The Dreaming (song)
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| "The Dreaming" | ||
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| Single by Kate Bush | ||
| from the album The Dreaming | ||
| B-side(s) | "Dreamtime" | |
| Released | 26 July 1982 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1982 | |
| Genre | Art rock | |
| Length | 4:00 (Single Edit)
4:40 (Album Version) |
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| Label | EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Kate Bush | |
| Producer(s) | Kate Bush | |
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| Kate Bush singles chronology | ||
| "Sat in Your Lap" (1982) |
"The Dreaming" (1982) |
"There Goes a Tenner" (1982) |
"The Dreaming" is the title song from Kate Bush's fourth studio album The Dreaming and was released a single on 26 July 1982. The original title for this track was The Abo Song and promotional 12" copies were circulated before being recalled. 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.
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.
