Legendary singer-songwriter Kate Bush was never afraid of shocking people with her music from the start of her career. One of her earliest singles, "Wow," did just that, with a music video that the BBC banned for its risqué nature.
The song was the second single on her second album Lionheart, originally released when the album came out in 1978. It was released again as a single the next year.
Bush's previous single "Hammer Horror" didn't do as well as expected compared to her singles from her first album, The Kick Inside. It didn't even break into the Top 40 on the U.K. charts.
But this ended up being just a fluke, as "Wow" was a success. "Wow" peaked at No. 14 on the U.K. Singles Chart, while it also did just as well in other countries like Ireland and Canada.
The song was written as a critique of the shallow nature of the show business. It includes lines like, "You say we're fantastic/ But still we don't head the bill," and "We'd give you a part, my love/ But you'd have to play the fool."
But it wasn't just the song that was hard-hitting. The original music video for "Wow," which features Bush singing on stage in a purple dress, was a little too provocative during one part of the song for the BBC.
According to The Guardian, the music video was censored by the media network because they were "allegedly horrified by the sight of Kate Bush patting her bum while singing 'he’s too busy hitting the Vaseline.'"
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In a 1978 interview about her music and career, Bush talked about the meaning behind "Wow." She noted, "There are so many terrible things in the business that you hear about, like people trying to rip you off and actresses sleeping their way up to the top."
But Bush explained that there is still "magic" to the business, adding, "You can't get rid of that incredible rush and feeling that you get when you're up there on the stage."
Even almost 50 years after "Wow" was initially released, the song still resonates with fans of Bush and people who have experienced show business themselves. It's one of many timeless classics from Bush.
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