'What I Did On My Holidays' by Kate Bush, As Told To Ian Birch
Ian Birch, Melody Maker, June 1981
LATE LAST year not even jump leads would have revitalized the Kate Bush batteries. She was so exhausted that she took the only sensible course – six months hibernation. Consequently since her November single, 'December Will Be Magic Again', nothing has been released until the current chart contender, 'Sat In Your Lap'.
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