FEATURE:
Visual Moments of Pleasure
IN THIS PHOTO: Kate Bush behind the scenes during her 1979 Christmas Special
My Five Favourite Kate Bush Music Videos
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I don’t think I have done a feature like this…
IN THIS PHOTO: Kate Bush during filming of 1993’s The Line, the Cross and the Curve/PHOTO CREDIT: Guido Harari
but, apart from a couple of the videos I will list, my ranking and order shifts. I am going to list the five Kate Bush videos which I feel are the very best. Having featured in and/or directed some true greats, it is hard to whittle it down to the best five! In each case, I will say which album the song (whose video I feature) comes from, who produced the album, the video director, and how many YouTube views the video has to date (16th December). Every Kate Bush fan has their own reasons for loving particular music videos of hers. For me, I love how diverse and ambitious the videos are. Even the first one, Wuthering Heights (the U.K. version) is so different to anything else. Here are my five favourite music videos…
IN THIS PHOTO: Kate Bush directing the Hounds of Love video/PHOTO CREDIT: John Carder Bush
OF a music pioneer.
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1. Wuthering Heights
From the Album: The Kick Inside (1978)
Single Release Date: 5th March, 1977
Producer: Andrew Powell
Video Director: Keef
YouTube Views (as of 16th December, 2021 – U.K. Version): 26,844,805
2. The Big Sky
From the Album: Hounds of Love (1985)
Single Release Date: 28th April, 1986
Producer: Kate Bush
Video Director: Kate Bush
YouTube Views (as of 16th December, 2021): 927,354
3. Babooshka
From the Album: Never for Ever (1980)
Single Release Date: 27th June, 1980
Producers: Kate Bush and Jon Kelly
Video Director: Keef
YouTube Views (as of 16th December, 2021): 30,287,108
4. Rubberband Girl
From the Album: The Red Shoes (1993)
Single Release Date: 6th September, 1993
Producer: Kate Bush
Video Director: Kate Bush
YouTube Views (as of 16th December, 2021 – U.K. Version): 1,336,174
5. Experiment IV
From the Album: The Whole Story (1986, greatest hits collection)
Single Release Date: 27th October, 1986
Producer: Kate Bush
Video Director: Kate Bush
YouTube Views (as of 16th December, 2021): 906,405