| "Babooshka" | ||||
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| Single by Kate Bush | ||||
| from the album Never for Ever | ||||
| B-side | "Ran Tan Waltz" | |||
| Released | 27 June 1980 | |||
| Recorded | January–June 1980 | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kate Bush | |||
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| "Babooshka" on YouTube | ||||
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"Babooshka" is a song by English singer, songwriter Kate Bush, taken from her third studio album Never for Ever (1980). Released as a single in June 1980, it spent 10 weeks in the UK chart, peaking at number five.[1] It was an even bigger hit in Australia, where it peaked at number two (for three weeks) and was the 20th best-selling single of the year.[2] It also peaked at number 2 in France on 28th Dec. 1980.
A rock song, "Babooshka" is about a woman who sends love letters to her husband under the titular pen name. The song makes notable use of a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer.[3]
- ^ "Babooshka". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie (8 June 2022). "The 10 Best Kate Bush Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
...a strutting rock song that details a woman who decides to 'test her husband'
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