King of the Mountain (song)

"King of the Mountain" is a song by English singer songwriter Kate Bush. It was released as a single by EMI on 27 September 2005 - her first single since "And So Is Love," which had been released 11 years before. It was first played on BBC Radio 2 on 21 September 2005. The lyrics refer to Citizen Kane and Elvis Presley. The track was produced by Kate Bush; the recording was engineered by Del Palmer and mastered by James Guthrie. The cover art is a drawing by her son Bertie. The B-Side of the UK single is Kate's cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".

Upon its release, the single became an immediate success and became Bush's highest-charting single in more than 20 years, since "Running Up That Hill" reached UK #3 in August 1985. The single also reached the Top 5 in Canada.

It is the only single taken from the album Aerial.

The music video received its first airing on the UK's Channel 4 on 15 October 2005. It was directed by Jimmy Murakami, produced by Michael Algar, edited at The Farm (Dublin) by Hugh Chaloner with flame and 3D effects by Niall O hOisin, Arron Inglis, Brian O'Durnin and Mark from Australia. It seems to feature Rolf Harris dancing with a white jumpsuit. Rolf Harris plays didgeridoo on the album and provides vocals on 'An Architect's Dream' and 'The Painters Link' on the second disc 'A Sky of Honey'.

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position
Finland	3
UK Singles Charts	4
Hot Canadian Digital Singles[1]	5
UK Downloads Chart	6
European Hot 100 [2]	12
Ireland	13
Netherlands	13
Germany	42
Switzerland	47
Austria	71