Kate bush – why should i love you

He was such an inspiration. Playful and mind-blowingly gifted. The world has lost someone truly magical. Goodnight dear Prince. Trending: Introducing UltimatePrince. Jeff Giles Published: August 9, Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. When Kate Bush and Del Palmer listened to Prince's returned track, they weren't sure what to do with it.

They worked on it on and off for two years to try to "turn it back into a Kate Bush song". The track also features background vocals by British comedian Lenny Henry, a good friend of Kate's. Her close friend and guitarist Alan Murphy had just died of AIDS-related pneumonia, she was going through the motions of a relationship breakdown, and was teetering on the cusp of a break from music, which, when it came, would actually last for 12 years.

Prince, on the other hand, was going through one of his many spiritual rebirths. He had just emerged from the murky shadows of The Black Album , a creation he withdrew a week after release because he was convinced it was an evil, omnipotent force. He vaulted out of that hole, into a period of making music that was upbeat, pop-tinged and pumped up. Prince had been a huge Kate Bush admirer for years. Bush attended a Prince gig at Wembley during his monumental Nude Tour, asked to meet him backstage, and the rest is God-like genius collaboration history.

Perhaps it was the sheer distance between their headspaces at the time that led to what happened. But when Prince received the track, he ignored the intructions and dismantled the entire thing like a crazed mechanic taking apart old cars on his backyard.