FEATURE: Not Quite a Full House: Theoretical Extra Singles from Each of Kate Bush’s Studio Albums

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Not Quite a Full House

IN THIS PHOTO: Kate Bush in an outtake from The Sensual World (1989)/PHOTO CREDIT: John Carder Bush

Theoretical Extra Singles from Each of Kate Bush’s Studio Albums

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WHILST we cannot turn back time…

PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images

and speculate an alternate reality, there are artists who release singles from their studio albums - and we wonder what else they could have brought out. Whether it is a deeper cut or an obvious single never realised, we dream what could have been. With a new music video and a chance of fresh chart assault, I do think about Kate Bush and her studio albums. In this feature, I am looking at her ten studio albums and will list the U.K. singles from each. I am going to give my choice as to which other song from each album should have been released as a single. With albums like Hounds of Love so stuffed with gold, there was definite potential for an extra single release. Whether the label/Bush felt that they needed to leave it be or too many singles would result in a poor chart return or damage the enjoyment of the album, I think there is flexibility in every case. I did publish a feature recently revealing the song from The Kick Inside that should have been the third U.K. single (apologies for repeating myself). From 1978’s The Kick Inside to 2011’s 50 Words for Snow, an unreleased single-worthy gem lies within! Here are the songs from each album that I would choose to release if Kate Bush decided to release another U.K. single…

 FROM each album.

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The Kick Inside

Release Date: 17th February, 1978

Label: EMI

Producer: Andrew Powell

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/5NKTuBLCYhN0OwqFiGdXd1?si=WLZUOLGlSiW31cONAr4-xw

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/the-kick-inside-7a5278e6-76b3-40e7-a55f-2d9471a311ae/lp?channable=409d9269640032333339323310&gclid=Cj0KCQiAosmPBhCPARIsAHOen-NOjorVgsBgwyvsZZilM726nucfFDpGmovy3ey8SXl34ILkHJN-TncaAhcBEALw_wcB

U.K. Singles Released: Wuthering Heights (20th January, 1978), The Man with the Child in His Eyes (26th May, 1978)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Oh to Be in Love

Lionheart

Release Date: 13th November, 1978

Label: EMI

Producers: Andrew Powell (Assisted by Kate Bush)

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/2CRirDu87zmvr01X8MkcQ8?si=kNgNYPnMSna6_MqiWkCOTg

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/lionheart-60077c9a-5fb5-4714-821a-280d80024a96

U.K. Singles Released: Hammer Horror (27th October, 1978), Wow (5th March, 1979)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Kashka from Baghdad

Never for Ever

Release Date: 7th September, 1980

Label: EMI

Producers: Kate Bush/Jon Kelly

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KBFDO8qcY0zhybIESEQUt?si=ZbAnkJxBQquFWS6lYHBtXw

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/never-for-ever-0e80c456-fc19-41c7-85b8-6574e9091658

U.K. Singles Released: Breathing (14th April, 1980), Babooshka (27th June, 1980), Army Dreamers (22nd September, 1980)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? The Wedding List

The Dreaming

Release Date: 13th September, 1982

Label: EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/1gRJsaJ7ExC9Q9YdB9ZMC5?si=Gu0XndTrRmyWY8fHRJPWtA

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/the-dreaming-03e10ee0-e2d3-4b54-948e-0afcb7e7c290

U.K. Singles Released: Sat in Your Lap (21st June, 1981), The Dreaming (26th July, 1982), There Goes a Tenner (2nd November, 1982)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Get Out of My House

Hounds of Love

Release Date: 16th September, 1985

Label: EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/5BWl0bB1q0TqyFmkBEupZy?si=gKClC6UlQzqOUTms8zXxjA

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/hounds-of-love-d3743f1e-51e3-4337-b759-f47b26c0a247/lp

U.K. Singles Released: Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) (5th August, 1985), Cloudbusting (14th October, 1985), Hounds of Love (24th February, 1986), The Big Sky (28th April, 1986)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? And Dream of Sheep

The Sensual World

Release Date: 16th October, 1989

Label: EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Bk6rV33JObdtOpjJg0vIy?si=SeFOhYpbTGS1n-gD9-E77w

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/the-sensual-world-e4747d6f-f1a1-4c91-bc7d-c5562cef6288

U.K. Singles Released: The Sensual World (18th September, 1989), This Woman's Work (20th November, 1989), Love and Anger (26th February, 1990)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? The Fog

The Red Shoes

Release Date: 1st November, 1993

Label: EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/7GaIK1F61cLAGASyB8TAk4?si=Vor6u-cEQBW7jBbIV7gj5w

Buy: https://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/the-red-shoes

U.K. Singles Released: Rubberband Girl (6th September, 1993), Moments of Pleasure (15th November, 1993), The Red Shoes (5th April, 1994), And So Is Love (7th November, 1994)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Lily

Aerial

Release Date: 7th November, 1995

Label: EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/0xo3ZL0B9982pr08stcNlt?si=gnbjekO-RfyEbvaLIg-R5g

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/aerial-90730658-35e2-49ab-93d8-9c3e7897c0f4

U.K. Singles Released: King of the Mountain (24th October, 2005)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Mrs. Bartolozzi

Director’s Cut

Release Date: 16th May, 2011

Labels: Fish People/EMI

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/5jYdgzyT71V5j4MQm327gF?si=w403tCRvTQOrHMnLi75bFw

Buy: https://roughtrade.com/gb/kate-bush/director-s-cut-23cb82bf-539f-4cfd-a97b-a846f8e0dbdf

U.K. Singles Released: Deeper Understanding (5th April, 2011)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? This Woman’s Work

50 Words for Snow

Release Date: 21st November, 2011

Label: Fish People

Producer: Kate Bush

Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/1VAB3Xn92dPKPWzocgQqkh?si=0x1sXJeDRea9yMPFxqyBxg

Buy: https://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/50-words-for-snow

U.K. Singles Released: Wild Man (11th October, 2011)

Which Other Track Could Have Been a U.K. Single? Among Angels