@@wolfgangstewart2404 Yeah, I'm so sick of being beaten over the head with Running Up That Hill. I used to love that song, now whenever I hear it I feel sick to my stomach.
Once we were big happy family until January 2020. I remember hearing this song for the first time around christmas 2019 while we were unpacking our gifts. Two weeks later my dad suddenly passed away, a total family breakdown started to happen and on top of that the pandemic. Everytime I hear this song takes me back to December 2019 and January 2020. Thankfully, this December will be magic again after few, I am expecting my first newborn. Totally unrelated and not of your interest, but it feels good to share this.
Sorry for your loss. On a similarly unrelated note I'm going for the first xmas with minus one parent. Great to have a special song as an anchor to different times, especially when those times were brighter. Good luck with the new kid on the block - give it lots of love and lots of music!
@@KetilDuna Thank you for the kind words! I am sorry for your loss as well. Stay strong! They leave us but never our hearts, the pain will cease over time and only the love will remain. Take care and focus on the bright points in life!
@@swiminthesea6724 Everything's going by the plan so far! The little one brought a whole new level of joy! Thank you for asking! Wish you happy holidays and even better new year ❤
It's not just you x I cry every time I hear her sing and this song is truly magical and conjures up memories past x good job I didn't see her live I would have been a blundering idiot x she is so special x
No, she has the same effect on me and a number of my friends. There’s something very special in her voice that goes beyond pure vocal sound. At least for me it’s as though her voice communicates directly with my soul / being / essential nature (the part of me that is joined to all others, for which I can’t articulate an adequate word or expression)…
@@silverascallisten to the lyrics.. greatest Christmas song ever.. I love Kate.. this is not a happy song.. its about a a soldier parachuting into a winter war zone.. they all go down like snow.. and they "sparkle the dark up".. the flash of a gun will do that.. a touch of make up on.. all soldiers wear it.. black and green usually.. this song is about wishing you weren't in a war and just at home
You are extremely right. I'm so tired of the songs by Wham! or Mariah Carey. This is the song that should be played on each radio station on Christmas. For some unknown reason, it isn't.🤦 And it's such a merry, beautiful song.♥️
For what reason is this song not in the regular rotation of Xmas songs every year? It's amazing, I think she was only 17 at this stage, it's mind blowing!
God the memories flood back - 1980 and I was 21 the world was in front of me and what a decade followed. You can keep the 2020s I’d happily live back then for ever. No internet, email and “progress”
I love this song. One of my favourite of Kate's songs, and for me the only Xmas song. Now, I like all kinds of rock music, even metal, but this song has one of the strongest endings of any song I've heard, yet melodic at the same time. She's a genius.
Whilst I think Shane n Noddys efforts are certainly in the top 3 for Christmas tunes, Kates surely has to be no1. As someone who lost my parents young and is estranged from my only sister, this one always hits me more in the heart for Christmases gone by!
I searched for this song for nearly 40 YEARS before Shazam finally helped me identify a mystery song I heard on a rock station in Cincinnati in December of 1981. I recorded it onto a cassette tape from the radio, but never could figure out the song title or artist.
Kate has expression in her vocals , a natural talent , and without being forced , always loved our Kate , she sings with a beautiful expression in her voice .
Massively underated christmas song ,love listening to this , deserves more recognition and credit -LOVE IT ! MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL .What a magical time 😊
I've always loved Kate Bush and i used to work in a clothes shop in the 90s and they had a Christmas CD playing and this song came on i instantly loved it. But had it not been for me working there and listening to that CD i would of never known that this song existed.
My favourite Christmas songs it always has been I remember Christmas 1991 I was only 14 & every time I heard this song that year it made my think of my girlfriend I'm now 42 & my girlfriend back then is now my wife
@@fearworks7249 I agree, and we have nothing to worry about. I can't imagine people who listen to Lizzo will suddenly grow a brain and listen to Kate Bush, lol.
Yes! This is the right version, too, she performed it somewhat differently later on, and it doesn't have the same ephemeral quality. I adore this song.
I love it , so moving and so atmospheric, so different , great stuff, needs to be played more , very christmassy , Kate Bush is so good , love it 🎄🎅🎁⛄❄, it would be in my top 10 🙂👌
Probably THE xmas song of all underrated xmas songs, a crime in itself if u ask me, beautiful .’ ..like........SNOW ‘ - always tugs at the strings for some reason 🙌🏽
Kate is a great example of the magic that is inside all of us ..no one is ever as others see us..we are all made of mystery and awe..We are 'all' a good mix of tame,&wild.Kate also ✨ shines, with 💫great 🎆talent,&velvet creativity..A really🦚 Beautiful person, both inside& out.💄💋🪆🎭😘♥️💎🎵🙄🌟🎤🎶🔮🕊🦋
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1st December 2024 - time to listen once again 🎄
I know right why isn’t this on iTunes?!
Yes, that's exactly what I am doing as well.
@@markr4189 I believe Kate isn't a big fan of itunes and the like.
I do the same thing 🎉
it’s absolutely criminal this isn’t on spotify.
@@nellies would be a christmas miracle!!!
Yep, just searched for this. Couldn’t believe it wasn’t on Spotify.
It’s criminal it doesn’t get played, though I’m kinda glad cos I’d probably get sick of it.
Because....f*ck Spotify?
@@wolfgangstewart2404 Yeah, I'm so sick of being beaten over the head with Running Up That Hill. I used to love that song, now whenever I hear it I feel sick to my stomach.
The only bad thing about this song is that its not played on the Christmas list on Radios. Should get more recognition.
Yes, I definitely agree with you.
Listen to BBC2 Radio in december, there you will hear it.
@@DAWJ73 Ken loves to wheel this one out.
So true.👍🎅
It’s a beautiful song
Once we were big happy family until January 2020. I remember hearing this song for the first time around christmas 2019 while we were unpacking our gifts.
Two weeks later my dad suddenly passed away, a total family breakdown started to happen and on top of that the pandemic. Everytime I hear this song takes me back to December 2019 and January 2020.
Thankfully, this December will be magic again after few, I am expecting my first newborn.
Totally unrelated and not of your interest, but it feels good to share this.
Sorry for your loss. On a similarly unrelated note I'm going for the first xmas with minus one parent. Great to have a special song as an anchor to different times, especially when those times were brighter. Good luck with the new kid on the block - give it lots of love and lots of music!
@@KetilDuna Thank you for the kind words! I am sorry for your loss as well. Stay strong! They leave us but never our hearts, the pain will cease over time and only the love will remain. Take care and focus on the bright points in life!
It's strange the way we associate things (Music, smells etc.) with certain times in our lives...
How’s everything this year? Xx
@@swiminthesea6724 Everything's going by the plan so far! The little one brought a whole new level of joy! Thank you for asking! Wish you happy holidays and even better new year ❤
Almost 40 years since its release, this record sounds as fresh and magical today as it did all those years ago.
John Conway AGREE! I was listening to it at the gym today! An incredible song. 😁
Absolutely right John.
Pp a@@6ft r a 5th a, 12 1a
She's magnificent
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Best Christmas song. Shame hardly anyone knows it.
I know its a masterpiece 😢
sshhh.. keep its that way.. no carols, no choirs.. its december.. Am still waiting for kate to create January..
If this got played to death every Christmas I’d probably get tired of it. Still the greatest unknown Christmas song.
I would never get tired of it!
One of the best if underrated xmas songs .....
Yep⭐⭐⭐⭐only each time the same tunes....driving home for Christmas,last Christmas,all i want for Christmas....🙉🙉🙉
Definitely!! This and Ring Soltice bells by Jethro Tull❤️
fresher and not as worn out as many other xmas songs...
@Steven Mitchell - So true! I also love the slightly better known 2000 Miles by The Pretenders.
Agreed. Will be a Christmas staple for me from now on
The most extraordinarily gifted modern female singer/ songwriter/ artist and ridiculously beautiful
you're 100% right
is it just me ... im a 40odd year old man and kate still makes me weep.. her tones seem to hit certain places inside
in the panty department ?
It's not just you x I cry every time I hear her sing and this song is truly magical and conjures up memories past x good job I didn't see her live I would have been a blundering idiot x she is so special x
Not just you. I’m nearly 60 now. Adored her for over 40 years. Still reduces me to a gibberish wreck. She’s beyond compare.
It's just you!
No, she has the same effect on me and a number of my friends. There’s something very special in her voice that goes beyond pure vocal sound. At least for me it’s as though her voice communicates directly with my soul / being / essential nature (the part of me that is joined to all others, for which I can’t articulate an adequate word or expression)…
This is one of her Greatest songs yet strangely over looked by many.
Forse perché è il Natale che viene trascurato.
I love how she sings 'The snow' like an excited child would when they look out of the window. 3:15
Yes! One of my favorite parts, among many, of this fantastic song.
@@silverascallisten to the lyrics.. greatest Christmas song ever.. I love Kate.. this is not a happy song.. its about a a soldier parachuting into a winter war zone.. they all go down like snow.. and they "sparkle the dark up".. the flash of a gun will do that.. a touch of make up on.. all soldiers wear it.. black and green usually.. this song is about wishing you weren't in a war and just at home
I genuinely love Kate and her music. You can't confuse her with anyone else with a style all of her own.
She's the GOAT!
Best christmas song ever.
You are absolutely right!!!
You are extremely right. I'm so tired of the songs by Wham! or Mariah Carey. This is the song that should be played on each radio station on Christmas. For some unknown reason, it isn't.🤦 And it's such a merry, beautiful song.♥️
@@FranceGall4Ever wham! and mariah both have great christmas songs. this is great, too.
It really is! Dazzling and romantic - it sparkles the dark up
Underplayed,an unappreciated piece of music artistry from a genius.
December will always be magic because of this song. It's the perfect Christmas song, it's very joyful but it has a dark undertone that I love.
Thank you Kate Bush. Everytime I hear this song I have to wipe away tears. This can only be made in heaven !
Well she’s an angel you know.
A goddess to me.
Why don’t we hear this classic … it’s amazing 💜🎅💜
Genuine perfection, sprinkled with magic and topped off with a dash of marvellous melancholy. She's simply a genius.
For what reason is this song not in the regular rotation of Xmas songs every year? It's amazing, I think she was only 17 at this stage, it's mind blowing!
I know! what planet are we on here????
Slightly older than 17, but still.. She could easily have written it when she was 17, even earlier, knowing Kate!
I agree
I’m glad it’s not cos I’d probably get sick of hearing it.
Still the only Christmas song yet that literally gives me shivers.
God the memories flood back - 1980 and I was 21 the world was in front of me and what a decade followed. You can keep the 2020s I’d happily live back then for ever. No internet, email and “progress”
I still love this song and it’s because it’s not on radio 20 times a day. Come here and listen but let’s keep it our little secret.
One of Kate Bush's most beautiful songs...thanks!
Id go as far as to say one of the most beautiful songs ever written period
@@dlamiss Yes, it's one of the few songs that gets me into a Christmassy, wintry spirit!
One of many many sutch talent 😊
As far as festive songs go, this is one of the best.
Can’t believe I spent 24 christmases without this
Can you believe that I live with this since more then 25 years - cannot imagine not hearing this only one christmas time.
I started listening to her when I was 24! Six years ago for me :)
I never listen to female artists, but I instantly fell in love with this woman!!
Did you ever listen to Polly Brown of Pickettywitch?
@@nellies we don't even celebrate Christmas lol
@@nellies honestly!
I have never read lyrics that captured the magic of snow and winter as well as Kate's fantastic lyrics for this marvellous song.
She's magnificent 😍
Exactly that!
Not enough airplay at Christmas. A total classic that’s sounds even better forty plus years on.
If music is the window to the soul, then this really is it
😀👍👏✨
Surprised this one is not recognised as one of the great Xmas songs. Very underrated
Not underrated in the slightest!
I love this song. One of my favourite of Kate's songs, and for me the only Xmas song. Now, I like all kinds of rock music, even metal, but this song has one of the strongest endings of any song I've heard, yet melodic at the same time. She's a genius.
It only took me 34 winters to find the greatest Christmas song.....love it!!
Nothing as warming to your soul as a 70's Kate Bush song.....
1980.
@@Historian212 well it's 70s sounding
@@gabrielsanabriaibieta And all the better for that IMO
@@TheHumbuckerboy I agree
@@Historian212 Written in the mid seventies which she hadn't originally intended for release hence the 1980 release instead.
Whilst I think Shane n Noddys efforts are certainly in the top 3 for Christmas tunes, Kates surely has to be no1. As someone who lost my parents young and is estranged from my only sister, this one always hits me more in the heart for Christmases gone by!
🙏🙏🙏. Very emotive track. Best wishes to you
Thanks-music so emotive and Kate’s especially!! ❤️
A Masterpiece! What a Beautifully talented Lady Kate Bush is.
Yes, she is!!!
Kate definitely makes December more magic✨
Agreed but I play this all year round. 😂
A song nearly as beautiful as Kate herself x
I also need this song on Spotify. My Christmas playlist is desperately lacking it 🤷🏻♂️
And Amazon Music! My Christmas playlist is also lacking it!
December 1st, 00:23 - my first listen for Christmas 2023. I love this festive classic.
Me too - back every year on the 1st of December.
@@cielobuio That's right! You replied to my comment from December 1st two years ago. Happy December to you 🎄🎄
@@cielobuio Happy Christmas (season) @cielobuio
@@GodOfVictory501 And to you too - Same time next year :)
Brilliant so atmospheric and melancholy driven first heard in 1979 and its Brilliant today
A. 'STUNNING' Song!! Kate Bush, I Love, this SONG 🎵 Thankyou. Inspirational And, Haunting. ❤. England. .
First listen of 2019. I managed to wait until November!
Tim Lansdale me too.
We'll, we're now into December - so it's ok to play this track. 39 years old, and still sounds as good as ever.
The best Christmas Song......without all the sloppy Christmas Sentiment.
Should be played on T.V. ......just after Queens Speech......Quality!!
me too
I didn't even manage august this year...
I agree , its great , needs yo be played more reularly EVERYWHERE - Merry Christmas all 🎅🎄🌟☃️🎁🙏
Still has the 'tingle factor' after all this time. Perfect.
Cracking song. Classic Kate Bush. I remember when it came out but never heard on the radio today, sadly.
40 years old and still sounding wonderful
Every time I stumble across this song, my heart forces me to listen to it on loop for hours 🤣❤️❤️📖🙏
I have been searching for this song for AN HOUR
I searched for this song for nearly 40 YEARS before Shazam finally helped me identify a mystery song I heard on a rock station in Cincinnati in December of 1981. I recorded it onto a cassette tape from the radio, but never could figure out the song title or artist.
She must be a witch, her music is so magical.... it gives you that old christmas feeling you had as a kid. I love her!!
December is actually the most magic month of the year
I agree and I am not a religious person huh December has a kind of magic that all ending chapters have
It is.
Wow I wrote this comment 4 years ago damn it goes fast
A National treasure.For the Earth.
No other planet comes close.
Kate has expression in her vocals , a natural talent , and without being forced , always loved our Kate , she sings with a beautiful expression in her voice .
Gorgeous and gorgeous👏🏻👏🏻
Massively underated christmas song ,love listening to this , deserves more recognition and credit -LOVE IT ! MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL .What a magical time 😊
This precious song brings me so much happiness!! 😃🎶💖
Wonderful, wonderful single. Loved it back in 1980, still sounds beautiful. Rarely heard on Radio and TV for some unfathomable reason.
A unique and distinctive voice. All of Kate’s songs are a pleasure to listen to.
My favourite Christmas song😂
I've always loved Kate Bush and i used to work in a clothes shop in the 90s and they had a Christmas CD playing and this song came on i instantly loved it. But had it not been for me working there and listening to that CD i would of never known that this song existed.
This is my all-time favourite song from Kate Bush and beautifully performed throughout.
This is brilliant.
Kate is a goddess❤
Listening in late March. And I shall continue to listen all year round. Fantastic song.
OMG, I really love every song from Kate, they are masterpieces one by one, listen to this the whole year
Thanks for posting this- I'd buy it in a second if I could find it.
It is in the This Woman's Work double cd collection.
She is beautiful elegance.
I just love this song, I play it every year at this time 🎄🎅❄☃
a year later, and I save this song for special occasions, like the white Christmas we may have. that would be the most perfect moment
Beautiful song and as good as any she wrote at that time, why,why,why is it not played at Christmas?
Why do I get so hyped everytime I listen to this song 😂 even if it's august, this song is just so magical and beautifull
My favourite Christmas songs it always has been I remember Christmas 1991 I was only 14 & every time I heard this song that year it made my think of my girlfriend I'm now 42 & my girlfriend back then is now my wife
Simply unique.
Possible my favourite Christmas song, don't understand why it's played so little on radio?
I just don't get that either Andrew.
Maybe they're playing Bing Crosby instead
It's Kate, not everyone appreciates her, well, because look at the common intelligence and tastes of the everyday person, quite simple.
@@helveeta She doesn't seem to suit being commercialised in that familiar grotesque way. Long may this songs obscurity continue.
@@fearworks7249 I agree, and we have nothing to worry about. I can't imagine people who listen to Lizzo will suddenly grow a brain and listen to Kate Bush, lol.
Yes! This is the right version, too, she performed it somewhat differently later on, and it doesn't have the same ephemeral quality. I adore this song.
Spot on.
The same for me, I don't like the bongo version. The piano version she performed for the 1979 Christmas Special is pretty good though.
Prodigious talent, never heard a voice to match hers's. Angels in Heaven, take your singing lessons from Kate
September. Not long until we can hear this beauty on the radio.
I love it , so moving and so atmospheric, so different , great stuff, needs to be played more , very christmassy , Kate Bush is so good , love it 🎄🎅🎁⛄❄, it would be in my top 10 🙂👌
That long note at around 4.06.... So many goosepimples! I have to hold my breath. Every single time.
Haunting, magical. Joyous . makes you feel great, a bit different from the usual christmas song .one of my favs.🎄❄🎅🍻☃️🎁⭐😇✝️
dit is mijn favorietste kerstliedje en hoor ik het liefste veel liefs van mij Kate ik hoor je songs graag i love it greats
Mijne ook!
Literally just heard it for the first time in Rotterdam. It must’ve been a hit here.
...she is one of the beautifuls women ever!!
THE most....not one of! hehehe.
She has the face of an angel.
Probably THE xmas song of all underrated xmas songs, a crime in itself if u ask me, beautiful .’ ..like........SNOW ‘ - always tugs at the strings for some reason 🙌🏽
One of my favourite christmas songs , doesnt get enough recognition , I LOVE IT 🎄🎅⛄🎁🥳🙂
A beautiful song from our beautiful Kate. Oh how l miss her ,😭😭😭😭😭
Kate is a great example of the magic that is inside all of us ..no one is ever as others see us..we are all made of mystery and awe..We are 'all' a good mix of tame,&wild.Kate also ✨ shines, with 💫great 🎆talent,&velvet creativity..A really🦚 Beautiful person, both inside& out.💄💋🪆🎭😘♥️💎🎵🙄🌟🎤🎶🔮🕊🦋
Hello Linda... How are you doing?
Just love it!
Here we go again. Hope it will be magic again :)
December 1 of every year finds me here. We need December magic more this year than ever.
This is and always will be the best Christmas song ever !! 🎄🥳☃️ Thank you Kate 😘
Definitely one of the greatest Christmas songs ever. Can’t believe I’m listening to it in September!
Well same 😂 September is already Christmas is my eyes
Creative music from the golden 70ies. This woman was a wonderful artist
This song plays at my Sainsbury's and it would always catch my attention, and of course it's Kate Bush!
No need for Christmas when it comes to this one…
This really should be up there with the best.
Absoluut mijn meest favoriete Kerstsong ever!!!! Kate Bush is een unieke, fantastische, prachtige zangeres, met zoveel talent!
kate just cant do wrong in my eyes
this is awesome love it
Utterly genius. .. no words .....
2020 who listening?
Yes
👍
Da bursch!
I am, this is one of my most favorite Christmas songs ever!!!
Amazingly talented woman, unique, original, timeless.
My dad used to play this around Christmas time...we don't talk anymore. There's music that will remind me of him from time to time.
Wonderful Christmas song by Kate Bush should be played more on the radio station's throughout the UK ❤