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Quiz about Kate Bush Lyrics

Quiz about Kate Bush Lyrics

Kate Bush Lyrics Trivia Quiz

I'll write down some lyrics to a Kate Bush song, and you pick which song they're from.

A multiple-choice quiz by JasonOgg. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JasonOgg

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,852

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
831

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 108 (7/10), Guest 92 (8/10), Guest 87 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You never really understood me. You never really tried."? Hint

Oh To Be In Love

The Big Sky

The Kick Inside

Night of the Swallow

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Now all I want to do is forget you, friend."? Hint

Hammer Horror

December Will Be Magic Again

Wuthering Heights

The Saxaphone Song

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Take my shoes off, and throw them in the lake, and I'll be two steps on the water."? Hint

Hounds of Love

The Man With the Child in His Eyes

In Search of Peter Pan

The Dreaming

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what song would you find the lyrics: "And when he laid eyes on her, he got the feeling they had met before."? Hint

Babooshka

King of the Mountain

Sat in Your Lap

Running Up That Hill

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what song would you find the lyrics: "What made it special, made it dangerous"? Hint

Night of the Swallow

Cloudbusting

Moments of Pleasure

Army Dreamers

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You had a temper like my jealousy: too hot, too greedy."? Hint

Heads We're Dancing

James and the Cold Gun

Love and Anger

Wuthering Heights

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Noch ein Glas, mein Liebchen?" Hint

Coffee Homeground

The Red Shoes

The Morning Fog

This Woman's Work

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what song would you find the lyrics: "It's funny how, even now, you're laughing"? Hint

Violin

Breathing

Night of the Swallow

There Goes a Tenner

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Question 9 of 10

9. In what song would you find the lyrics: "They arrived at an inconvenient time"? Hint

Rubberband Girl

Eat the Music

Them Heavy People

Wow

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You hear your sister calling for you, but you don't know where from"?
Hint

Experiment IV

Strange Phenomena

Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbreak

A Coral Room

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You never really understood me. You never really tried."?

Answer: The Big Sky

"The Big Sky", about someone watching the clouds, went to number 37 on the UK charts in 1986. This song was from the album "Hounds of Love".

2. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Now all I want to do is forget you, friend."?

Answer: Hammer Horror

"Hammer Horror" from the album "Lionheart" made it to number 44 on the UK charts in 1978. "Lionheart" went to number six. Apparently it's about an actor who dies suddenly while doing a production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". He comes back to haunt his friend who has taken over his part of the main character.

3. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Take my shoes off, and throw them in the lake, and I'll be two steps on the water."?

Answer: Hounds of Love

"Hounds of Love", from the album of the same name, made it to number 18 on the UK charts in 1985. The album, the first one to be released straight on CD, went to number one in the UK and number 30 in the US.

4. In what song would you find the lyrics: "And when he laid eyes on her, he got the feeling they had met before."?

Answer: Babooshka

"Babooshka" is Russian for "grandmother", although apparently Kate Bush wasn't refering to this when she wrote the song. In 1980 this song made it to number five 5 on the UK charts and number two on the Australian charts.

5. In what song would you find the lyrics: "What made it special, made it dangerous"?

Answer: Cloudbusting

"Cloudbusting" was based on a book called "A Book of Dreams" by Peter Reich. A copy of this book was seen in the "Cloudbusting" music video.

6. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You had a temper like my jealousy: too hot, too greedy."?

Answer: Wuthering Heights

This is my favourite Kate Bush song. Her first single, it went straight to number one on the UK charts in 1978. It was based on "Wuthering Heights", a book written by Emily Bronte.

7. In what song would you find the lyrics: "Noch ein Glas, mein Liebchen?"

Answer: Coffee Homeground

"Noch ein Glas, mein Liebchen?" is German for "Another glass, my dear?".

8. In what song would you find the lyrics: "It's funny how, even now, you're laughing"?

Answer: Night of the Swallow

"Night of the Swallow", from the album "The Dreaming" was only released as a single in Ireland, in 1983.

9. In what song would you find the lyrics: "They arrived at an inconvenient time"?

Answer: Them Heavy People

"Them Heavy People" was originally from Kate Bush's debut album "The Kick Inside". The album went to number three on the UK charts in 1978. Kate Bush performed "Them Heavy People" on "Saturday Night Live" on December 9th, 1978. She also performed "The Man With the Child in His Eyes".

10. In what song would you find the lyrics: "You hear your sister calling for you, but you don't know where from"?

Answer: Strange Phenomena

"Strange Phenomena" is, apparently, about coincidences happening all the time. It first appeared on Kate Bush's debut album "The Kick Inside".

Source: Author JasonOgg

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