The Red Shoes (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Red Shoes"
"The Red Shoes" cover
Single by Kate Bush
B-side(s) "You Want Alchemy"
"Cloudbusting" (Video Mix) (CD single only)
"This Woman's Work"(CD single only)
Released 5 April 1994
Format 12" single / CD single / Cassette single
Recorded 1990-1993
Genre Art rock
Length 4:02
Label EMI
Writer(s) Kate Bush
Producer(s) Kate Bush
Chart positions
  • #21 (UK)
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Moments of Pleasure"
(1993)
"The Red Shoes"
(1994)
"And So Is Love"
(1994)
""The Red Shoes (Part 2)""
""The Red Shoes (Part 2)"" cover
Single by Kate Bush
Released 12 April 1994
Format CD single
Recorded 1990-1993
Genre Art rock
Length 10:08
Label EMI
Writer(s) Kate Bush
Producer(s) Kate Bush

"The Red Shoes" is a song written and recorded by musician Kate Bush. It was the third single released from, and is the title track of the album The Red Shoes.

"The Red Shoes" was released April 4, 1994 and made it to number 21 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is about a girl who puts on a pair of enchanted ballet slippers and can't stop dancing until she breaks the spell. It's inspired by a character in the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film The Red Shoes.

"The Red Shoes" was a two-part single release. The B-Side of the first part was "You Want Alchemy", with the video mix of Cloudbusing and This Woman's Work appearing on the CD single. The second part was more dance-orientated, featuring a 7 minute remix of 'The Red Shoes', renamed 'Shoedance', 'The Big Sky' and the 12" mix of 'Running Up That Hill".