And So Is Love

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"And So is Love"
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Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Red Shoes
B-side
Released7 November 1994 (1994-11-07)
Recorded1990–1993
Genre Art rock
Length4:17
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Kate Bush
Producer(s) Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"The Man I Love"
(1994)
"And So is Love"
(1994)
"King of the Mountain"
(2005)
Music video
"And So Is Love" on YouTube

"And So Is Love" is a song written and recorded by musician Kate Bush. It was the fifth and final single release from the album The Red Shoes .

Contents

Released on 7 November 1994, the single climbed to number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. [1]

"Eat the Music" also appears on the UK "And So Is Love" CD single, in the same version as on the 12-inch single featured on the U.S. CD and cassingle. Additionally, there is a third version, the so-called "Extended Mix" which appears on the European and Australian singles, and which is in reality 12 seconds shorter than the LP mix.

Guest star Eric Clapton plays guitar on the track. [2] The Hammond organ is by Gary Brooker of Procol Harum. [1]

Bush recorded a new version of the song, with altered lyrics, for her album Director's Cut .

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner wrote, "Faintly foreboding, eerily ethereal, always arty. That's our Kate." [3]

Track listings

7" single
No.TitleLength
1."And So Is Love"4:12
2."Rubberband Girl (U.S. Mix)"3:46
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."And So Is Love"4:18
2."Rubberband Girl (U.S. Mix)"3:49
3."Eat the Music (U.S. Mix)"9:21

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart26
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [4] 93

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References

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  3. Hirst, Andrew (11 November 1994). "Beyond the Beat: Singles" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 18. Retrieved 12 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
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