Eat the Music

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"Eat the Music"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Red Shoes
B-side "Eat the Music" (12" Mix)
"Big Stripey Lie"
"Candle in the Wind"
Released 7 September 1993 (1993-09-07)
Format CD, Cassette
Genre Alternative rock, Art rock
Length 4:55
9:19 (12" Version)
Label Columbia (U.S.)
Writer(s) Kate Bush
Producer Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Rubberband Girl"
(1993)
"Eat the Music"
(1993)
"Moments of Pleasure"
(1993)
Music sample

"Eat the Music" is a song written and recorded by Kate Bush. Columbia Records released it as the lead single from Bush's album The Red Shoes in the U.S., while EMI chose "Rubberband Girl" everywhere else in the world. It was released in the Netherlands and a few other countries 7 or 8 months later, but never in the UK as an A-side, except for a small handful of extremely rare 7"s and promo CD singles, which remain in circulation despite being recalled by the label.

"Eat the Music" is about opening up in relationships to reveal who we really are inside. The single reached number ten in the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1]

Tricky included the song on his edition of the mix album series Back to Mine.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

All songs were written by Kate Bush, except where noted.

[edit] CD single (US)

Columbia - 44K 77165 44T-77165

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Eat The Music"     4:55
2. "Eat The Music" (12" Version)   9:19
3. "Big Stripey Lie"     3:32
4. "Candle in the Wind"   Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:26

[edit] Cassette single (US)

Columbia - 44T 77165

Both sides
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Eat The Music"     4:55
2. "Eat The Music" (12" Version)   9:19
3. "Big Stripey Lie"     3:32
4. "Candle in the Wind"   Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:26

[edit] CD single (non-US)

EMI - 7243 8 81317 2 8

No. Title Length
1. "Eat The Music"   5:10
2. "Eat The Music" (Extended Mix) 4:58
3. "You Want Alchemy"   4:22
4. "Shoedance" (The Red Shoes Dance Mix) 10:05

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[1] 10
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[1] 31

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "allmusic - Kate Bush - Billboard singles". Retrieved 1 February 2009 (2009-02-01). 

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