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Rubberband Girl
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Rubberband Girl
| cover = Rubberband Girl.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kate Bush
| album = The Red Shoes
| B-side = Big Stripey Lie
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre =
| length = 4:44
| label =
* EMI
* Columbia (US)
| writer = Kate Bush
| producer = Kate Bush
| prev_title = Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Eat the Music
| next_year = 1993
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}}
'"Rubberband Girl"' is a song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush that was the first of five singles released from her seventh studio album, 'The Red Shoes', in 1993. The song marked Bush's return from her third three-year hiatus. Not counting "Rocket Man" (her contribution to the Elton John and Bernie Taupin tribute album 'Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin' in 1991), this was her first UK release in 39 months.
Three different versions of "Rubberband Girl" were released commercially: an LP, an extended mix and a remix by American DJ Eric Kupper called the US Mix, which was released towards the end of 1994 on the "And So Is Love" single. The B-side to the single is "Big Stripey Lie" in the UK and "Show a Little Devotion" in the US.
The single was released on 6 September 1993 and peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Bush's last top-twenty hit in her native country until "King of the Mountain" reached number four in 2005. The song was a moderate success worldwide, reaching the top 40 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. In the United States, it was a #88 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In 2011, Kate Bush recorded a new version of the song that was included on her ninth studio album, 'Director's Cut'.
Track listings
Personnel
*Kate Bush vocals, keyboards
*Danny McIntosh guitar
*John Giblin bass guitar
*Stuart Elliott drums, percussion
*Nigel Hitchcock tenor and baritone saxophones
*Steve Sidwell trumpet
*Paul Spong trumpet
*Neil Sidwell trombone
Charts
References
Category:1993 singles
Category:1993 songs
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:EMI Records singles
Category:Kate Bush songs
Category:Songs written by Kate Bush
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