Babooshka (song)

"Babooshka"
"Babooshka"
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
Producer(s)	Kate Bush; Jon Kelly;
Kate Bush singles chronology
Music video
	"Babooshka" on YouTube
Audio sample
	file; help;

"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'.

[UK-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'.

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