The Dreaming (song)
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| Single by Kate Bush from the album The Dreaming |
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| B-side | "Dreamtime" | ||||
| Released | 26 July 1982 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Art rock | ||||
| Length | 4:00
4:40 (Album version) |
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| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Kate Bush | ||||
| Producer | Kate Bush | ||||
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"The Dreaming" is the title song from Kate Bush's fourth studio album The Dreaming and was released a single on 26 July 1982. Bush hadn't released a single since "Sat in Your Lap" thirteen months earlier. "The Dreaming" made it to #48 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is about the destruction of Aboriginal homelands by white Australians in their quest for weapons-grade uranium. Musical guest Rolf Harris plays the didgeridoo on the recording. The original title for the track was "The Abo Song", which unwittingly made use of a racial slur; promotional 12" copies were circulated before being recalled.
An alternate version of "The Dreaming", entitled "Dreamtime", was released by EMI as a single in Canada only. This version omits the sung lyrics and consists of only the backing track.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 48 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 91 |
