King of the Mountain
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| "King of the Mountain" | ||
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| Single by Kate Bush from the album Aerial |
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| Released | October 2005 (U.K.) | |
| Format | CD single, 7" picture disc single, Online music stores | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:26 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Producer | Kate Bush | |
| Chart positions | ||
| UK - #4
UK Downloads - #6 |
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For the children's game, see King of the Hill (game).
For the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling match, see King of the Mountain match.
For the 1981 film, see King of the Mountain (film).
King of the Mountain (song) was also the name of a song by Midnight Oil.
For the title or nickname, see Peter Brock.
"King of the Mountain" is a song by English singer songwriter Kate Bush . It was released as a single by EMI on 27 September - her first single for 11 years. It was first played on BBC Radio 2 on 21 September 2005. The lyrics refer to Citizen Kane and Elvis Presley. The track was produced by Kate Bush, the recording was engineered by Del Palmer and mastered by James Guthrie. Cover art is understood to have been created by her son, Bertie. The B-Side of the UK single is Kate's cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".
Upon its release, the single became an immediate success and became Bush's highest-charting single for more than 20 years, since "Running Up That Hill" reached UK #3 in August 1985. The single also reached the Top 5 in Canada.
The music video received its first airing on the UK's Channel 4 on 15 October 2005. Directed by Jimmy Murakami, produced by Michael Algar, edited at The Farm (Dublin) by Hugh Chaloner with flame and 3D effects by Niall O hOisin, Arron Inglis, Brian O'Durnin and Mark from Australia.
