Babooshka (song)

"Babooshka"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album Never for Ever
B-side"Ran Tan Waltz"
Released27 June 1980 (1980-06-27)
RecordedJanuary–June 1980
GenreArt rock
Length3:26
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Kate Bush
Producer(s)
  • Kate Bush
  • Jon Kelly
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Breathing"
(1980)
"Babooshka"
(1980)
"Army Dreamers"
(1980)
Music video
"Babooshka" on YouTube
Audio sample

"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]

  1. ^ "Babooshka". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ 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'.