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“Rubberband Girl” by Kate Bush
From the album The Red Shoes (1993)
“Rubberband Girl” by Kate Bush appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1993 and 2021. It was first released in 1993 on the album The Red Shoes. Its best result is #62 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #199 alternative song of 1993 and #6,800 alternative song of all time.
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"Rubberband Girl" led off The Red Shoes, Kate Bush's seventh album, as its first single on EMI in 1993, and it's her show from top to bottom: she wrote it, produced it, sings it and plays the keyboards. Stuart Elliott on drums and percussion, John Giblin on bass and Danny McIntosh on guitar keep it springy, and a horn section brings the brass: Nigel Hitchcock on tenor and baritone sax, Neil Sidwell on trombone, Steve Sidwell and Paul Spong on trumpet. Del Palmer recorded and mixed it, with Haydn Bendall engineering.
It reached 12 in Britain and stood as her last UK top-20 hit until "King of the Mountain" in 2005, and in America it became her third single to crack the Hot 100, where it stalled at 88.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 62 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 | 91 |
| 1993 | 97 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1704 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2019 | 1098 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2021 | 833 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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