg]] film ''Castaway''. A version of this song was used as the [[B side]] to her 1989 single "[[This Woman's Work]]" and subsequently appeared the following year on one of the albums of B-sides included in her album box set of the same name. In 1988, the song "This Woman's Work" was featured in the [[John Hughes (film director)|John Hughes]] film ''[[She's Having A Baby]]'' a year before a re-edited version appeared on Bush's album ''[[The Sensual World]]''. In 1999, Bush wrote and recorded a song for the [[Disney]] film ''[[Dinosaur (film)|Dinosaur]]'', but the track was ultimately not included on the soundtrack. According to the winter 1999 issue of ''HomeGround'', a Kate Bush [[fanzine]], it was scrapped when Disney asked Bush to rewrite the song and Bush refused. Bush provided an original song, "Lyra", for the closing credits of the 2007 film ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]''. The song is written and produced by Bush in her own studio and features the [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]] Choir. The title refers to [[Lyra Belacqua]], the lead character in the film. Bush writing on her website called the trilogy "a masterpiece" and said she was "thrilled" to be asked to write the song. According to Del Palmer Bush was asked to do the song on very short notice and the whole project was completed in 10&nbsp;days.<ref name="del">{{cite web | title = Lyra| publisher = DelPalmer.com| url =http://www.delpalmer.com/page14.htm | author = Palmer, Del| accessdate =2008-05-15 }}</ref> "Lyra" was nominated for the [[International Press Academy]]'s [[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]] for original song in a motion picture.<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web | title = Tis the Awards Season: Lots of Green & “Golden” Loving Stars| publisher =Hollywood Today | url = http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=3036| date =2007-11-30 |author=Silberman, Stacey | accessdate =2008-05-15 }}</ref> ===Collaborations=== Bush provided vocals on two of [[Peter Gabriel]]'s albums, most notably on the hits "[[Games Without Frontiers (song)|Games Without Frontiers]]" and the duet "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]". He also appeared on her 1979 television special, where they sang a duet of [[Roy Harper]]'s "Another Day". She has also sung on the [[Midge Ure]] song "Sister and Brother" from his 1988 album ''Answers to Nothing'', [[Go West (band)|Go West]]'s 1987 single "The King is Dead", and in 1996, the song "My Computer" from the [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] album ''[[Emancipation (album)|Emancipation]]''. In 1987, she sang a verse on the charity single "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]" by [[Ferry Aid]]. She also sang a line on the charity single "Spirit of the Forest" by [[Spirit of the Forest]] in 1989. In 1995, Bush covered George Gershwin's "The Man I Love" for the tribute album ''[[The Glory of Gershwin]]''. In 1996, Bush contributed a version of "Mná na hÉireann" ([[Irish language|Irish]] for Women of Ireland) for the Anglo-Irish folk-rock compilation project ''Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music''. Bush had to sing the song in Irish, which she learned to do phonetically.<ref name="Mna">{{cite news| title = Mna Na h-Éireann|work =Hot Press| date =[[1996-05-29]] }}</ref> Artists that have contributed to Bush's own albums include [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Nigel Kennedy]], [[Gary Brooker]], and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. ===Inspiration for other artists=== From the 1980s onward it has become almost standard for individualistic female [[singer-songwriter]]s to be compared to Bush by the media. She has been noted as an influence on artists as diverse as Alexz Johnson <ref>{{cite web| title = Music to his ears|work =The Guardian | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1645991,00.html| date =[[2005-11-19]]|accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[Antony and the Johnsons]], [[Björk]],<ref name="timeout">{{cite news| title = Interview with Bjork|work =Time Out | date =[[1997-10-15]] }}</ref> [[Bloc Party]],<ref>{{cite web| title = Archive|publisher =BlocParty.com | url = http://www.blocparty.com/history.php| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[Coldplay]],<ref name="xy">{{cite web|last = Moayeri | first =Lily| title = X&Y review|work =Miami New Times| url = http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-06-09/music/coldplay/| date =[[2005-06-09]]|accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[Goldfrapp]], [[KT Tunstall]],<ref name="What Kate">{{cite news|last = Boyd| first =Brian| title = What Kate didn't do next|work =The Irish Times| date =[[2005-10-28]]}}</ref> [[Lily Allen]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Lily Allen|publisher =Upcoming.org| url = http://upcoming.org/event/ext/ylocal/64385787| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[OutKast]],<ref name="triplej">{{cite web|title = Kate Bush is Back |publisher =Triple J Music News| | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s1470979.htm| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[PJ Harvey]],<ref name="triplej">{{cite web|title = Kate Bush is Back |publisher =Triple J Music News| url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s1470979.htm| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> <ref name="comeback">{{cite web|last = Ellen| first =Barbara| title = Comeback Kate|work =The Observer | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1582789,00.html| date =[[2005-10-02]]| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> and [[Tori Amos]],<ref>{{cite web|last = Huey| first =Steve| title = Under the Pink review|publisher =All Music Guide| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3502568| accessdate = 2007-04-04 }}</ref> [[Paula Cole]], accepting the Best New Artist Grammy in 1996, named Bush as an influence. [[Ariel Pink]] wrote a tribute song for Kate titled "For Kate I Wait" on the album ''The Doldrums''. [[George Michael]] chose "[[Army Dreamers]]" for his celebrity playlist on the [[iTunes]] website. The [[trip hop|trip-hop]] artist [[Tricky]] has said about Bush: "I don't believe in God, but if I did, her music would be my bible".<ref name="MightyB"/> Even the iconoclastic [[punk rock]]er [[John Lydon]], better known as Johnny Rotten of the [[Sex Pistols]], has declared her work to be "fucking brilliant" and has labelled her "a true original". Rotten once wrote a song for her titled "Bird in Hand" about exploitation of parrots that Bush rejected. Rotten theorized that Bush thought the song was insulting references aimed at her.<ref>{{cite web | title = We Are Worthy| work = Q magazine | url = http://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/INTERVIEWS/qawards2.html |date=November 2001|accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/bush%20rejected%20rottens%20song_1052447 John Lydon - Bush Rejected Rotten's Song May 12, 2007 contactmusic.com]</ref> [[Suede (band)|Suede]] front-man [[Brett Anderson]] has stated that "Wuthering Heights" was the first single he ever bought and mentioned "And Dream of Sheep" in Suede's song "These are the Sad Songs".<ref>{{cite web | title = RISE TV programme| publisher = Channel 4 | url = http://www.katebushnews.com/2002.htm | date = [[2002-09-17]]|accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> [[Marc Almond]] chose "Moments of Pleasure" as one of his 10 favourite songs on Radio&nbsp;2 in June 2007, saying that the song had a profound influence on him when he was combating drug addiction in New York in the 1990s. In November 2006, the singer [[Rufus Wainwright]] named Bush as one of his top ten [[gay icon]]s.<ref name="GayIcon">{{cite web | title = Gay icons | work = The Observer | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1942438,00.html | date = [[2006-11-12]] | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> Outside music, Bush has been an inspiration to several fashion designers, most notably [[Hussein Chalayan]].<ref name="Hussein">{{cite web | last = Chalayan | first = Hussein | title = Hussein Chalayan on Kate Bush | work = The Independent | url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050212/ai_n9530835 | date = [[2005-02-12]] | accessdate = 2007-04-03 }}</ref> Many artists around the world have recorded [[cover versions]] of Bush songs, including [[Charlotte Church]], [[The Futureheads]] (who had a UK top ten hit with a cover of "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]"), [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Pat Benatar]], [[Hayley Westenra]], and [[Natalie Cole]]. Artists such as [[Tori Amos]] and [[Happy Rhodes]] have covered her songs in live performances. [[Coldplay]] have said their track "[[Speed of Sound (song)|Speed of Sound]]" was originally an attempt to re-create "Running Up That Hill".<ref name="xy"/> The British dance act [[Utah Saints]] sampled a line from "[[Cloudbusting]]" for their single, "[[Something Good]]", which reached number four on the UK singles chart in 1992. Their remix "Something Good 08" reached number eight on the UK chart in February 2008.<ref name="everyhit"/> ==Discography== {{main|Kate Bush discography}} ===Studio albums=== *''[[The Kick Inside]]'' (1978) *''[[Lionheart (album)|Lionheart]]'' (1978) *''[[Never for Ever]]'' (1980) *''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'' (1982) *''[[Hounds of Love]]'' (1985) *''[[The Sensual World]]'' (1989) *''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1993) *''[[Aerial (album)|Aerial]]'' (2005) ==See also== *[[List of Kate Bush awards]] ==Further reading== *Cann, Kevin and Mayes, Sean, ''Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary'' *Muskens, Helena; Racké, Quirine, ''Come Back Kate''. Snow White Films. Involved TV Channel: NPS. 2007. *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,16373,1601608,00.html 'I'm not some weirdo recluse'] (''[[The Guardian]]'', [[28 October]] [[2005]]) *[http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/artslife/story.html?id=dfad5a0f-0d32-4852-aab6-c6f3f7d74ac6&k=83898 This Bush's mission finally gets accomplished] (''[[National Post]]'', [[22 December]] [[2005]]) ==References== {{reflist|3}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * [http://www.katebush.com Official site] * [http://www.katebushnews.com/katenews.htm Kate Bush News & Information] * [http://gaffa.org Gaffaweb] {{featured article}} {{Kate Bush}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Bush, Kate |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = English [[singer]], songwriter, [[musician]] and [[record producer]] |DATE OF BIRTH = [[30 July]] [[1958]] |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Bexleyheath]], [[Kent]], [[England]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Kate}} [[Category:Kate Bush]] [[Category:English pop singers]] [[Category:English singer-songwriters]] [[Category:English female singers]] [[Category:English pianists]] [[Category:English record producers]] [[Category:Female rock singers]] [[Category:Ivor Novello Award winners]] [[Category:People from Bexleyheath]] [[Category:People from Devon]] [[Category:People from Sulhamstead]] [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[br:Kate Bush]] [[bg:Кейт Буш]] [[da:Kate Bush]] [[de:Kate Bush]] [[et:Kate Bush]] [[es:Kate Bush]] [[eo:Kate Bush]] [[fr:Kate Bush]] [[id:Kate Bush]] [[it:Kate Bush]] [[he:קייט בוש]] [[ka:კეიტ ბუში]] [[lt:Kate Bush]] [[hu:Kate Bush]] [[nl:Kate Bush]] [[ja:ケイト・ブッシュ]] [[no:Kate Bush]] [[pl:Kate Bush]] [[pt:Kate Bush]] [[ro:Kate Bush]] [[ru:Буш, Кейт]] [[scn:Kate Bush]] [[fi:Kate Bush]] [[sv:Kate Bush]] [[zh:凱特·布希]]