BABOOSHKA
by KATE BUSH


Kate Bush's Babooshka is a wildly left-of-centre art-rock track that, somehow, returned her to chart prominence in the UK following the mixed reception of her rushed second album, Lionheart, released less than a year after her impressive debut record The Kick Inside, which included the record-breaking Number 1 single, Wuthering Heights.

Taking the kookiness of Wuthering Heights and dialling it up to 11, Babooshka tells the story of a beleaguered wife who, wanting to test her husband's loyalty, dons the alter-ego of a seductress called Babooshka. This backfires magnificently, of course. 

Babooshka returned Kate to the UK Top 5 for the first time since Wuthering Heights, and its scintillating production made use of the Fairlight CMI synthesiser for the first time, and instrument Kate would master and use to maximum effect on her magum opus, Hounds of Love. 

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Chart facts

  • Peak position5
  • LabelEMI
  • Catalogue number5085
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 4Top 10
  3. 6Top 20
  4. 7Top 40
  5. 10Top 75
  6. 10Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

10 weeks - 05/07/1980 to 06/09/1980

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Chart facts

  • Peak position52
  • LabelFISH PEOPLE
  • Catalogue numberGBAYE8000069
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 0Top 40
  5. 2Top 75
  6. 5Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

1 week - 06/09/2014

3 weeks - 16/06/2022 to 30/06/2022

1 week - 11/08/2022

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Chart facts

  • Peak position47
  • LabelFISH PEOPLE
  • Catalogue numberGBAYE8000069
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 0Top 40
  5. 2Top 75
  6. 5Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

1 week - 06/09/2014

3 weeks - 16/06/2022 to 30/06/2022

1 week - 11/08/2022

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Chart facts

  • Peak position13
  • LabelFISH PEOPLE
  • Catalogue numberGBAYE8000069
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 1Top 20
  4. 2Top 40
  5. 2Top 75
  6. 2Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

2 weeks - 06/09/2014 to 13/09/2014

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