They can involve pain, confusion and responsibilities, and I think a lot of people are particularly scared of responsibility. I wonder if everyone is perhaps ruled by fear, and afraid of getting into relationships on some level or another. is really about someone who is afraid of being caught by the hounds that are chasing him. 'Hounds Of Love' was covered by Cellardoor, The Church, The Divine Comedy, Draped Urn, Futureheads, Goodknight Productions, Göteborgs Symfoniker, The Hounds Of Love, The Moviegoers, Eivør Pálsdóttir, Perhapsy, Ra Ra Riot, Nick Stephenson, TM Collective, Andrew Weathers and Jason Wilson & Tabarruk. 'Hitchcock' also features in the video (a nod to the director's famous cameo appearances in his movies). The music video (directed by Bush herself) was very much inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film 'The 39 Steps'. There was also an extended remix, entitled 'Alternative Hounds Of Love'.Ī live version appears on the album Before The Dawn. This version also appeared on the single, except in the US, where the single mix included an additional chorus just after the second chorus. There are three different versions of 'Hounds Of Love': the album version.
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A Canadian 12" single featured Alternative Hounds Of Love plus Burning Bridge and My Lagan Love. The 7" single was also released in the USA and Canada, but with Burning Bridge on the B-side. The 12" single consisted of an alternative version of Hounds Of Love called Alternative Hounds Of Love, plus the B-sides The Handsome Cabin Boy and Jig Of Life. The B-side of the single is The Handsome Cabin Boy. 'Hounds Of Love' was released on 7" and 12" single in the UK and Europe. The intro features a quote from a line spoken in the film Night Of The Demon by Maurice Denham. The song is about being afraid to fall in love in the song this feeling is compared to being chased by a pack of hounds. Also released as the third single from the album on 24 February 1986.
Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. The music video featured Bush performing an interpretive dance with dancer Michael Hervieu, and is one of the most famous examples of choreography in a music video.Song written by Kate Bush. But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the religious countries, Italy wouldn’t play it, France wouldn’t play it, and Australia wouldn’t play it! Ireland wouldn’t play it, and that generally we might get it blacked purely because it had God in the title.” You see, for me it is still called “Deal With God”, that was its title. And I thought, ‘well, no, why not a deal with God!’ You know, because in a way it’s so much more powerful the whole idea of asking God to make a deal with you. And really the only way I could think it could be done was either… you know, I thought a deal with the devil, you know. And if we could actually swap each other’s roles, if we could actually be in each other’s place for a while, I think we’d both be very surprised! And I think it would lead to a greater understanding. “I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can’t understand each other because we are a man and a woman.