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| discography     = [[Kate Bush discography]]
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'''Catherine Bush''' (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. She is noted for her [[Eclecticism in music|eclectic]] musical style and unconventional lyrics, as well as her innovative dance performances. Her sound and choreography have influenced a range of artists, raising her to prominence and impacting [[popular culture]].

Bush began writing songs when she was 11. She was signed to [[EMI Records]] after [[David Gilmour]] of [[Pink Floyd]] helped finance a [[demo tape]]. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the [[UK singles chart]] for four weeks with her debut single "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a fully self-written song.<ref name="Thomson-2010" /><ref name="guardian" /> Her debut studio album, ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' (1978), reached number three on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. Bush was the first British solo female artist to top the UK Albums Chart and the first female artist to enter it at number one.<ref name="officialcharts.com" /> All nine of her studio albums have reached the UK top 10, including the number-one albums ''[[Never for Ever]]'' (1980), ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' (1985), and the greatest-hits compilation ''[[The Whole Story]]'' (1986). Since ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'' (1982), she has produced all of her studio albums. She took a hiatus between her seventh and eighth albums, ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1993) and ''[[Aerial (album)|Aerial]]'' (2005). Her latest albums, [[Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)|''Director's Cut'']] and ''[[50 Words for Snow]]'', were both released in 2011.   

Bush has released 25 UK [[top 40]] singles, including the top-10 hits "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]" (1978), "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]" (1980), "[[Running Up That Hill]]" (1985), "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]" (a 1986 duet with [[Peter Gabriel]]), and "[[King of the Mountain (Kate Bush song)|King of the Mountain]]" (2005). She experienced renewed attention in 2014 with her concert residency [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]]—her first shows since the [[The Tour of Life|Tour of Life]] in 1979—and in 2022 after "Running Up That Hill" [[Music of Stranger Things#"Running Up That Hill"|appeared]] in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]''. The song became Bush's second UK number one single and her highest entry on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number three, in addition to topping several international charts. ''Hounds of Love'' also had a commercial resurgence, topping two [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] and reaching number twelve on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. 

Bush has received numerous [[List of awards and nominations received by Kate Bush|accolades and honours]], including 14 [[Brit Awards]] nominations and a win for [[Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist|British Female Solo Artist]] in 1987, as well as seven nominations for [[Grammy Awards]].<ref name="brits" /><ref name="brits87">{{cite web |title=The BRITs 1987 |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987 |website=[[Brit Awards]] |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140317150236/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, she received the [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20860327 |title=BBC News – New Year Honours 2013: At a glance |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=29 December 2012 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730112224/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20860327 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=7 |supp=y}}</ref> She became a Fellow of [[the Ivors Academy]] in the UK in 2020,<ref name="Ivors"/> and was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2023.<ref name="rhall23">{{cite web |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Inductees |url=https://www.rockhall.com/2023-inductees |website=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505074033/https://www.rockhall.com/2023-inductees |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Life and career ==
===1958–1972: Early life===
Bush was born on 30 July 1958 at a maternity hospital in [[Bexleyheath]], Kent,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDYDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |title=Under the Ivy |author=Graeme Thomson |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |date=2012 |isbn=978-1-78038-146-6 |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206071729/https://books.google.com/books?id=tDYDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |url-status=live }}</ref> to an English doctor, [[general practitioner]] Robert Bush (1920–2008), and Hannah Patricia (née Daly) (1918–1992), an Irish staff nurse, daughter of a farmer in [[County Waterford]].<ref name="Kate Bush and Hounds of Love 2007 p58">Kate Bush and Hounds of Love, Ron Moy, Ashgate, 2007, p. 58</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kate-bush-return-of-the-recluse-316516.html |title=Kate Bush: Return of the recluse |work=[[The Independent]] |author=Sweeting, Adam |date=2 October 2005 |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193938/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kate-bush-return-of-the-recluse-316516.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She grew up with her elder brothers, John and Paddy, in an over 350-year-old<ref name="Kate Bush and Hounds of Love 2007 p58"/> former farmhouse at [[East Wickham]] near [[Welling]], which neighbours Bexleyheath.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jovanovic |first=Rob |title=Kate Bush: The biography |date=2015 |publisher=[[Little, Brown Book Group]] |location=Google Books |isbn=9780349411255 |page=Ch 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVYNCgAAQBAJ&q=Under+the+Ivy:+The+Life+%26+Music+of+Kate+Bush}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.salon.com/people/bc/2001/03/20/kate_bush/index.html |title=Kate Bush |work=Salon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808064727/http://archive.salon.com/people/bc/2001/03/20/kate_bush/index.html |archive-date=8 August 2007}}</ref> Bush came from an artistic background: her mother was an amateur traditional [[Irish dancer]], her father was an amateur 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>{{citation |title=Haunting Kate Bush |work=[[NZ Listener]] |date=2 December 1978 |author=David Young}}</ref> She was raised as a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]].<ref name="Q magazine">{{cite news |url=http://www.paradiseplace.org.uk/Kate/Katep15.htm |title=Kate Bush @ Paradise Place – Q interview. |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |date=2 September 1999 |access-date=30 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209043555/http://www.paradiseplace.org.uk/Kate/Katep15.htm |archive-date=9 December 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Bush trained at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths College]] [[karate]] club, where her brother John was a karate instructor. There, she became known as "Ee-ee" because of her squeaky ''[[kiai]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Born Fighter |last=Hazard |first=Dave |year=2007 |publisher=John Blake Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-1-84454-480-6 |page=114}}</ref>

Her family's musical influence inspired Bush to teach herself the piano at the age of 11. She also played the organ in a barn behind her parents' house and studied the violin.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3805|pure_url=yes}} |title=Kate Bush Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> She soon began composing songs, eventually adding her own lyrics.<ref name="Rebel" />

===1973–1977: Career beginnings===
Bush attended St Joseph's Convent Grammar School, a Catholic girls' school in nearby [[Abbey Wood]]. During this time, her family produced a [[Demo (music)|demonstration tape]] with over 50 of her compositions, which was turned down by record labels. [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]] received the demo from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of Gilmour and the Bush family. (The 1973 song "Passing Through Air" was recorded as a demo at Gilmour‘s studio a few weeks after her 15th birthday, and later was the earliest Kate Bush recording to be released officially.)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Van der Kiste |first1=John |title=Kate Bush : Song by Song |date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Fonthill Media |isbn=978-1781558249 |pages=104}}</ref> Impressed, Gilmour financed the 16-year-old Bush's recording of a more professional demo tape. The tape consisted of three tracks, produced by Gilmour's friend [[Andrew Powell]] and the sound engineer [[Geoff Emerick]], who had worked with [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 1990 |title=The Rightful Heir? |magazine=Q |number=48}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cowley |first=Jason |date=7 February 2005 |title=The Wow Factor |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214182833/http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |archive-date=14 December 2014 |access-date=11 December 2014 |magazine=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref><ref>''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, 8 February 1990, pp&nbsp;21–2: "The Sensual Woman" by Sheila Rogers.</ref> Powell later produced Bush's first two albums.<ref name="Rebel" /> The tape was sent to the [[EMI]] executive Terry Slater,<ref name="Soundscape" /> who signed Bush.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |title=Kate Bush |publisher=[[EMI]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226142058/http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref>
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The British record industry was reaching a point of stagnation.<ref name="Soundscape" /> [[Progressive rock]] was popular and visually oriented rock performers were growing in popularity, thus record labels looking for the next big thing were considering experimental acts.<ref name="Soundscape" /> Bush was put on [[Retainer agreement|retainer]] for two years by Bob Mercer, managing director of EMI's group-repertoire division. Mercer believed that Bush's material was good enough to release, but he also believed that should the album fail, it would be demoralising, and if it were successful, Bush was too young to handle this.<ref name="Mercer" /> In a 1987 interview, Gilmour disputed this version of events, blaming EMI for initially using the "wrong" producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-K3NPR4q5I&t=110| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/3-K3NPR4q5I| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=David Gilmour talks about discovering Kate Bush|last=((ravenhearst09))|date=7 April 2017|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

EMI gave Bush a large advance, which she used to enroll in [[interpretive dance]] classes taught by [[Lindsay Kemp]], a former teacher of [[David Bowie]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Today's Style And Looks|work=Face & Figure|year=1979}}</ref> and mime training with [[Adam Darius]].<ref>[[Adam Darius|Darius, A]]. (1984) ''The Adam Darius Method'', page&nbsp;236–240. Latonia. {{ISBN|0-9502707-2-5}} [http://www.mimecentre.com/ Mime Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903000013/http://www.mimecentre.com/|date=3 September 2009}}</ref> For the first two years of her contract, Bush spent more time on schoolwork than recording. She left school after doing her mock [[A-Level]]s and having gained ten [[General Certificate of Education|GCE]] [[GCE Ordinary Level|O-Level]] qualifications.<ref name="MightyBush" />

Bush wrote and recorded demos of almost 200 songs, some of which circulated as [[Bootleg recording|bootlegs]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 2001 |title=Kate Bush in MP3 |magazine=Q }}</ref> From March to August 1977, she fronted the KT Bush Band at public houses in [[London]]. The band included [[Del Palmer]] (bass), Brian Bath (guitar), and Vic King (drums). She began recording her first album in August 1977.<ref name="Rebel" />

===1978–1979: ''The Kick Inside'' and ''Lionheart''===
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| quote = Perhaps its keen ear for adolescent angst is part of what makes "Wuthering Heights" so special. She appeared on ''Top of the Pops'' with it five times in 1978, cementing her public image as an ethereal spirit, embodying the essence of Cathy through a combination of wide eyes, floaty fabrics and wild choreography, still fondly mimicked and parodied today. "Wuthering Heights" turned Bush into a pop star, the rules of which she continues to bend to her own will: her individuality was set in stone from the very beginning.
| source = —Rebecca Nicholson in ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Rebecca |title=The 100 greatest UK No 1s: No 14, Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/19/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s-no-14-kate-bush-wuthering-heights |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630065823/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/19/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s-no-14-kate-bush-wuthering-heights |url-status=live }}</ref>
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For her debut album, ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' (1978), Bush was persuaded to use established session musicians instead of the KT Bush Band. She retained some of these even after she had brought her bandmates back on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lyricsystem.com/kate-bush/ |title=Kate Bush Biography |publisher=LyricSystem.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012171005/http://lyricsystem.com/kate-bush/ |archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref> Her brother Paddy played the harmonica and mandolin. [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] played some of the drums and became her main drummer on subsequent albums.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lyrics booklets from Kate Bush's albums |publisher=[[EMI]]}}</ref> ''The Kick Inside'' was released when Bush was 19, with some songs written when she was as young as 13. EMI originally wanted the more rock-oriented track "James and the Cold Gun" to be her debut single, but Bush, who already had a reputation for asserting herself in decisions about her work, insisted that it should be "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]".<ref name="Rebel" /> Two music videos with similar choreography were created by Bush to accompany the song. The studio version sees her perform in a dark room with mist while wearing a white dress, suggesting her character is a ghost (as is the case with [[Catherine Earnshaw|Cathy]] in [[Wuthering Heights|the novel]] that inspired the song).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://subscribe.ft.com/barrier/logic?location=https%3A%2F%2Fig.ft.com%2Flife-of-a-song%2Fwuthering-heights.html&referer=&classification=conditional_registered|title=Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights – from Emily Brontë to Alan Partridge|last=Rogers|first=Jude|date=12 February 2018|website=Financial Times|access-date=14 November 2019|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630065818/https://www.ft.com/products|url-status=live}}</ref> The outside version sees Bush dancing in a grassy area on [[Salisbury Plain]] (inspired by the novel's [[Moorland|moors]]) while wearing a red dress.<ref>{{Citation|title=Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2| date=2 March 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g|language=en|access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207003029/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom alone, ''The Kick Inside'' sold over a million copies.<ref name="Guinness World Records" /> "Wuthering Heights" topped the UK and Australian charts and became an international hit.<ref name="The Official Charts" /> Bush became the first British woman to reach number one on the UK charts with a self-written song.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/30/popandrock1 |title=Guardian profile: Kate Bush |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Barkham |first=Patrick |date=30 September 2005 |location=London |access-date=10 September 2007 |archive-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013042315/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1581815,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]" made it onto the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] where it reached number 85 in early 1979, and went on to win her an [[Ivor Novello Award]] in 1979 for Outstanding British Lyric.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com |title=Awards Database |publisher=The Envelope |access-date=5 January 2022 |archive-date=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430225109/http://www.theenvelope.latimes.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', Bush was the first female artist in pop history to have written every track on a million-selling debut album.<ref name="Guinness World Records" />

[[File:Kate Bush 1978.jpg|upright|thumb|Bush in 1978]]
Bob Mercer blamed Bush's lesser success in the United States on American radio formats, saying there were no outlets for Bush's visual presentation.<ref name="Mercer" /> EMI capitalised on Bush's appearance by promoting the album with a poster of her in a tight pink top which emphasised her breasts. In an interview with ''[[NME]]'' in 1982, Bush criticised the choice: "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 (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]'', to take advantage of the success of ''The Kick Inside''. The album was produced by Andrew Powell, assisted by Bush. Although it gained a high number of sales and spawned the hit single "[[Wow (Kate Bush song)|Wow]]", it did not achieve the success of ''The Kick Inside'', reaching number six in the UK album charts. She went on to express dissatisfaction with ''Lionheart'', feeling that it had needed more time.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Whole Story album lyrics booklet |publisher=[[EMI]] |year=1986}}</ref>

Bush set up her own publishing company, Kate Bush Music, and her own management company, Novercia, to maintain control of her work. Members of her family, along with Bush herself, composed the board of directors.<ref name="Rebel" /> Following the release of ''Lionheart'', she was required by EMI to undertake heavy promotional work and an exhausting tour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stand By Your Mantra |work=Classic Rock |year=2004}}</ref> [[The Tour of Life]] began in April 1979 and lasted six weeks. It was described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "an extraordinary, [[Lernaean Hydra|hydra]]-headed beast, combining music, dance, poetry, mime, [[burlesque]], magic and theatre".<ref name="Thomson-2010" /> The show was co-devised and performed on stage with magician [[Simon Drake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magicweek.co.uk/magic_profiles/magicprofile_0001_simon_drake.htm |title=Simon Drake – The Illusionist |year=2000 |publisher=magicweek.co.uk |access-date=15 March 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190722/http://www.magicweek.co.uk/magic_profiles/magicprofile_0001_simon_drake.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush was involved in every aspect of the production, choreography, set design, costume design and hiring.<ref name="Rebel" /> The shows were noted for her dancing, complex lighting and her 17 costume changes per show. Because of her need to dance as she sang, sound engineers used a wire coat hanger and a [[Wireless microphone|radio microphone]] to fashion a headset microphone; it was the first use by a rock performer since [[the Spotnicks]] used a rudimentary version in the early 1960s.<ref name="AllMusicBio" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Badhorn |first=Philippe |title=Interview in Rolling Stone (France) |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 2006}}</ref> Bush's first experience as a producer was on her live ''[[On Stage (EP)|On Stage]]'' [[Extended play|EP]], released in August 1979.

===1980–1984: ''Never for Ever'' and ''The Dreaming''===
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Released in September 1980, ''[[Never for Ever]]'' was Bush's second foray into production, co-producing with [[Jon Kelly]]. 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 her first album to feature [[synthesiser]]s and [[drum machine]]s, in particular the [[Fairlight CMI]]. She was introduced to the technology while providing backing vocals on [[Peter Gabriel]]'s eponymous [[Peter Gabriel (1980 album)|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 British artist to achieve that status,<ref name="MightyBush" /> and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at No. 1.<ref name="officialcharts.com" /> The top-selling single from the album was "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", which reached No. 5 in the [[UK singles chart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/bandsondemand/artist.aspx?artist=katebush&cat=Alternative&full=Kate%20Bush |title=Kate Bush |publisher=UnderGroundOnline |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616011817/http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/bandsondemand/artist.aspx?artist=katebush&cat=Alternative&full=Kate%20Bush |archive-date=16 June 2011}}</ref> In November 1980, she released the standalone [[Christmas music|Christmas single]] "[[December Will Be Magic Again]]", which reached No. 29 in the UK charts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19801207/7501/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |publisher=Official Charts Company. |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203083316/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19801207/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Kate Bush (1982 EMI publicity photo) 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Bush in 1982]]
September 1982 saw the release of ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'', the first album Bush produced by herself.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/something-from-kate/2005/10/06/1128562936076.html?page=3 |title=Something from Kate, at last |work=The Age |date=8 October 2005 |location=Australia |access-date=21 November 2010 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106043225/http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/something-from-kate/2005/10/06/1128562936076.html?page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 reception in the UK, and critics were baffled by the dense soundscapes Bush had created to become "less accessible".<ref>''[[Smash Hits]]'' magazine, reviews of ''The Dreaming'' (September 1982)</ref> In a 1993 interview with ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine, Bush stated: "That was my 'She's gone mad' album."<ref name="Rebel" /> The album entered the UK album chart at No. 3,<ref>{{cite web |title=the dreaming {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/the-dreaming/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304173934/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/the-dreaming/ |archive-date=4 March 2018 |access-date=4 March 2018 |website=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |language=en}}</ref> but is to date her lowest-selling album, garnering "only" a silver disc.<ref>{{cite web |title=British album certifications – Kate Bush – The Dreaming |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/bpi-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2009 |access-date=3 March 2018 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |type=Enter The Dreaming in the search field and then press Enter.}}</ref> The album became her first to enter the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, albeit only reaching No. 157.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kate Bush The Dreaming Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117164333/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=18 March 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> 

"[[Sat in Your Lap]]" was the first single from the album to be released. It preceded the album by over a year and peaked at No. 11 in the UK.<ref name="OfficialCharts" /> The [[The Dreaming (song)|title track]], featuring [[Rolf Harris]] and [[Percy Edwards]], stalled at No. 48,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-dreaming/ |title=the dreaming {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |website=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |language=en |access-date=18 March 2018 |archive-date=18 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120822/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-dreaming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while the third single, "[[There Goes a Tenner]]", stalled at No. 93,<ref>UK singles chart peak for "There Goes a Tenner": {{cite web |url=http://i.imgur.com/G29Jpul.jpg |title=UK Mix forums > Chart Histories page 78 |publisher=ukmix.org |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092819/http://i.imgur.com/G29Jpul.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> despite promotion from EMI and Bush. The track "[[Suspended in Gaffa]]" was released as a single in Europe, but not in the UK.

Continuing in her storytelling tradition, Bush looked far outside her own personal experience for sources of inspiration. She drew on old crime films for "There Goes a Tenner", a documentary about the [[Vietnam War]] 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 [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Dreamtime Is Over |author=Simper, Paul |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |date=16 October 1982}}</ref>

===1985–1988: ''Hounds of Love'' and ''The Whole Story''===
''[[Hounds of Love]]'' was released in 1985. 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>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/02/popandrock1 |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |title=Comeback Kate |work=The Observer |date=2 October 2005 |location=London |access-date=4 April 2007 |archive-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013210316/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1582789,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Hounds of Love'' topped the charts in the UK, knocking [[Madonna]]'s ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like a Virgin]]'' from the number-one position.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fitzgerald Morris |first=Peter |title=Hounds of Love lyrics booklet |publisher=[[EMI]] |year=1997}}</ref>

The album takes advantage of the vinyl and cassette formats with two very different sides. The first side, ''Hounds of Love'', contains five "accessible" pop songs, including the four singles "[[Running Up That Hill]]", "[[Cloudbusting]]", "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]", and [[The Big Sky (song)|"The Big Sky"]]. "Running Up That Hill" reached No. 3 in the UK charts and re-introduced Bush to American listeners, climbing to No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 1985. Bush has stated that she initially wanted to name the song "A Deal With God", but the record company was reluctant because some people might think it was "a sensitive title", but that "... for me, this is still called A Deal With God".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Story of... 'Running Up that Hill' by Kate Bush after Stranger Things resurgence |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-lyrics-meaning/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=Smooth Radio |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621142945/http://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-lyrics-meaning/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second side of the album, ''The Ninth Wave'', takes its name from [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Tennyson's]] poem, "[[Idylls of the King]]", about the legendary [[King Arthur]]'s reign, and is seven interconnecting songs joined in one continuous piece of music.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush radio interview |publisher=Rock Over London with Paul Cooke |year=1985}}</ref>

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 10 hit with the duet "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]" ([[Dolly Parton]], Gabriel's original choice to sing the female vocal, turned his offer down),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peter-gabriel/59311 |title=Peter Gabriel: 'Kate Bush replaced Dolly Parton on "Don't Give Up"' NME 19 September 2011 |work=[[NME]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=30 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530102124/http://www.nme.com/news/peter-gabriel/59311 |url-status=live }}</ref> and EMI released her "greatest hits" album, ''[[The Whole Story]]''. Bush provided a new lead vocal and refreshed backing track on "Wuthering Heights", and recorded a new single, "[[Experiment IV]]", for inclusion on the compilation. [[Dawn French]] and [[Hugh Laurie]] were among those featured in the video for Experiment IV. At the [[1987 Brit Awards]], Bush won the award for Best British Female Solo Artist.<ref name="brits87"/>

===1989–1993: ''The Sensual World'' and ''The Red Shoes''===
Released in 1989, ''[[The Sensual World]]'' was described by Bush herself as "her most honest, personal album".<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2019 |last1=Hewitt |first1=Ben |title=Kate Bush: The Sensual World |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kate-bush-the-sensual-world/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=19 July 2019 |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301224819/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kate-bush-the-sensual-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the tracks, "Heads We're Dancing", inspired by her own [[black humour]], is about a woman who dances all night with a charming stranger only to discover in the morning that he is [[Adolf Hitler]]. The [[The Sensual World (song)|title track]] drew its inspiration from [[James Joyce]]'s novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2fYlAAAAIBAJ&pg=7016,7079481&dq=hitler+heads-we-re-dancing+kate-bush&hl=en |title=Kate Bush's dream world |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=26 November 1989 |access-date=5 October 2020 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121174951/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2fYlAAAAIBAJ&pg=7016%2C7079481&dq=hitler+heads-we-re-dancing+kate-bush&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> ''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>{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bush,_Kate/Biography/ |title=Kate Bush Biography |publisher=Starpulse.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220237/http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bush,_Kate/Biography/ |archive-date=26 September 2007}}</ref> Another single from the album, "[[This Woman's Work]]", was featured in the [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] film ''[[She's Having a Baby]]'', and a slightly remixed and reworked version appeared on Bush's album ''The Sensual World''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/08/five_great_john_hughes_moments.html |title=Five Great John Hughes Moments National Public Radio (United States) 6 August 2009 |last=Holmes |first=Linda |date=6 August 2009 |publisher=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129054552/http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/08/five_great_john_hughes_moments.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> The song reached number-eight in 2005 on the UK download chart after featuring in a British television advertisement for the charity [[NSPCC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=16666&sectioncode=1 |title=Eighties Kate Bush track goes Top 10 on download chart |date=24 November 2005 |work=Music Week |access-date=21 November 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117215008/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=16666&sectioncode=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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In 1990, the boxed set ''[[This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990|This Woman's Work]]'' was released; it included all of her albums with their original cover art, as well as two discs featuring the majority of her singles' B-sides recorded from 1978 to 1990. In 1991, Bush released a cover of [[Elton John]]'s "[[Rocket Man (song)|Rocket Man]]", which reached number 12 on the UK singles chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/ |title=UK Top 40 Hit Database |publisher=EveryHit.com |access-date=15 May 2008 |archive-date=25 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025234857/http://www.everyhit.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and reached number two in Australia. In 2007, it was voted the greatest cover ever by readers of ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |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 |access-date=26 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111032829/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/ttremastered/story/0,,2166706,00.html |archive-date=11 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Another John cover, "[[Candle in the Wind]]", was the B-side.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Great Rock Discography |last=Strong |first=Martin |publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|year=1994 |isbn=1-84195-615-5 |page=218}}</ref> In the same year, she starred in the black comedy film ''Les Dogs'', produced by ''[[The Comic Strip]]'' for [[BBC television]].<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1990 |title=Kate Bush |magazine=Q }}</ref> Bush plays the bride Angela at a wedding set in a post-apocalyptic Britain.

Bush's seventh studio album, ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'', was released in November 1993. The album gave Bush her highest chart position in the US, reaching number 28, although the only song from the album to make the US singles chart was "Rubberband Girl", which peaked at number 88 in January 1994. In the UK, the album reached number-two, and the singles "Rubberband Girl", "The Red Shoes", "Moments of Pleasure", and "[[And So Is Love]]" (featuring [[Eric Clapton]] on guitar) all reached the top 30.<ref name="OfficialCharts" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kate-Bush-Back-On-Stage-After-12-Years-7653.shtml |title=Back On Stage After 12 Years |publisher=Softpedia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195649/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kate-Bush-Back-On-Stage-After-12-Years-7653.shtml |archive-date=10 September 2014}}</ref> Bush directed and starred in the short film ''[[The Line, the Cross and the Curve]]'', which featured music from her album ''The Red Shoes'', itself inspired by [[The Red Shoes (1948 film)|the 1948 film of that name]]. It was released on VHS in the UK in 1994 and also received a small number of cinema screenings around the world.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Aizlewood, John |date=December 2001 |title=The Big Sleep |magazine=Q}}</ref><ref>Mojo Magazine, page 81, October 2005 edition</ref>

The initial plan had been to tour with ''The Red Shoes'' release, but did not reach fruition. Thus, Bush deliberately produced her tracks live, with less studio production that had typified her last three albums and which would have been too difficult to re-create on stage.<ref>{{cite news |title=Well red |work=Future Music |date=November 1993}}</ref> The result polarised her fan base, who had enjoyed the intricacy of her earlier compositions,<ref>{{cite news |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |title=The Red Shoes review |work=The Orlando Sentinel |year=1993}}</ref> with other fans claiming they had found new complexities in the lyrics and the emotions they expressed.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Red Shoes review |work=Request |date=November 1993}}</ref>

During this period of time, Bush suffered a series of bereavements, including the loss of guitarist [[Alan Murphy]], who had started working with her on The Tour of Life in 1979, and her mother Hannah, to whom she was exceptionally close.<ref name="MightyBush" /> The people she lost were honoured in the ballad "Moments of Pleasure", although Bush's mother was still alive when "Moments of Pleasure" was written and recorded. Bush describes playing the song to her mother, who thought the line where she is quoted by Bush as saying, "Every old sock meets an old shoe", was hilarious and "couldn't stop laughing."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gtnyf |title=Interview with Ken Bruce on Radio 2, 9 May 2011 |work=[[BBC Radio 2]] |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=25 May 2011 |archive-date=27 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727181920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gtnyf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1994–2006: Motherhood, hiatus, and ''Aerial''===
After the release of ''The Red Shoes'', Bush dropped out of the public eye. She had originally intended to take one year off, but despite working on material, twelve years passed before her next album release. 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>{{cite news |title=Guardian profile: Kate Bush |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 September 2005 |last=Barkham |first=Patrick}}</ref> In 1998, Bush gave birth to Albert, known as "Bertie", fathered by guitarist Dan McIntosh, whom she met in 1992.<ref name="MightyBush" /><ref name="War of Wuthering Heights" /> In 2001, Bush was awarded a [[Q Awards|Q Award]] as Classic Songwriter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29123617 |title=Kate Bush earns two Q Award nods |date=9 September 2014 |work=BBC News |access-date=11 March 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430144218/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29123617 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, she was awarded an [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and performed "[[Comfortably Numb]]" at David Gilmour's concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London.<ref name="Bush Gilmour" />

Bush's eighth studio album, ''[[Aerial (album)|Aerial]]'', was released on double CD and vinyl in November 2005.<ref name="MightyBush" /> The album single "[[King of the Mountain (Kate Bush song)|King of the Mountain]]", had received its premiere on [[BBC Radio 2]] on 1 September 2005.<ref>{{cite news|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 |title=Kate Bush back on form with first single in 12 years |publisher=icScotland.com |date=2 September 2005 |last=McKenna |first=Stephen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418055816/http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/whatson/whatson2/tm_objectid%3D16160326%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50141%26headline%3Dkate-bush-back-on-form-with-first-single-in-12-years-name_page.html |archive-date=18 April 2012}}</ref> The single entered the UK Downloads Chart at number six,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.distantstar.org.uk/DigitalDownloadChartBook.pdf|title=Official UK Download Chart Book (File corrupt 081209)|publisher=DigitalStar.org.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106072642/http://www.distantstar.org.uk/DigitalDownloadChartBook.pdf|archive-date=6 January 2007}}</ref> and would become Bush's third-highest-charting single ever in the UK, peaking at number four on the full chart.<ref name="The Official Charts" /> ''Aerial'' entered the UK albums chart at number three,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4433752.stm|title=Operatic act beat Bush to the top|date=13 November 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=21 November 2010|archive-date=14 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114161251/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4433752.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and the US chart at number 48.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1513846/20051116/50_cent.jhtml|title=50 Cent Gets A Billboard Beating From Zellweger's Ex|date=16 November 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=21 November 2010|archive-date=3 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403194502/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1513846/20051116/50_cent.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Aerial,'' like ''Hounds of Love'' (1985), is divided into two sections, each with its own theme and mood. 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 [[Joan of Arc]]. In the song "π", Bush sings 117 digits of [[Pi|the number pi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Thompson reviews an album of two halves |work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]] |date=5 November 2006 |last=Thompson |first=Ben}}</ref> The second disc, subtitled ''A Sky of Honey'', features one continuous piece of music describing the experience of 24 hours passing by.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/aerial-mw0000347992|title=Aerial|last=Jurek|first=Thom|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 November 2018|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108122523/https://www.allmusic.com/album/aerial-mw0000347992|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Aerial'' earned Bush two nominations at the [[2006 Brit Awards]], for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Album.<ref name="brits" />

===2007–2013: Fish People, ''Director's Cut'' and ''50 Words for Snow''===
In 2007, Bush was asked to write a song for ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' soundtrack which made reference to the lead character, [[Lyra Belacqua]]. The song, "[[Lyra (song)|Lyra]]", was played over the closing credits of the film. The single reached No 187 in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK singles chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_B.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne|publisher=Zobbel.de|access-date=28 May 2012|archive-date=10 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210191742/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_B.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref> and was nominated for the [[International Press Academy]]'s [[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]] for original song in a motion picture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=3036|title=Tis the Awards Season: Lots of Green & "Golden" Loving Stars|author=Silberman, Stacey|date=30 November 2007|work=Hollywood Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312094150/http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=3036|archive-date=12 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Del Palmer, Bush was asked to compose the song at short notice; the project was completed in 10&nbsp;days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delpalmer.com/page14.htm|title=Lyra|author=Palmer, Del|publisher=DelPalmer.com|access-date=15 May 2008|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145801/http://delpalmer.com/page14.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2011, Bush released ''[[Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)|Director's Cut]],'' comprising 11 reworked tracks from ''The Sensual World'' and ''The Red Shoes'', recorded using analogue rather than digital equipment. All the tracks have new lead vocals, drums, and instrumentation. Some were transposed to a lower key to accommodate her lowering voice. Three of the songs, including "[[This Woman's Work]]", have been completely rerecorded, often with lyrics changed in places. Bush described the album as a new project rather than a collection of remixes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010vxyv |title=BBC iPlayer – Front Row: Kate Bush in a rare interview; and John Cleese reviewed |publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]] |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811100158/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010vxyv/Front_Row_Kate_Bush_in_a_rare_interview_and_John_Cleese_reviewed |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the first album on her new label, ''Fish People'', a division of EMI Records. In addition to ''Director's Cut'' in its single CD form, the album was released with a box-set that contains the albums ''The Sensual World'' and the analogue re-mastered ''The Red Shoes''. It debuted at No 2 on the United Kingdom chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471173/pitbull-tops-uk-singles-chart-kate-bush-album-debuts-at-no-2|title=Pitbull Tops U.K. Singles Chart; Kate Bush Album Debuts At No. 2|date=23 May 2011|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819205125/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471173/pitbull-tops-uk-singles-chart-kate-bush-album-debuts-at-no-2|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bush's tenth studio album, ''[[50 Words for Snow]]'', was released on 21 November 2011. It features the high-profile appearance of [[Elton John]] on the duet "Snowed in at Wheeler Street".<ref>{{cite news|author=Empire, Kitty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/20/kate-bush-50-words-snow-review|title=''50 Words for Snow''|newspaper=The Guardian|date=20 November 2011|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221414/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/20/kate-bush-50-words-snow-review|url-status=live}}</ref> The album contains seven new songs "set against a backdrop of falling snow", with a total running time of 65 minutes.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Matthew |last=Perpetua |author-link=Matthew Perpetua |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kate-bush-first-new-album-in-six-years-20110912 |title=Kate Bush: First New Album in Six Years |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=12 September 2011 |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313214146/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kate-bush-first-new-album-in-six-years-20110912 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.katebush.com/news/kate-release-brand-new-album-50-words-snow-november |title=News |publisher=Kate Bush |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308141845/http://katebush.com/news/kate-release-brand-new-album-50-words-snow-november |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's songs are built around Bush's quietly jazzy piano and [[Steve Gadd]]'s drums, and use both sung and spoken word vocals in what ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' critic Stephen Dalton calls "a&nbsp;... supple and experimental affair, with a contemporary chamber pop sound grounded in crisp piano, minimal percussion and light-touch electronics&nbsp;... billowing jazz-rock soundscapes, interwoven with fragmentary narratives delivered in a range of voices from shrill to [[Laurie Anderson]]-style cooing".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/review/2011-11-10/kate-bush-50-words-for-snow|title=Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow|date=10 November 2011|work=Classic Rock|access-date=26 February 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034150/http://teamrock.com/review/2011-11-10/kate-bush-50-words-for-snow|url-status=live}}</ref> Bassist [[Danny Thompson]] appears on the album, while the sixth track on the album, "50 Words for Snow", features the voice of [[Stephen Fry]] reciting a list of words to describe snow.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/17/kate-bush-50-words-snow |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=29 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329105050/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/17/kate-bush-50-words-snow |url-status=live }}</ref>

''50 Words for Snow'' received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/50-words-for-snow |title=50 Words for Snow Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222153125/https://www.metacritic.com/music/50-words-for-snow |url-status=live }}</ref> At the [[2012 Brit Awards]] she was nominated in the Best Female Artist category,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9011168/Brit-Awards-nominations-Kate-Bush-vs-Adele-for-best-female.html |title=Brit Awards nominations: Kate Bush vs Adele for best female |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 January 2012 |access-date=2 April 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413103836/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9011168/Brit-Awards-nominations-Kate-Bush-vs-Adele-for-best-female.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the album won the 2012 Best Album at the South Bank Arts Awards,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kate-bush-scoops-south-bank-award-7704165.html |title=Kate Bush scoops South Bank award |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Robert |last=Dex |date=1 May 2012 |location=London |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921192648/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kate-bush-scoops-south-bank-award-7704165.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was also nominated for Best Album at the Ivor Novello Awards.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17739529 |title=BBC News – All-female shortlist is a first for Ivor Novello awards |work=BBC News |date=17 April 2012 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128083610/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17739529 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bush turned down an invitation to perform at the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]] in London. Instead, a new vocal remix of her 1985 single "Running Up That Hill" was played.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/13/david-bowie-olympics-closing-ceremony |title=David Bowie Among UK Stars Who Turned Down Olympic Closing Show |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=13 August 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160929213441/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/13/david-bowie-olympics-closing-ceremony |archive-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=live |author-link=Dan Sabbagh}}</ref> In 2013, Bush became the only female artist to have top five albums in the UK charts in five successive decades.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9984750/Kate-Bush-CBE-will-put-medal-on-top-of-Christmas-tree.html |title=Kate Bush CBE will put medal 'on top of Christmas tree' |date=10 April 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2 April 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413110907/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9984750/Kate-Bush-CBE-will-put-medal-on-top-of-Christmas-tree.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2014–2021: ''Before the Dawn'' and remastered catalogue===
[[File:Kate Bush and Mino Cinelu. BTD, London September 20, 2014.jpg|thumb|Bush performing at [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] at [[Hammersmith Apollo]] in London in September 2014]]
In March 2014, Bush announced her first live concerts in decades: [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]], a 22-night residency in London running from 26 August to 1 October 2014 at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush Announces First Live Shows Since 1979 |date=21 March 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/21/kate-bush-announces-first-series-of-shows-since-1979 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140321102643/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/21/kate-bush-announces-first-series-of-shows-since-1979 |archive-date=21 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Tickets sold out in 15 minutes. The concerts received universal acclaim.<ref>{{cite news |last=Masters |first=Tim |title=Kate Bush: Before the Dawn – A First Look |date=27 August 2014 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28939251 |access-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827083758/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28939251 |archive-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> An album of recordings from the concerts, ''[[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush album)|Before the Dawn]]'', was released on 25 November 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kate-bush-to-release-before-the-dawn-triple-album-in-november/ |title=Kate Bush to Release Before the Dawn Triple-Album in November |last=Saunders |first=Tristram Fane |date=29 September 2016 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160929212528/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kate-bush-to-release-before-the-dawn-triple-album-in-november/ |archive-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bolstered by publicity around ''Before the Dawn'', Bush became the first female performer to have eight albums in the UK Top 40 Albums Chart simultaneously, putting her at number three for simultaneous UK Top 40 albums. The only artists ahead of Bush were [[Elvis Presley]], who had 12 entries in the top 40 after his death in 1977 and the Beatles who had 11 in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29006316|title=Kate Bush sets new album chart record|work=BBC News|date=31 August 2014|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604205418/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29006316|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/david-bowie-matches-elvis-presleys-official-albums-chart-record__13677/|title=David Bowie matches Elvis Presley's Official Albums Chart record|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=29 January 2016|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022052658/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/david-bowie-matches-elvis-presleys-official-albums-chart-record__13677/|url-status=live}}</ref> She had 11 albums in the top 50.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Brandle |first=Lars |title=Kate Bush Sets U.K. Chart Record |date=1 September 2014 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/kate-bush-sets-uk-chart-record/ |access-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160929213100/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6236542/kate-bush-sets-uk-chart-record |archive-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grow |first=Kory |title=Kate Bush Lands Astounding Eight Albums on British Chart |date=4 September 2014 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kate-bush-british-albums-chart-20140902 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905110730/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kate-bush-british-albums-chart-20140902 |archive-date= 5 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a statement, Bush said,

{{blockquote|It was an extraordinary experience putting the show together. It was a huge amount of work, a lot of fun and an enormous privilege to work with such an incredibly talented team. This is the audio document. I hope that this can stand alone as a piece of music in its own right and that it can be enjoyed by people who knew nothing about the shows as well as those who were there. I never expected the overwhelming response of the audiences, every night filling the show with life and excitement. They are there in every beat of the recorded music. Even when you can't hear them, you can feel them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/kate-bush/96750 |title=Kate Bush to release new live album |publisher=[[NME]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=30 September 2016 |author=Earls. John |archive-date=30 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930173148/http://www.nme.com/news/kate-bush/96750 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kate-bush-to-release-before-the-dawn-triple-album-in-november/ |title=Kate Bush to release Before the Dawn triple-album in November |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=30 September 2016 |author=Fane Saunders, Tristram |newspaper=The Telegraph |archive-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160929212528/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kate-bush-to-release-before-the-dawn-triple-album-in-november/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

On 6 December 2018, Bush published her first book, ''How to Be Invisible,'' a compilation of lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/10/kate-bush-book-lyrics-david-mitchell-how-to-be-invisible|title=Kate Bush to publish book of lyrics, introduced by David Mitchell|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=10 September 2018|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=10 September 2018|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910120757/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/10/kate-bush-book-lyrics-david-mitchell-how-to-be-invisible|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Bush | first=Kate | title=How To Be Invisible | publication-place=London | date=6 December 2018 | isbn=978-0-571-35094-0 | oclc=1065348019 | url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571350940-how-to-be-invisible.html | access-date=13 November 2020 | archive-date=27 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027162507/https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571350940-how-to-be-invisible.html | url-status=live |publisher=Faber & Faber }}</ref> In November 2018, Bush released two box sets of remasters of her studio albums. Vocals from [[Rolf Harris]], who was convicted of multiple sexual assault charges in 2014, were replaced by versions by Bush's son Bertie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.datathistle.com/article/105175-kate-bush-replaces-rolf-harris-on-lp-remaster/|title=Kate Bush replaces Rolf Harris on LP remaster|date=15 November 2018|publisher=Data Thistle|access-date=20 November 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120140016/https://www.list.co.uk/article/105175-kate-bush-replaces-rolf-harris-on-lp-remaster/|url-status=live}}</ref> A compilation of rare tracks, cover versions and remixes from the boxsets, ''[[The Other Sides]]'', was released on 8 March 2019. It includes the previously unreleased track "Humming," recorded in 1975.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kate-bush-the-other-sides-collection-8499646/|title=Kate Bush to Release Four-Disc 'The Other Sides' Collection|magazine=Billboard|date=22 February 2019|access-date=8 July 2020|author=Reitman, Shelby|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708232153/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8499646/kate-bush-the-other-sides-collection|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2019, Bush released "{{lang|fr|Ne t'enfuis pas|italic=no}}" / "{{lang|fr|Un baiser d'enfant|italic=no}}" on vinyl, in France, as a limited-edition promotional single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.katebushnews.com/category/katebushremastered2018/|title=Kate releasing French exclusive 12" of Ne T'Enfuis Pas / Un Baiser D'Enfant in September!|date=20 July 2019|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116214141/https://www.katebushnews.com/category/katebushremastered2018/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fnac.com/a13674158/Kate-Bush-Ne-t-enfuis-pas-Exclusivite-Fnac-Edition-Limitee-Maxi-vinyle|title=Ne t'enfuis pas Exclusivité Fnac Edition Limitée|work=FNAC|date=3 September 2019|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117014856/https://www.fnac.com/a13674158/Kate-Bush-Ne-t-enfuis-pas-Exclusivite-Fnac-Edition-Limitee-Maxi-vinyle|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2020, Bush became a Fellow of [[The Ivors Academy]], the UK's independent professional association for songwriters, composers and music authors.<ref name="Ivors">{{cite news |title=Kate Bush becomes a Fellow of The Ivors Academy |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/kate-bush-becomes-a-fellow-of-the-ivors-academy/ |work=Ivors |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> Following Bush's award, another Fellow, [[Annie Lennox]], commented, "She is visionary and iconic and has made her own magical stamp upon the zeitgeist of the British cultural landscape."<ref name="Ivors"/>

=== 2022–present: Resurgence and continued honours===
Bush's 1985 single "[[Running Up That Hill]]" gained newfound popularity in May 2022 after [[Music of Stranger Things#"Running Up That Hill"|it was incorporated into the plot]] of [[Stranger Things season 4|the fourth season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]].'' It became the most streamed song on [[Spotify]] in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and globally.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Stranger Things' Pushes Kate Bush's 1985 Single 'Running Up That Hill' To No. 1 On iTunes |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |website=Deadline |date=29 May 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-no-1-itunes-1235035334/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630065824/https://deadline.com/2022/05/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-no-1-itunes-1235035334/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-stranger-things-hot-100-1235079548/|title=Could 'Stranger Things' Result in Kate Bush's Highest Hot 100 Peak Yet?|date=1 June 2022|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=3 June 2022|archive-date=3 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603012703/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-stranger-things-hot-100-1235079548/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61658062|title=Kate Bush running up that chart thanks to Stranger Things|work=[[BBC]]|date=1 June 2022|access-date=3 June 2022|archive-date=3 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603012703/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61658062|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Winona Ryder]], who plays the character [[Joyce Byers]] on ''Stranger Things,'' said she had pushed for the song to be on the show: "I've been obsessed with her since I was a little girl. I've also for the last seven years been dropping hints on set wearing my Kate Bush T-shirts."<ref>{{cite web |date=31 May 2022 |title=What Is Kate Bush's Song 'Running Up That Hill' Doing In 'Stranger Things'? What Is Kate Bush's Song 'Running Up That Hill' Doing In 'Stranger Things'? Everything About The Old '80s Tune |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/about/a40154549/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=[[Women's Health (magazine)|Women's Health]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611150950/https://www.womenshealthmag.com/about/a40154549/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', "Running Up That Hill" has become particularly popular with members of [[Generation Z]], who were not born when the song was first released, and it has appeared in numerous videos on the social media platform [[TikTok]].<ref name="Cain-2022">{{cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=6 June 2022 |title=Kate Bush thanks Stranger Things fans as 'Running Up That Hill' climbs charts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/06/kate-bush-thanks-stranger-things-fans-as-running-up-that-hill-climbs-charts |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606192742/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/06/kate-bush-thanks-stranger-things-fans-as-running-up-that-hill-climbs-charts |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush released a statement praising ''Stranger Things'' and saying the resurgence was "really exciting".<ref name="Cain-2022" />

On 10 June 2022, "Running Up That Hill" reached number two on the UK singles chart, surpassing its peak of number three in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill claims new Official Singles Chart peak as Harry Styles reigns with As It Was |work=Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-claims-new-official-singles-chart-peak-as-harry-styles-reigns-with-as-it-was__36557/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610184149/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-claims-new-official-singles-chart-peak-as-harry-styles-reigns-with-as-it-was__36557/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the most popular track of the week in the UK, ahead of "[[As It Was]]" by [[Harry Styles]], but a pre-existing chart rule penalised older songs that are streamed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush Had The Biggest Record In The UK Last Week, But She's Not No.1 On The Official Chart. This Is A Watershed Moment For A Music Industry Struggling To Understand The Meaning Of 'New'. |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kate-bush-had-biggest-streaming-record-in-the-uk-last-week-but-shes-not-no-1-on-the-official-chart-this-is-a-watershed-moment-for-a-music-industry-struggling-to-understand-the-meaning-of-new/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Music Business Worldwide |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614091626/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kate-bush-had-biggest-streaming-record-in-the-uk-last-week-but-shes-not-no-1-on-the-official-chart-this-is-a-watershed-moment-for-a-music-industry-struggling-to-understand-the-meaning-of-new/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chart Supervisory Committee responded by giving the record an exemption from the "accelerated chart ratio" rule due to its ongoing sales resurgence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush heading to number one after chart rule reset |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61797012 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=BBC |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614110800/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61797012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/how-kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-became-a-no-1-contender-inside-the-biggest-chart-story-of-2022/086012 | title=How Kate Bush's Running up That Hill became a No.1 contender: Inside the biggest chart story of 2022 | access-date=16 June 2022 | archive-date=17 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617001813/https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/how-kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-became-a-no-1-contender-inside-the-biggest-chart-story-of-2022/086012 | url-status=live }}</ref> 

On 17 June, the song reached number one in the UK, making it Bush's second UK number one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61843442|title=Kate Bush is number one, thanks to Stranger Things|website=BBC|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=17 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=17 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617171550/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61843442|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/17/kate-bush-uk-no-1-running-up-that-hill|title=Kate Bush reaches UK No 1 with Running Up That Hill after 37 years|website=The Guardian|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|date=17 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=17 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617170406/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/17/kate-bush-uk-no-1-running-up-that-hill|url-status=live}}</ref> It broke three UK chart records in the process. With 44 years since her last number one, "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, Bush surpassed [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]'s 42-year gap between number ones and replaced [[Cher]] as the oldest female solo chart-topping artist at 63 years and 11 months. Bush also achieved the record for a single with the longest period taken to reach number one, beating the previous record, held by "[[Last Christmas]]" by [[Wham!]], by a year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill is Official Charts Number 1 Single: Singer becomes 3 x Official Charts Record Breaker with Stranger Things success |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-is-official-charts-number-1-single-singer-becomes-3-x-official-charts-record-breaker-with-stranger-things-success__36605/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |work=Official Charts Company |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617193926/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-is-official-charts-number-1-single-singer-becomes-3-x-official-charts-record-breaker-with-stranger-things-success__36605/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 11 June 2022, "Running Up That Hill" re-entered the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number eight, surpassing its 1985 peak at No 30 and becoming Bush's first US top-ten hit.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=6 June 2022 |title=Harry Styles Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100 With 'As It Was', Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-kate-bush-hot-100-top-10-1235082217/ |access-date=7 June 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607000418/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-kate-bush-hot-100-top-10-1235082217/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following week, it climbed to No 4  in the US,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Harry Styles' "As It Was" Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-sixth-week-hot-100-kate-bush-top-five-1235086411/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613165134/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-sixth-week-hot-100-kate-bush-top-five-1235086411/ |url-status=live }}</ref> before reaching No 3 on 25 July.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lizzo-about-damn-time-hits-number-one-billboard-hot-100-1235117548/|title=Lizzo's 'About Damn Time' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=25 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725172940/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lizzo-about-damn-time-hits-number-one-billboard-hot-100-1235117548/|url-status=live}}</ref> The parent album, ''Hounds of Love'', also reached a new peak in the US, charting at No 12.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1533898738502189056|title=@KateBushMusic's 1985 album 'Hounds of Love' re-enters this week's #Billboard200 chart at No. 28, a new peak...|date=6 June 2022|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> The song topped the Australian [[ARIA Charts]] to become her second No 1 single in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/kate-bush-takes-out-1-on-the-singles-chart|title=Kate Bush takes out #1 on the Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=10 June 2022|access-date=10 June 2022|archive-date=10 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610073944/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/kate-bush-takes-out-1-on-the-singles-chart|url-status=live}}</ref> In France, "Running Up That Hill" beat its original chart peak of 24, placing at No 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=24&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Singles|title=Top Singles (Week 24, 2022)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=6 June 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620111828/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=24&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Singles|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hounds of Love'' also rose in popularity on various album charts, with it reaching No 1 on [[Jazz Albums|''Billboard'''s Top Alternative Albums chart]], making it Bush's first US chart-topping album.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/pro/kate-bush-stranger-things-number-one-album-hounds-of-love/ | title = Kate Bush Earns First Billboard No. 1 Album Thanks to 'Stranger Things' Boost | first = Kevin | last = Rutherford | date = 7 June 2022 | access-date = 7 June 2022 | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | archive-date = 7 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220607185044/https://www.billboard.com/pro/kate-bush-stranger-things-number-one-album-hounds-of-love/ | url-status = live }}</ref> On 10 June, ''[[The Whole Story]]'' rose from No 76 to No 19 on the UK Albums Chart,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/post-malones-twelve-carat-toothache-boasts-highest-new-entry-as-harry-styles-reclaims-number-1-album-with-harrys-house__36558/|title=Post Malone's Twelve Carat Toothache boasts highest new entry as Harry Styles reclaims Number 1 album with Harry's House|website=Official Charts|last=Smith|first=Carl|date=10 June 2022|access-date=10 June 2022|archive-date=10 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610155747/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/post-malones-twelve-carat-toothache-boasts-highest-new-entry-as-harry-styles-reclaims-number-1-album-with-harrys-house__36558/|url-status=live}}</ref> peaking a week later at No 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20220624|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 - 24 June 2022 - 30 June 2022|website=Official Charts|date=24 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> A limited edition CD single was released by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=1 September 2022 |title=Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' to be released as CD single |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-to-be-released-as-cd-single-3302816 |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=NME}}</ref> in September 2022, published in this format for the first time,  the 2022 film ''[[A Man Called Otto]]'' featured the song "[[This Woman's Work]]" from Bush's album, ''[[The Sensual World]].''<ref>{{Citation |title=A Man Called Otto (2022) - Soundtracks - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/soundtrack/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2023, it was also featured in the [[Netflix]] film ''[[The Mother (2023 film)|The Mother]]'', spiking a sales resurgence for the song.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=18 May 2023 |title=Is Kate Bush Having Another Netflix Moment? |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/kate-bush-this-womans-work-the-mother-netflix-streaming-gains/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>

On 1 January 2023, Bush was included at No 60 in the list of ''200 Best Singers of All Time'' by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/umm-kulthum-1234643089/ | title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=January 2023 }}</ref> On 22 February 2023, Bush announced that her label, Fish People, had moved to the new distribution partner, The state51 Conspiracy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/kate-bushs-hounds-of-love-to-be-reissued-later-this-year/|title=Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love to be reissued later this year|website=SuperDeluxeEdition|last=Sinclair|first=Paul|date=23 February 2023|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> The new company took over distribution of her post-1980 releases (starting from ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'') worldwide, and the entire catalogue in the US only. This move has also generated renewed [[Indie music scene|"indie"]] reissues of her albums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rigotti |first=Alex |date=1 November 2023|title=Kate Bush announces new physical reissues of her album back catalogue |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-announces-new-physical-reissues-of-her-album-back-catalogue-3528222 |access-date=30 November 2023|website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

Bush was nominated for the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and was inducted in 2023, but did not attend the ceremony.<ref name="rhall23" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bush |url=https://futurerocklegends.com/Artist/Kate_Bush/ |website=Future Rock Legends |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505201414/https://futurerocklegends.com/Artist/Kate_Bush/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was inducted by [[Big Boi]] of [[OutKast]], a long-time fan of her music.<ref name="bigboi1">{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Read Big Boi's Speech Inducting Kate Bush Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/read-big-bois-speech-inducting-kate-bush-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=4 November 2023 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104031245/https://pitchfork.com/news/read-big-bois-speech-inducting-kate-bush-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In his induction speech, Big Boi said, "What I love about Kate's music is that I never know what sound I'm gonna hear next. She ignores anything that seems like a formula and instead just does whatever she wants to do, like me. She challenges me as a listener and expands my ears and my mind. No matter how many times I look to albums like ''The Dreaming'' or ''50 Words for Snow'', they sound fresh and surprise me every time. They fill my head with ideas and expand my ambitions for what music can achieve."<ref name="bigboi1"/>

In February 2024, it was announced that Bush was an ambassador for that year's [[Record Store Day]] on 20 April 2024. Her cancelled 1993-single "[[Eat the Music]]" will be released as a 10" vinyl single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kate-bush-record-store-day-2024-vinyl-b2503710.html|title=
Kate Bush announced as Record Store Day UK |website=The Independent|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=28 February 2024|access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> In a statement, Bush said,
{{blockquote|Isn't it great to see how the resurgence in vinyl has taken the music industry by surprise? It had decided to leave vinyl far behind, but it would seem that not everyone agrees! I love that [...] In the same way that some people like to read a book on Kindle but also want to have a book as a physical object, a lot of people like vinyl and streaming. Both have different appeals. An album on vinyl is a beautiful thing, given a strong identity by its large-scale artwork. There's a much more personal connection with the artist and their work. The added bonus of vinyl is that it encourages people to listen to albums. An art form that I've always thought can be treasured in a unique way. This year, I hope you have a fantastic time at this very important event, and that you get to celebrate music that's been specially released for you."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-made-ambassador-for-record-store-day-uk-2024/|title=Kate Bush Made Ambassador for Record Store Day UK 2024|website=Pitchfork|last=Monroe|first=Jezz|date=28 February 2024|access-date=3 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303105741/https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-made-ambassador-for-record-store-day-uk-2024/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68415203|title=Kate Bush says she's 'privileged' to become Record Store Day ambassador|website=BBC|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=28 February 2024|access-date=3 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303105214/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68415203|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

On 25 October 2024, Bush released a short animated film, entitled ''Little Shrew'', in support of [[War Child (charity)|War Child]]. The film is set to a radio edit of "Snowflake", from ''50 Words for Snow''. In an interview with the BBC, to promote ''Little Shrew'', Bush revealed that she was "very keen to start working on a new album when I've got [the film] finished. I've got lots of ideas and I'm really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it's been a long time."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7mlp8rd77o|title=Kate Bush reveals plans to make new music|website=BBC|last=McIntosh|first=Steven|date=25 October 2024|access-date=25 October 2024|archive-date=26 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241026201826/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7mlp8rd77o|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In November 2024, Bush received two nominations at the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards|67th Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package|Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package]] for the re-editions of ''Hounds of Love''; her first nominations since 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Surandé |first=Camilia |date=November 8, 2024 |title=Premios Grammy 2025: Revisa todas las nominaciones a las 94 categorías en total |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/cultura/grammys-nominaciones-premios-grammy-2025_20241108/ |work=CNN Chile}}</ref> Bush was one of more than 1,000 musicians to back an album of silence released on 25 February 2025, ''[[Is This What We Want?]]'', protesting the use of [[Artificial intelligence and copyright|unlicensed copyrighted work to train AI]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd3r62kp5o |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The album debuted at number 38 on the UK Albums Downloads Chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/1000-uk-artists-is-this-what-we-want/ |title=1000 UK Artists - Is This What We Want |website=Official Charts |date=6 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |archive-date=6 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306103703/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/1000-uk-artists-is-this-what-we-want/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 June 2025, it was announced that Bush's short animated film, ''Little Shrew'', would be played throughout the UK before [[World War II]] German resistance film, ''From Hilde, With Love''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Biggane | first=Dan | title=Kate Bush’s Little Shrew to play exclusively in cinemas nationwide | website=Classic Pop Magazine | date=2025-06-26 | url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/news/kate-bushs-little-shrew-to-play-exclusively-in-cinemas-nationwide/ | access-date=2025-08-01}}</ref> 

On 22 September 2025, it was announced that the compilation ''Best of the Other Sides'', an edited and re-tweaked version of 2018's ''The Other Sides'' would be released digitally on 26 September 2025, and on CD and vinyl on 31 October 2025;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-announces-the-best-of-other-sides-due-to-fan-demand-3894197|title=Kate Bush announces The Best of the Other Sides due to fan demand|website=NME|last=Dunworth|first=Liberty|date=22 September 2025|access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> the digital release debuted at number 16 on the UK Albums Downloads Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/kate-bush-best-of-the-other-sides/|title=Kate Bush - Best of the Other Sides|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=3 October 2025|access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref>

==Artistry==
===Musical style and voice===
[[File:Fairlight.JPG|right|thumb|Bush uses the [[Fairlight CMI]] sampler.]]
Bush's musical aesthetic is [[eclecticism in music|eclectic]], and is known to employ varied influences and meld disparate styles, often within a single song or over the course of an album.<ref name="AllMusicBio" /> [[Simon Reynolds]] of ''The Guardian'' called Bush "the queen of [[art pop|art-pop]]",{{r|Simon Reynolds}} and she has also been described as [[art rock]],{{r|AllMusicBio|Cunningham}} [[baroque pop]],<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Maria Montgomery |last= Sarnoff |title= Perfect Vision |date= March 1990 |magazine= [[Option (music magazine)|Option]] |url= http://gaffa.org/reaching/i90_op2.html |access-date= 7 May 2016 |archive-date= 5 May 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20160505040630/http://gaffa.org/reaching/i90_op2.html |url-status= live }}</ref> [[avant-pop]],{{r|Sarnoff (1990)|Corcoran (2014)}} [[progressive pop]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bennett |first1=Andy |title=British Progressive Pop 1970-1980 |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781501336645}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Kate |title=Kate Bush: where to start in her back catalogue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/13/kate-bush-where-to-start-in-her-back-catalogue |website=The Guardian |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=18 June 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328123819/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/13/kate-bush-where-to-start-in-her-back-catalogue |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[post-progressive]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/7101 |title=A Mellotron-Shaped Grave: Deconstructing the Death of Progressive Rock |last=Merlini |first=Mattia |date=October 2022 |journal=Transposition |issue=10 |doi=10.4000/transposition.7101 |s2cid=250229571 |access-date=2023-08-09 |quote=Indeed, such an analysis can explain why new post-progressive artists (e.g. Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp) |hdl=2434/948377 |hdl-access=free |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810231713/https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/7101 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ben Myers of ''[[Prog (magazine)|Prog]]'' called Bush "prog's first pop star and pop's first prog star" whose "career history and collaborations are inextricably tied in with prog and her ever-evolving output has much more in common with the genre than the pop world in which she first found herself operating."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/kate-biush-prog-and-pop-star | title="She has managed to maintain her position without ever once being sucked into the creative vacuum of celebrity culture": The less we see of Kate Bush, the more we want to know| work=Louder | first=Ben | last=Myers | date=22 January 2024 | access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref> She has been grouped with other "'arty' 1970s and '80s British [[pop rock]] artists" such as [[Roxy Music]] and [[Peter Gabriel]].{{r|Ray (2012) p.107}} Even in her earliest works, with piano the primary instrument, she wove together diverse influences, drawing on classical music, [[glam rock]],<ref name="Simon Reynolds" /> and a wide range of ethnic and [[folk music|folk]] sources. This has continued throughout her career. By the time of ''[[Never for Ever]]'', Bush had begun to make prominent use of the [[Fairlight CMI]] synthesiser, which allowed her to [[sample (music)|sample]] and manipulate sounds, expanding her sonic palette.<ref name="Rebel" /> 

Bush has a [[soprano]] vocal range.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-11-17-kate-bush_x.htm |title=Kate Bush picks it up in 'Aerial' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=17 November 2005 |first1=Elysa |last1=Gardner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014173715/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-11-17-kate-bush_x.htm |archive-date=14 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Her vocals contain elements of British, [[Anglo-Irish]] and most prominently (southern) English accents and, in its use of musical instruments from various periods and cultures, her music has differed from American pop norms.<ref name="Englishness" /> Reviewers have used the term "surreal" to describe her music.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://gaffa.org/reaching/i85_hifi.html |title=The Unique Poetry Of Kate Bush |magazine=Hi-Fi & Record Review |first=Sue |last=Hudson |date=December 1985 |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813023540/http://gaffa.org/reaching/i85_hifi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her songs explore melodramatic emotional and musical surrealism that defies easy categorisation.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Back Page |work=Hi-Fi and Record Review |last=Hudson |first=Sue}}</ref> It has been observed that even her more joyous pieces are often tinged with traces of melancholy and vice versa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Red Shoes review |work=Spin|year=1993 |last=Davis |first=Erik}}</ref>

===Songwriting and influences===
Elements of Bush's lyrics employ historical or literary references. This is embodied in her first single "Wuthering Heights", which is based on [[Emily Brontë]]'s [[Wuthering Heights|novel of the same name]]. She has described herself as a storyteller who embodies the character singing the song and has dismissed efforts by others to conceive of her work as autobiographical.<ref name="Englishness" /><ref name="Radio4052011" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01131qg |title=BBC Radio 2 – Mark Radcliffe's Music Club, 17/05/2011 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]] |date=17 May 2011 |access-date=17 May 2011 |archive-date=27 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727174751/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01131qg |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush's lyrics have been known to touch on obscure or esoteric subject matter, and ''[[New Musical Express]]'' noted that Bush was not afraid to tackle sensitive and taboo subjects in her work.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Barmy Dreamer |last=Solanas |first=Jane |work=NME |year=1983}}</ref> "The Kick Inside" is based on a traditional English folk song ([[Lizie Wan|''The Ballad of Lucy Wan'']]) about an incestuous pregnancy and a resulting suicide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iron Maiden |author=Colin Irwin |work=Q |date=November 1989}}</ref> "Kashka from Baghdad" is a song about a gay couple; She has referenced [[G. I. Gurdjieff]] in the song "[[Them Heavy People]]", while "[[Cloudbusting]]" was inspired by Peter Reich's autobiography, ''A Book of Dreams'', about his relationship with his father, [[Wilhelm Reich]]. "[[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]" explores the results of nuclear fallout from the perspective of a fœtus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush interview |work=[[Smash Hits]] |year=1980}}</ref>

Other non-musical sources of inspiration for Bush include horror films, which have influenced the [[gothic rock|gothic]] nature of her songs, such as "Hounds of Love", which samples the 1957 horror movie ''[[Night of the Demon]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hounds of Love Sleeve Notes |work=Q |date=June 1991 |last=Sutcliffe |first=Phil}}</ref> "The Infant Kiss" is a song about a haunted, unstable woman's infatuation with a young boy in her care (inspired by [[Jack Clayton]]'s film ''[[The Innocents (1961 film)|The Innocents]]'' (1961), which had been based on [[Henry James]]'s novella ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'').<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush interview |work=Q |year=1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/music/2012/03/19/100-greatest-gayest-albums-all-time |title=Top 100 Greatest Gayest albums 81–90 |work=Out |date=19 March 2012 |access-date=12 May 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060639/http://www.out.com/entertainment/music/2012/03/19/100-greatest-gayest-albums-all-time |url-status=live }}</ref> The title of the song "Hammer Horror" is from [[Hammer Film Productions]]' horror movies, and the song's story was inspired by the film ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]'' (1957).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaffaweb - Kate Bush - THE GARDEN - Kate's KBC article - Issue 3 (November 1979) - Various & Interview |url=http://gaffa.org/garden/kate3.html#int |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=gaffa.org |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220171515/http://gaffa.org/garden/kate3.html#int |url-status=live }}</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 "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 murder of a groom and the bride's subsequent revenge against the killer.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Paranoia and Passion of the Kate Inside |author=Irwin, Colin |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |date=10 October 1980}}</ref> Bush has also cited comedy as a significant influence. She has cited [[Woody Allen]],<ref>{{cite news |title=In the Realm of the Senses |work=[[NME]] |date=7 October 1989 |last=Brown |first=Len}}</ref> [[Monty Python]],<ref name="Comedy influence">{{cite news |title=Kate Bush once named her favourite TV shows of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kate-bush-favourite-tv-shows-all-time/ |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Far Out magazine |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301210510/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kate-bush-favourite-tv-shows-all-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'',<ref name="Comedy influence"/> and ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''<ref name="LittleMiss" /> as particular favourites.

===Technical innovations===
Bush is regarded as the first artist to have had a [[headset (audio)|headset]] with a [[wireless microphone]] built for use in music.<ref name="Alexandra Pollard">{{cite web |last1=Pollard |first1=Alexandra |title=Your ultimate guide to the incredible Kate Bush |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/32730/1/a-z-guide-to-kate-bush |website=Dazed |date=8 September 2016 |publisher=dazeddigital.com |access-date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211183904/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/32730/1/a-z-guide-to-kate-bush |url-status=live }}</ref> For her [[The Tour of Life|Tour of Life]] in 1979, she had a compact [[microphone]] combined with a self-made construction of wire [[clothes hanger]]s, so that she did not have to use a hand microphone. Having her hands free allowed Bush to dance her rehearsed choreography of [[expressionist dance]] on the concert stage and sing with a microphone at the same time. Her idea was later adopted by other artists such as [[Janet Jackson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Mehr|first=Bob|title=Review: Janet Jackson offers spectacle and intimacy at FedExForum concert|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2017/12/07/review-janet-jackson-offers-spectacle-and-intimacy-fedexforum-concert/927530001/|url-access=limited|access-date=29 July 2021|website=The Commercial Appeal|language=en-US|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122105151/https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2017/12/07/review-janet-jackson-offers-spectacle-and-intimacy-fedexforum-concert/927530001/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Madonna]] and [[Peter Gabriel]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Laborey|first=Claire|url=https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/082765-000-A/kate-bush-stimmgewaltig-und-exzentrisch/|title=Kate Bush – Stimmgewaltig und exzentrisch|trans-title=Kate Bush – Vocally powerful and eccentric|publisher=[[Arte]] France|language=de|year= 2019 |access-date=21 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921211131/https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/082765-000-A/kate-bush-stimmgewaltig-und-exzentrisch/|archive-date=21 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Influence==
[[File:Kate bush most wuthering heights day Melbourne Australia 2016 Fans.jpg|alt=Fans at the Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever in Melbourne Australia, 2016.|thumb|Bush fans at [[The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, in 2016]]
According to [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', Bush's "shadow looms so large that whenever a female singer-songwriter emerges who is even remotely out of the ordinary, it's only a matter of time before someone, fairly or otherwise, mentions Bush".<ref>{{cite web |title='Ooh, yeah, you're amazing!' The wonder of Kate Bush – and 10 tracks to delight new listeners |date=2022-06-07 |website=[[The Guardian]] |author=[[Alexis Petridis]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204183256/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/07/ooh-yeah-youre-amazing-the-wonder-of-kate-bush-and-10-tracks-to-delight-new-listeners |archive-date=2023-02-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/07/ooh-yeah-youre-amazing-the-wonder-of-kate-bush-and-10-tracks-to-delight-new-listeners}}</ref>

Musicians who have acknowledged Bush's influence include [[Björk]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=2023-07-11 |title=ANOHNI and Björk Talk Soul Music, Lou Reed, and Climate Collapse |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/anohni-and-bjork-talk-soul-music-lou-reed-and-climate-collapse |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Alanis Morissette]],<ref>{{cite web | url= https://nz.news.yahoo.com/alanis-morissette-says-kate-bush-160705861.html | title= Alanis Morissette says Kate Bush inspired her to sing | work=yahoo! news | date=26 August 2020 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> [[Nigel Godrich]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000my63 | title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Guy Garvey's Finest Hour, Hounds of Love at 35 - A Kate Bush Special | access-date=8 June 2022 | archive-date=8 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608110022/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000my63 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Florence Welch]], [[Fever Ray]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/mar/31/kate-bush-inspires-female-artists | title=This woman's work: How Kate Bush inspires female artists | newspaper=The Guardian | quote=a wave of solo female artists followed – from Florence Welch to Fever Ray – all happy to namecheck Bush as an influence | date=31 March 2010 | last1=Ablaze! | first1=Karren }}</ref> [[Big Boi]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=November 3, 2023 |title=Read Big Boi's Speech Inducting Kate Bush Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/read-big-bois-speech-inducting-kate-bush-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023/ |website=Pitchfork}}</ref>  [[Regina Spektor]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Aidin Vaziri|url=http://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-guide-to-Regina-Spektor-s-album-Far-3212219.php|title=A guide to Regina Spektor's album 'Far'|date=25 October 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=3 November 2017|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001319/https://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-guide-to-Regina-Spektor-s-album-Far-3212219.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Teddy Sinclair]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pamela |date=14 August 2011 |title=Exclusive Interview: Natalia Kills Speaks to GTS |url=http://girlstalkinsmack.com/exclusive-interview-natalia-kills-speaks-gts/ |website=Girlstalkinsmack.com |access-date=17 August 2011 |archive-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914113209/http://girlstalkinsmack.com/exclusive-interview-natalia-kills-speaks-gts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fiona Apple]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pelly |first1=Jenn |title=Fiona Apple on How She Broke Free and Made the Album of the Year |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/fiona-apple-interview/ |website=Pitchfork |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=2 July 2025 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122004115/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/fiona-apple-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Imogen Heap]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/why-we-love-kate-bush-by-the-musicians-she-s-influenced-9670978.html | title=Why we love Kate Bush, by the musicians she's influenced | date=19 August 2014|work=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> [[Sharon Van Etten]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/01/an-old-strain-of-english-magic-had-returned-stars-on-why-they-fell-in-love-with-kate-bush |title='An old strain of English magic had returned': stars on why they fell in love with Kate Bush |first=Rachel|last= Aroesti|date=1 July 2022 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> [[Ellie Goulding]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Kathy Iandoli |url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/09/exclusive-ellie-goulding-talks-subliminal-diss-songs/ |title=Exclusive: Ellie Goulding Talks Subliminal Songs – 'People Shouldn't Believe What They've Been Hearing' |date=12 September 2014 |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |quote=I want to write about being really inspired by Kate Bush more recently|access-date=24 January 2017 |archive-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622200736/http://www.vibe.com/2014/09/exclusive-ellie-goulding-talks-subliminal-diss-songs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kyros (band)|Kyros]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=16 February 2017 |url=https://originalrock.net/2016/10/17/interview-kyros-talk-latest-single/ |date=17 October 2016 |title=Interview: Kyros talk latest single |website=OriginalRock.net |archive-date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214045051/https://originalrock.net/2016/10/17/interview-kyros-talk-latest-single/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Aisles]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=16 February 2017 |url=http://www.justincaseradio.com/prog-topics/prog-interviews/215-german-vergara-from-aisles-chile |title=GERMAN VERGARA from AISLES (Chile) |website=Justincaseradio.com |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216142302/http://www.justincaseradio.com/prog-topics/prog-interviews/215-german-vergara-from-aisles-chile |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[FKA Twigs]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meredith |first1=Kyle |title=FKA Twigs: "I'm not that much of a serious person. I'm a Capricorn. I just get on with it. " |url=https://www.lpm.org/music/2020-01-07/fka-twigs-im-not-that-much-of-a-serious-person-im-a-capricorn-i-just-get-on-with-it |website=Louisville Public Media|date=7 January 2020 }}</ref>  [[Neil Hannon]] of [[The Divine Comedy (band)|the Divine Comedy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.katebushnews.com/2019/07/30/neil-hannon-divine-comedy-talks-to-hmv-podcast-about-his-inspiration-kate-bush/ |title=Neil Hannon talks to HMV podcast about his inspiration Kate Bush |publisher=KateBushNews.com |date=30 July 2019 |last=Twomey |first=Seán |access-date=10 November 2020 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110185016/https://www.katebushnews.com/2019/07/30/neil-hannon-divine-comedy-talks-to-hmv-podcast-about-his-inspiration-kate-bush/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Grimes]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3AMBGV4xI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/sp3AMBGV4xI| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=Grimes At Lollapalooza 2016| date=17 August 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=16 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Solange Knowles]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2020|first=Nikki|last=Ogunnaike|date=25 April 2017|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a44767/solange-coachella-interview/|title=Solange Wants To Redefine "Classic"|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802230215/https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a44767/solange-coachella-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Julia Holter]],<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.musicradar.com/news/julia-holter-interview | title= Julia Holter on the Yamaha CS-60, Kate Bush and the parallels between composition and production: "So much of production is thinking about organising sounds in a similar way to on a sheet of music" |quote=Kate Bush’s productions in particular influenced me | work=MusicRadar | first=Kate | last=Puttick | date=8 March 2024 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> [[Angel Olsen]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2019-10-22 |title=Angel Olsen on Her Dazzling New LP, Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/angel-olsen-all-mirrors-crazy-cat-lady-901457/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323063512/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/angel-olsen-all-mirrors-crazy-cat-lady-901457/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=Halsey: "No amount of experience makes you invincible to trends" |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/halsey-interview-reading-leeds-kate-bush-3302523 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Tupac Shakur]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=How Kate Bush inspired a generation of hip-hop artists |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-kate-bush-inspired-a-generation-of-hip-hop-artists/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bay 777 |first=Vinyl |date=2017-09-13 |title=Five Facts about Tupac Shakur's Legendary Music and Career |url=https://medium.com/@vinylbay777/five-facts-about-tupac-shakurs-legendary-music-and-career-cd1a1969ef94 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> [[Robyn]],<ref>{{cite web |date=May 22, 2018 |first=Leah |last=Greenblatt |title=Robyn talks new album, old influences in New York lecture series &mdash; then crashes a dance party in Brooklyn |quote=a move heavily influenced, she admitted, by Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting"|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/05/22/robyn-red-bull-new-music-new-york/ |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618092309/https://ew.com/music/2018/05/22/robyn-red-bull-new-music-new-york/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Caroline Polachek]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Simpson|first=Ashley|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/caroline-polachek-tour-dua-lipa-2022-interview|title=Caroline Polachek Will Forever Be an Alt Girl at Heart|magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]]|date=May 20, 2022|access-date=December 6, 2022|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206112547/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/caroline-polachek-tour-dua-lipa-2022-interview|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="h875">{{cite web | last=D'Souza | first=Shaad | title=Caroline Polachek: 'Seeing Fiona Apple and Björk succeed without compromise felt so aspirational' | website=the Guardian | date=2023-01-13 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/caroline-polachek-on-pop-privacy-and-imperfection-i-wanted-undeniable-anthemic-diva-moments | access-date=2024-05-12 | archive-date=13 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113224516/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/caroline-polachek-on-pop-privacy-and-imperfection-i-wanted-undeniable-anthemic-diva-moments | url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Chappell Roan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Kate |title=Interview with Chappell Roan |url=https://idreamofvinyl.com/2020/05/07/interview-with-chappell-roan/ |website=I Dream of Vinyl |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625092652/https://idreamofvinyl.com/2020/05/07/interview-with-chappell-roan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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In 2015, [[Adele]] stated that the release of her third studio album ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]'' was inspired by Bush's 2014 comeback to the stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/02/adele-kate-bush-inspired-my-comeback |title=Adele: Kate Bush inspired my comeback |work=The Guardian |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801024825/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/02/adele-kate-bush-inspired-my-comeback |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nerina Pallot]] was inspired to become a songwriter after seeing Bush play "[[This Woman's Work]]" on ''[[Wogan]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7503628/Nerina-Pallot-Cowell-Minogue-and-me.html |title=Nerina Pallot: Cowell, Minogue and me |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 April 2010 |last=Sawer |first=Patrick |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903145633/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7503628/Nerina-Pallot-Cowell-Minogue-and-me.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush was described by ''The Guardian'' as an "early role model" for [[Dido (singer)|Dido]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/03/1 |title=Classic examples (Dido Interview) |first=Will |last=Hodginson |work=The Guardian |date=3 October 2003 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209080358/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/03/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Australian singer-songwriter [[Sia]] described Bush as one of the "weird" artists she "grew up with", along with [[Adam Ant]], [[Boy George]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/31/sia-everyone-in-entertainment-is-insecure-observer-music-interview | title=Sia: 'Everyone in entertainment is insecure. We've been dancing our entire lives for your approval' | newspaper=The Observer | quote=I grew up with these weirdos: Kate Bush, Adam Ant, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper. I want to help show that little people can express themselves in a non-sexual way, but still be extremely expressive|date=31 January 2016 | last1=Mossman | first1=Kate }}</ref> [[k.d. lang]] named Bush as one of the artists she was listening to when she was starting to write songs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kd-lang-in-the-end-i-knew-it-would-all-come-back-to-the-music-and-it-did-2298353.html |title=KD Lang: 'In the end, I knew it would all come back to the music. And it did' |work=The Independent |first=Fiona|last=Sturges|date=17 June 2011 |access-date=2 January 2017 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922000257/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kd-lang-in-the-end-i-knew-it-would-all-come-back-to-the-music-and-it-did-2298353.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jack Antonoff]] has described Bush as an artist he listens to when he writes songs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: 'I'm drawn to female artists who are brutally honest' {{!}} Pop and rock {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/09/taylor-swift-producer-jack-antonoff-im-drawn-to-female-artists-who-are-brutally-honest |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=amp.theguardian.com |date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018184654/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/09/taylor-swift-producer-jack-antonoff-im-drawn-to-female-artists-who-are-brutally-honest |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]] described Bush as "a major influence on a lot of [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]'s album tracks".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/489182/Erasure-singer-Andy-Bell-s-favourite-albums |title=Blondie, Kate Bush and Siouxsie & The Banshees: Andy Bell's favourite albums |work=Daily Express |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115020051/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/489182/Erasure-singer-Andy-Bell-s-favourite-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> When [[Little Boots]] was asked about female producers or songwriters that have inspired her, she highlighted Bush for "how involved she got with the studio side as well as the performance".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-little-boots/ |title=Interview: Little Boots |work=[[M (magazine)|M]] |date=26 June 2014 |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819131852/http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-little-boots/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kate Nash]] described Bush as "really amazing and really inspirational".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houseoftracks.tv/interviews/kate-nash-interview/|title=Kate Nash Interview|work=House of Tracks TV|author1=David Apple|author2=Dedee W.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819131708/http://www.houseoftracks.tv/interviews/kate-nash-interview/|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> [[Bat for Lashes]] also called her "a real inspiration".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/06/09/bat-lashes-redux |title=Bat for Lashes Redux |work=Out |date=6 September 2009 |first=Noah |last=Michelson |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082957/http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/06/09/bat-lashes-redux |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tegan and Sara]] called Bush a "huge influence" on them when they were growing up in the 1980s,<ref>{{cite web |author=Erin Lyndal Martin |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11414-tegan-sara-interview |title=Shock To Your System: Tegan Of Tegan & Sara Interviewed |date=18 February 2013 |work=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160303083121/http://thequietus.com/articles/11414-tegan-sara-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Sky Ferreira]] named her when asked about her "primary influences" from that decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.instyle.com/news/sky-ferreira-channeling-madonna-and-why-blondes-have-more-fun |title=Sky Ferreira on Channeling Madonna and Why Blondes Have More Fun |first=Claire |last=Stern |magazine=InStyle |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061112/http://www.instyle.com/news/sky-ferreira-channeling-madonna-and-why-blondes-have-more-fun |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]] named Bush as one of the female artists who made success possible for artists like her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/rosal%C3%ADa-shouts-out-lauryn-hill-kate-bush-and-more-women-during-latin-grammy-speech |title=Rosalía Shouts-Out Lauryn Hill, Kate Bush And More Women During Latin GRAMMY Speech |work=The Grammys |date=15 November 2018 |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403152335/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/rosal%C3%ADa-shouts-out-lauryn-hill-kate-bush-and-more-women-during-latin-grammy-speech |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Beverley Craven]] acknowledged that when she was beginning to write songs, she was "trying to sound like Kate Bush".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|title=Beverley's back!|publisher=BBC|first=Katy|last=Lewis|date=23 March 2007|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110125433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tim Bowness]] of [[No-Man]] named Bush as one of his early influences.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 February 2017 |url=http://www.terrorverlag.com/interviews/tim-bowness/ |title=Tim Bowness |first=Mike |last=Dostert |date=3 July 2014 |website=Terrorverlag.com |archive-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205102222/http://www.terrorverlag.com/interviews/tim-bowness/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

[[Elton John]] cited Bush's duet with [[Peter Gabriel]], "Don't Give Up", for helping him to become sober, particularly Bush's lyric, "Rest your head. You worry too much. It's going to be all right. When times get rough you can fall back on us. Don't give up." He stated, "she [Bush] played a big part in my rebirth."<ref>{{cite news |title=Elton John Reveals Kate Bush Song 'Saved His Life' |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elton-john/elton-john-reveals-kate-bush-song-saved-his-life/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Smooth Radio |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618092631/https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elton-john/elton-john-reveals-kate-bush-song-saved-his-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After doing a duet with Bush in 2011, John praised her talents as a musician, stating "I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum. She was groundbreaking – a bit like a female equivalent of [[Freddie Mercury]]. She does come out socially sometimes and she came to my civil partnership occasion with her husband. There were so many stars in the room, but all the musicians there were only interested in saying, 'You've got to introduce me to Kate Bush.' I remember Boy George saying, 'Oh my God, is that Kate Bush?' I said, 'Yeah!'."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/elton-john-soundtrack-my-life | title=Elton John: Soundtrack of my life | first=Leah | last=Harper | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=31 August 2013 | access-date=2 July 2025 | archive-date=6 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806182223/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/elton-john-soundtrack-my-life | url-status=live }}</ref>

Bush was one of the singers whom [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] thanked in the liner notes of 1991's ''[[Diamonds and Pearls]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Diamonds and Pearls by Prince – liner notes – section Thanks |publisher=Paisley Park, Warner Bros |date=1991}}</ref> [[Kirk Hammett]] of [[Metallica]] listed Bush as one of the influences on ''[[Master of Puppets]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 things you didn't know about Metallica's Master of Puppets |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-metallicas-master-puppets |website=Revolver Mag |date=March 2018 |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809120619/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-metallicas-master-puppets |url-status=live }}</ref> According to an unauthorised biography, [[Courtney Love]] of [[Hole (band)|Hole]] listened to Bush among other artists as a teenager.<ref>{{cite book|first=Poppy Z. |last=Brite |author-link=Poppy Z. Brite |title=[[Courtney Love: The Real Story]] |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1997 |isbn=0-684-84800-7|page=45}}</ref> [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] of [[Massive Attack]] wrote an article about ''The Kick Inside'', saying: "Her music has always sounded like dreamland to me.... I don't believe in God, but if I did, her music would be my bible".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Last Night a Record Changed my Life |magazine=Mojo |date=July 2003}}</ref> [[John Lydon]], better known as Johnny Rotten of the [[Sex Pistols]], declared her work to be "beauty beyond belief".<ref name="Queens" /> Rotten once wrote a song for her, titled "Bird in Hand" (about exploitation of parrots) that Bush rejected.<ref>{{cite journal |title=An Audience With John Lydon |first=John |last=Lewis |journal=Uncut |date=December 2007}}</ref> In 1999, [[VH1]] named Bush the 46th-greatest woman in rock and roll.<ref>{{cite web |date=1999 |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/vh1women.htm |access-date=23 October 2017 |via=RockOnTheNet.com |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007031845/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/vh1women.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Marianne Faithfull]] mentioned Bush's four-octave range should be regarded as a "national treasure". "My favourite instrument in the whole world is the human female voice, and Kate Bush is one of the reasons why. It is, by far, a [[Stradivarius]]," Faithfull says. "Which is why she rarely deals with the press or isn't in a rush to record. She's one of the few who can be above all that."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/a-stradivarius-voice-sings/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223121626/http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/a-stradivarius-voice-sings/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013|title=The incomparable Kate Bush|quotation=Few pop stars are as cerebral about making music as Kate Bush |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> [[Enya]] praised Bush in a similar manner: "When you think of Kate Bush, you think of the music, not the headlines."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peretti |first1=Jacques |title=Enya talks about her new album And Winter Came |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3562058/Enya-talks-about-her-new-album-And-Winter-Came.html |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> [[Rufus Wainwright]] named Bush one of his top ten gay icons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/12/popandrock.rufuswainwright |title=Gay icons |work=[[The Observer]] |date=12 November 2006 |first=Rufus |last=Wainwright |location=London |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-date=24 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224145451/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0%2C%2C1942438%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside music, Bush has been an inspiration to several fashion designers, including [[Hussein Chalayan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/heroes--villains-hussein-chalayan-on-kate-bush-1530348.html |title=Hussein Chalayan on Kate Bush |work=[[The Independent]] |date=12 February 2005 |last=Chalayan |first=Hussein |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925051259/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/heroes--villains-hussein-chalayan-on-kate-bush-1530348.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998 an [[asteroid]] was named after Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27052;orb=1 |title=27052 Katebush (1998 SN13) |work=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov |date=21 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511071017/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27052;orb=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=27052 |title=(27052) Katebush = 1998 SN13 = 2000 CJ103 |work=minorplanetcenter.net |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002072745/http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=27052 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, French record producer [[Guilhem Gallart|Pone]], who is paralysed from [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], released ''Kate & Me'', an entire album created from samples of Kate Bush's work.<ref name=Guardian20200214/> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', it's the "first album in history to be entirely produced through an eye-tracking device".<ref name=Guardian20200214>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/14/pone-paralysed-producer-making-music-with-his-eyes |title=Pone: the paralysed producer making music with his eyes |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Anaïs|last=Brémond|date=14 February 2020 |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204104/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/14/pone-paralysed-producer-making-music-with-his-eyes |url-status=live }}</ref> Pone declares that Bush is the greatest artist of the past 40 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://kateandme.73bpm.com/ |title=Kate and Me |work=kateandme.73bpm.com/ |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221075545/http://kateandme.73bpm.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Pone reiterated the experience in June 2021 by publishing ''Listen And Donate''. An EP composed of four tracks including two originals by Pone, still based on samples of Kate Bush's work, and two remixes produced by [[SCH (rapper)|SCH]] and [[Para One]]. [[JR (artist)|JR]] signs the visual part of the project. The goal is to raise funds for the Trakadom association, created by Pone and two doctors in collaboration with the intensive care unit of the hospital of [[Nîmes]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clique.tv/listen-and-donate-pone/ |title=LISTEN AND DONATE : Atteint de la maladie de Charcot, Pone lance un projet musical et caritatif dont le visuel est signé JR |work=clique.tv |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203222/https://www.clique.tv/listen-and-donate-pone/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[Grazia]]'' magazine conducted an interview with UK Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]. When asked about the five most influential women in his life, Johnson placed Kate Bush at the fifth spot after deliberating between nominating [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and Bush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/boris-johnson-inspiring-women/|title=From Malala To Kate Bush: The Five Women Who Have Shaped Boris Johnson's Life|first=Phoebe|last=Clarker|website=Grazia|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314201639/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/boris-johnson-inspiring-women|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to her music, her dancing has been critically acclaimed and proven influential, as well as enduring in the popular consciousness. Critics have noted her "pioneering synthesis of music and movement"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/10468/when-kate-bush-turned-her-hand-to-filmmaking|title=When Kate Bush Turned Her Hand to Filmmaking|date=5 January 2018|website=AnOther|first=Liam|last=Hess|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924152328/https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/10468/when-kate-bush-turned-her-hand-to-filmmaking|url-status=live}}</ref> and called her work "modern dance at its most powerful".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/11/23/kate-bush-interview-before-the-dawn|title=Kate Bush Speaks|first=Owen|last=Myers|website=The FADER|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108104757/http://www.thefader.com/2016/11/23/kate-bush-interview-before-the-dawn|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Prix Benois de la Danse]] winner [[Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui]] credits her dancing as a formative influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/08/sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-why-i-love-kate-bush|title=Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, dancer: why I love Kate Bush|date=8 April 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Andrew|last=Dickson|access-date=4 May 2021|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190646/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/08/sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-why-i-love-kate-bush|url-status=live}}</ref> For the recurring [[The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever]] event, thousands of people gather worldwide to recreate her dance routine from the "Wuthering Heights" music video—the outside version where Bush is seen dancing "out in the wily, windy moors", adorned with flowers and a flowy red dress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/thousands-to-embody-kate-bush-in-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-20160708-gq1bxx.html|title=Thousands to embody Kate Bush in Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever|first=Nicole|last=Precel|date=9 July 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209224722/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/thousands-to-embody-kate-bush-in-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-20160708-gq1bxx.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 2018|title=Kate Bush fans mark 'Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever' – in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2018/jul/14/kate-bush-fans-mark-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-in-pictures|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613091416/https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2018/jul/14/kate-bush-fans-mark-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-in-pictures|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 July 2018|title=Watch as hundreds of Kate Bush fans re-create her 'Wuthering Heights' video across the world|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-fans-recreate-wuthering-heights-2354714|access-date=21 April 2021|work=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515000437/https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-fans-recreate-wuthering-heights-2354714|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Live performances==
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[[File:Hammersmith Apollo, London 05.JPG|thumb|Bush's [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] concerts in 2014 at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]] in London sold out in 15 minutes.]]
Bush's only tour, the Tour of Life, ran for six weeks in April and May 1979, covering Britain and mainland Europe.<ref name="Thomson-2010" /> The [[BBC]] suggested that she may have quit touring due to a [[fear of flying]], or because of the death of a lighting engineer, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident after a warmup concert.<ref name="BBC News-2014" /> Mercer, who signed Bush to EMI, said touring was "just too hard ... I think [Bush] liked it but the equation didn't work ... I could see at the end of the show that she was completely wiped out."<ref name="Thomson-2010" /> Bush described the tour as "enormously enjoyable" but "absolutely exhausting".<ref name="BBC News-2014" />

During the same period as the Tour of Life, Bush performed on television programs including ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' in the UK, ''[[Bio's Bahnhof]]'' in Germany, and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the United States (performing "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]" with [[Paul Shaffer]] on piano, and later in the programme, "[[Them Heavy People]]"), which remains her only live performance in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush Smiles in Her New Red Shoes |last=Gambaccini |first=Paul |date=24 November 1993 |work=New York Press}}</ref> On 28 December 1979, BBC TV aired the ''Kate Bush Christmas Special''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1427061/ |title=Kate: Kate Bush Christmas Special 1979 |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210234552/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1427061/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 1982, Bush participated in the first benefit concert in aid of [[The Prince's Trust]], singing "The Wedding List" with a backing band composed of [[Pete Townshend]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Midge Ure]], [[Mick Karn]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Dave Formula]], and [[Peter Hope Evans]]. The performance was later released on VHS video, Laserdisc and CED disc. She performed live for British charity event [[Comic Relief]] in 1986, singing "Do Bears... ?", a humorous duet with [[Rowan Atkinson]], and a rendition of "Breathing".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/25/the-10-best-kate-bush-moments |title=The 10 best Kate Bush moments |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=25 August 2014 |website=The Guardian |language=en |access-date=21 May 2018 |archive-date=22 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522180906/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/25/the-10-best-kate-bush-moments |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 1987, Bush sang "Running Up That Hill" at [[The Secret Policeman's Balls|The Secret Policeman's Third Ball]] accompanied by [[David Gilmour]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-kate-bush-and-david-gilmour-play-running-up-that-hill-35066/ |title=Flashback: Kate Bush and David Gilmour Play Together in 1987 |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=10 November 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=16 October 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125924/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-kate-bush-and-david-gilmour-play-running-up-that-hill-35066/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She appeared with Gilmour again in 2002, singing the Pink Floyd song "[[Comfortably Numb]]" at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London.<ref name="Bush Gilmour">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-david-gilmour-and-kate-bush-sing-comfortably-numb-53422/ |title=Flashback: David Gilmour & Kate Bush Duet |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=21 March 2013 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=16 October 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125943/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-david-gilmour-and-kate-bush-sing-comfortably-numb-53422/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bush returned to headline performance with a 22-night residency, [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]], which ran from 26 August to 1 October 2014 at the [[London]] [[Hammersmith Apollo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/21/kate-bush-announces-first-series-of-shows-since-1979 |title=Kate Bush announces first live shows since 1979 |date=21 March 2014 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140321102643/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/21/kate-bush-announces-first-series-of-shows-since-1979 |url-status=live }}</ref> The set list<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://consequence.net/2014/08/kate-bushs-first-concert-in-35-years-setlist-photos/ |title=Kate Bush's first concert in 35 years: setlist + photos |author=Alex Young |magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]] |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321094128/https://consequence.net/2014/08/kate-bushs-first-concert-in-35-years-setlist-photos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> encompassed most of ''Hounds of Love'' featuring the entire Ninth Wave suite, most of ''Aerial'' featuring the entire An Endless Sky of Honey suite including new song "Tawny Moon", two songs from ''The Red Shoes'', and one song from ''50 Words for Snow''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28939245 |title=Kate Bush comeback greeted with huge cheers |author=Tim Masters |work=BBC News |date=26 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826213954/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28939245 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Collaborations==
Bush provided vocals on two of Peter Gabriel's albums, including the hits "[[Games Without Frontiers (song)|Games Without Frontiers]]" and "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]", as well as "[[No Self Control (Peter Gabriel song)|No Self-Control]]".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a341195/kate-bush-replaced-dolly-parton-on-dont-give-up-peter-gabriel-says.html | title= Kate Bush replaced Dolly Parton on 'Don't Give Up', Peter Gabriel says | work= Digital Spy | date= 19 September 2011 | access-date= 28 September 2013 | archive-date= 22 February 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222125826/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a341195/kate-bush-replaced-dolly-parton-on-dont-give-up-peter-gabriel-says.html | url-status= live }}</ref> Gabriel appeared on Bush's 1979 television special, where they sang a duet of [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]'s "[[Another Day (Roy Harper song)|Another Day]]".<ref>{{cite web |first1=Andy |last1=Mabbett |url=http://www.birmingham-alive.com/reviewpage.asp?reviewid=43 |title=Roy Harper, Rock Cafe 2000, Stourbridge |date=30 January 2005 |website=Birmingham Alive! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213053549/http://www.birmingham-alive.com/reviewpage.asp?reviewid=43 |archive-date=13 February 2008 }}</ref> She has sung on two Roy Harper tracks, "You", on his 1979 album, "The Unknown Soldier"; and "Once", the title track of his 1990 album. She has also sung on the title song of the 1986 [[Big Country]] album ''[[The Seer (Big Country album)|The Seer]];'' 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 (Go West song)|The King Is Dead]]"; and two songs with [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – "Why Should I Love You?", from her 1993 album ''The Red Shoes'', and "My Computer" from Prince's 1996 album ''[[Emancipation (Prince album)|Emancipation]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/emancipation-mw0000603834|title=''Emancipation'' – Prince|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=13 June 2022|archive-date=13 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613131822/https://www.allmusic.com/album/emancipation-mw0000603834|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1987, she sang a verse on the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] cover charity single "[[Let It Be (Ferry Aid song)|Let It Be]]" by [[Ferry Aid]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/popmagzuk/cafe80s/artists/fer01c.jpg |title=Recording of 'Let it Be' |magazine=[[Smash Hits]] |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515195258/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/popmagzuk/cafe80s/artists/fer01c.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1990, Bush produced a song for another artist, [[Alan Stivell]]'s "Kimiad" for his album ''[[Again (Alan Stivell album)|Again]]''; this is the only time she has done this to date. Stivell had appeared on ''The Sensual World''. In 1991, Bush was invited to perform a cover of [[Elton John]]'s 1972 song "[[Rocket Man/Candle in the Wind|Rocket Man]]" for the tribute album ''[[Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin]]''. In 2007 Bush's cover won ''[[The Observer]]'' readers' award for Greatest Cover of all time.<ref name="Observer">{{Cite news |title=The top 50 greatest covers as voted by you |work=The Observer |url=http://observer.theguardian.com/omm/ttremastered/story/0%2C%2C2166706%2C00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811180206/http://observer.theguardian.com/omm/ttremastered/story/0%2C%2C2166706%2C00.html |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref> In 2011, Elton John collaborated with Bush once again in "Snowed in at Wheeler Street" for her most recent album ''[[50 Words for Snow]]''. In 1994, Bush covered [[George Gershwin]]'s "[[The Man I Love (song)|The Man I Love]]" for the tribute album ''[[The Glory of Gershwin]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000626294 |title=The Glory of Gershwin - Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108182915/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000626294 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, Bush contributed a version of "''[[Mná na hÉireann]]''" (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 [[phonetical singing|learned to do phonetically]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mna Na h-Éireann |work=Hot Press |date=29 May 1996}}</ref>

Artists who have contributed to Bush's own albums include Elton John, [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], [[Nigel Kennedy]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Danny Thompson]], and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/kate-bush-her-31-uk-singles-from-worst-to-best/|title=Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best|date=29 November 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=20 June 2022|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821020411/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/kate-bush-her-31-uk-singles-from-worst-to-best/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bush provided backing vocals for a song that was recorded during the 1990s titled ''Wouldn't Change a Thing'' by Lionel Azulay, the drummer with the original band that was later to become the KT Bush Band. The song, which was engineered and produced by Del Palmer, was released on Azulay's album ''Out of the Ashes''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2008/08/lost-kate-vocal-performance-surfaces-on-itunes/ |title=Lost Kate Vocal Performance surfaces on iTunes! |publisher=KateBushNews.com |date=26 August 2008 |last=Twomey |first=Seán |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326130827/http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2008/08/lost-kate-vocal-performance-surfaces-on-itunes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush declined a request by [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] to produce one of their albums because, according to [[Vince Clarke]], "she didn't feel that that was her area".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01240-erasure-wanted-to-work-with-kate-bush |title=Erasure & Kate Bush: The Lost Collaboration |work=[[The Quietus]] |date=4 March 2009 |access-date=6 March 2009 |archive-date=16 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716022302/http://thequietus.com/articles/01240-erasure-wanted-to-work-with-kate-bush |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kate has also worked with the ethnic bulgarian group [[Trio Bulgarka]]. They provided the backing vocals on the songs: "Deeper Understanding",<ref name="www.youtube.com">{{Cite web |title=- YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChPSChCw8w |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.youtube.com |archive-date=12 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112130545/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChPSChCw8w |url-status=live }}</ref> "Never Be Mine",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2011-03-14 |title=A Classic Kate Bush Interview: Exploring The Sensual World |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/rocks-backpages/kate-bush-interview/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230160520/https://thequietus.com/interviews/rocks-backpages/kate-bush-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "Rocket's Tail"<ref>{{Cite web |others=In the first 36 seconds of the video you can hear and see Bush along with Trio Bulgarka working on the track "Rocket's Tail" |title=Kate Bush with The Trio Bulgarka (Rhythms Of The World, 1989) |website=[[YouTube]] |date=3 May 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME123ohc-VI}}</ref> from Bush's album "[[The Sensual World]]" in 1989. They also make an appearance in her 1993 album "The Red Shoes" in the songs "You're The One",<ref name="www.youtube.com" /> The Song of Solomon",<ref name="www.youtube.com" /> and "Why Should I Love You".<ref name="www.youtube.com" /> Bush revealed that she was introduced to the group 3 years prior to the making of "The Sensual World" by her brother, Paddy, who is interested in cultural music.<ref name="YouTube-2022">{{Cite web |title=Kate Bush with Trio Bulgarka - Interview (1988 Rhythms of the World - Version 2) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=7 July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um3fQKDdtMY}}</ref> She also addressed the language barrier by saying that despite the more difficult process, the connection feels more genuine because it's an emotional bond rather than intellectual one.<ref name="YouTube-2022" /><ref>This is not a direct quote from Bush,but a rephrasing of what she has said(her actual words provided on the previous reference)</ref>

==Personal life==
Bush and guitarist Danny McIntosh have a son, Albert McIntosh, known as Bertie, born in 1998,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweeney |first1=Eamon |title=Why Kate Bush is so proud of her Irish roots |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-kate-bush-is-so-proud-of-her-irish-roots-30120956.html |work=independent |date=24 March 2014 |language=en |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218233908/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-kate-bush-is-so-proud-of-her-irish-roots-30120956.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11059514/Kate-Bush-how-Bertie-inspired-my-comeback.html |title=Kate Bush: how Bertie inspired my comeback| archive-url=https://archive.today/20230301094534/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11059514/Kate-Bush-how-Bertie-inspired-my-comeback.html |archive-date=1 March 2023|work= Daily Telegraph|first= Anita|last= Singh|date= 27 August 2014}}</ref> although whether they are married is unknown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/mcintosh-danny/ | title=McIntosh, Danny - Kate Bush Encyclopedia | date=19 September 2017 }}</ref> From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Bush was in a relationship with bassist and sound engineer [[Del Palmer]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |title=Kate Bush: The Return of the Recluse |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2 October 2005 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kate-bush-return-of-the-recluse-316516.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013070822/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article316516.ece |archive-date=13 October 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Bush is a former resident of [[Eltham, London|Eltham]] in southeast London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous People of Eltham |work=Elthamse9.co.uk |url=http://www.elthamse9.co.uk/tourismpostings.php?id=9369 |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423091857/http://www.elthamse9.co.uk/tourismpostings.php?id=9369#.UHwTrFLjoRo |archive-date=23 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 1990s she moved to a canalside residence in [[Sulhamstead]], Berkshire, and bought a second home in [[Devon]] in 2004.<ref name="War of Wuthering Heights" /> Bush is a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Kate Bush talks Vegetarianism |series=Delia Smith's Cookery Course |network=[[BBC]] |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7UFXa4XYIQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/s7UFXa4XYIQ| archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Russell |first=John |title=Kate Bush's Thoughts on Vegetarianism |work=John Russell's Home Page |url=http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/kate_bus.htm |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115614/http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/kate_bus.htm |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bush was raised a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. In 1999, she said:

{{blockquote|I would never say I was a strict follower of Roman Catholic belief, but a lot of images are in there; they have to be; they're so strong. Such powerful, beautiful, passionate images! There's a lot of suffering in Roman Catholicism. I think I'm looking for not necessarily religion, but ways of helping myself to become more understanding, more complete, a happier person ... But I really don't think I've found a niche.{{r|Q magazine}}}}

The length of time between albums has led to rumours concerning Bush's health or appearance.<ref name="LittleMiss" /><ref>{{cite news |title=The Return of a Sultry Songstress |work=[[The New York Sun]] |date=8 November 2005 |last=Ziegler |first=Mollie}}</ref> In 2011, she told [[BBC Radio 4]] that the amount of time between albums was stressful: "It's very frustrating the albums take as long as they do&nbsp;... I wish there weren't such big gaps between them". In the same interview, she denied that she was a perfectionist, saying: "I think it's important that things are flawed&nbsp;... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise." She reiterated her prioritisation of her family life.<ref name="Radio4052011" />

Bush's son, Bertie, featured in her 2014 residency Before the Dawn. Her nephew Raven Bush was a violinist in the English indie band [[Syd Arthur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/15/new-band-syd-arthur|title=New band of the day – No 726: Syd Arthur|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=15 February 2010|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812225846/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/15/new-band-syd-arthur|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
Some of Bush's songs contain references to political and social themes, including "[[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]", which addresses the fear of [[nuclear warfare]] and "[[Army Dreamers]]", which examines the grief felt by mothers who lose children serving in the military during war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Kate-bush-breathing-lyrics|title=Kate Bush – Breathing (lyrics)|website=Genius Lyrics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415201240/https://genius.com/Kate-bush-breathing-lyrics|url-status=live|archive-date=15 April 2019}} Released 14 April 1980</ref> In a 1985 interview with ''[[The NewMusic]],'' Bush stated "I've never felt I've written from a political point of view, it's always been an emotional point of view that just happens to perhaps be a political situation."<ref name="children.ofthenight.org-politics">{{cite web |url=https://children.ofthenight.org/cloudbusting/subjects/politics.html |title=Cloudbusting -- Kate Bush In Her Own Words: Politics |date= |website=children.ofthenight.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426133822/https://children.ofthenight.org/cloudbusting/subjects/politics.html |archive-date=26 April 2005}}</ref>

During the [[1979 United Kingdom general election]] campaign, Bush, who at the time was on a live concert tour of the UK, posed for a photograph alongside the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Prime Minister [[James Callaghan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1711 |title=Crisis? What Crisis? The Callaghan Government and the British 'Winter of Discontent' |work=Reviews in history |date=January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508051923/https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1711 |url-status=live }}</ref> When asked about her political beliefs in a 1985 interview with ''[[Hot Press]]'', Bush replied that she preferred not to discuss how she voted and added "I don't feel I am a political thinker at all. I don't really understand politics."<ref name="children.ofthenight.org-politics" />

In [[The Comic Strip|''The Comic Strip Presents...'']] episode ''[[GLC: The Carnage Continues...]]'', she produced and sang on the theme song "Ken", a satirical take on how Hollywood glamourises and fictionalises political figures, in this particular case [[Ken Livingstone]], the former leader of the [[Greater London Council]], and the lyrics parodied the [[theme from Shaft|theme from ''Shaft'']].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bush Once Wrote A Song About Ken Livingstone |url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/kate-bush-once-wrote-a-song-about-ken-livingstone-88090 |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=1 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919090621/http://www.lbc.co.uk/kate-bush-once-wrote-a-song-about-ken-livingstone-88090 |archive-date=19 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/kate-bush-thinks-theresa-may-wonderful-and-its-not-first-time-shes-turned|title=Kate Bush thinks Theresa May is 'wonderful' - and it's not the first time she's turned political|website=[[New Statesman]]|first=Julia|last=Rampen|date=29 November 2016|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422212457/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/kate-bush-thinks-theresa-may-wonderful-and-its-not-first-time-shes-turned|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, the Canadian news magazine ''[[Maclean's]]'' published an interview in which Bush was asked about people being afraid of women holding political power. Bush pointed out that the UK, unlike the US, did have a female leader, [[Theresa May]], who a few months earlier had become Prime Minister. The interview quoted Bush as saying: "I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time ... It is great to have a woman in charge of the country. She's very sensible and I think that's a good thing at this point in time."<ref name="Beaumont-Thomas-2019" /> In 2019, Bush published a statement on her website saying that she was not a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] supporter, that she felt May was an improvement over the previous Prime Minister, and that she had intended only to defend women in power.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-says-she-does-not-support-tories-clarifying-2016-theresa-may-quote/|title = Kate Bush Says She Does Not Support Tories, Clarifying 2016 Theresa May Quote|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = 8 January 2019|access-date = 30 August 2021|archive-date = 30 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210830062228/https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-says-she-does-not-support-tories-clarifying-2016-theresa-may-quote/|url-status = live}}</ref>

In April 2021, Bush was one of 156 signatories of an [[open letter]] to Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] calling for a change in the wording of the [[Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988]] to make royalty payments for streaming closer to the amounts paid for radio broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/20/paul-mccartney-kate-bush-law-change-music-streaming-payment |title=Paul McCartney and Kate Bush lead call for change to music streaming payments|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 April 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506184710/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/20/paul-mccartney-kate-bush-law-change-music-streaming-payment |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2022, in her annual Christmas message, Bush expressed solidarity with [[2022 National Health Service strikes|nurses undertaking strike action]], stating that [[National Health Service|NHS]] nurses should be "appreciated and cherished".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=Kate |date=22 December 2022 |title=Merry Christmas |url=https://www.katebush.com/news/merry-christmas-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222140744/https://www.katebush.com/news/merry-christmas-0/ |archive-date=22 December 2022 |accessdate=22 December 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Kate Bush}}

==Discography==
{{Main|Kate Bush discography}}
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Lionheart (Kate Bush 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)
* ''[[Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)|Director's Cut]]'' (2011)
* ''[[50 Words for Snow]]'' (2011)
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==Tours==

;Concert tours
* [[The Tour of Life]] (1979)

;Concert residences
* [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] (2014)

==See also==
* [[List of British Grammy winners and nominees]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Bush |first=John Carder |title=Cathy |year=2014 |publisher=Sphere, London |isbn=978-0-7515-5989-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Bush |first=John Carder |title=Kate |year=2015 |publisher=Sphere, London |isbn=978-0-7515-5990-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Bush |first=Kate |title=How To Be Invisible |year=2018 |publisher=[[Faber and Faber|Faber & Faber]], London |isbn=978-0-571-35094-0}}
* {{cite book |last1=Cann |first1=Kevin |last2=Mayes |first2=Sean |author-link2=Sean Mayes |title=Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary |year=1988 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=0-7119-1039-1}}
* {{cite news |last=Doherty |first=Mike |title=This Bush's Mission Finally Gets Accomplished |date=22 December 2005 |work=[[National Post]] |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/artslife/story.html?id=dfad5a0f-0d32-4852-aab6-c6f3f7d74ac6&k=83898 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221512/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/artslife/story.html?id=dfad5a0f-0d32-4852-aab6-c6f3f7d74ac6&k=83898 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |last=Doyle |first=Tom |title='I'm Not Some Weirdo Recluse' |date=28 October 2005 |work=[[The Guardian]] |department=Music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/28/popandrock |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141001132234/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/28/popandrock |archive-date=1 October 2014 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Godwin |title=The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Kate Bush |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-894959-45-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Godwin |title=100 things you thought you knew about Kate Bush but were afraid to ask. |year=2014 |url=https://cgpublishing.com/kate.htm |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601140423/https://cgpublishing.com/kate.htm |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last=Jovanovic |first=Rob |title=Kate Bush – The Biography |year=2006 |publisher=Portrait |isbn=978-0749951146}}
* {{cite AV media |last1=Muskens |first1=Helena |last2=Racké |first2=Quirine |title=Come Back Kate |publisher=Snow White Films |year=2007}}
* {{cite news |last=Osborn |first=Michael |title=Behind the enigma of Kate Bush |date=30 July 2008 |work=[[BBC News]] |department=Entertainment |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7530752.stm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712165215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7530752.stm |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last=Thomson |first=Graeme |title=Kate Bush: Under the Ivy |year=2012 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=978-1-84772-930-9}}
* {{cite book |last1=Vermorel |first1=Fred |last2=Vermorel |first2=Judy |title=Kate Bush: Princess of Suburbia |year=1980 |publisher=[[Target Books]] |isbn=978-0-7119-0152-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Vermorel |first=Fred |title=The Secret History of Kate Bush and the Strange Art of Pop |year=1983 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=0-7119-0152-X}}
* {{cite book |last=Withers |first=Deborah |title=Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory |publisher=Hammeron Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-9564507-0-8}}
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