You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:

This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

The IP address or range 44.201.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪ST47‬ for the following reason(s):

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN.
We recommend that you attempt to use another connection to edit. For example, if you use a proxy or VPN to connect to the internet, turn it off when editing Wikipedia. If you edit using a mobile connection, try using a Wi-Fi connection, and vice versa. If you are using a corporate internet connection, switch to a different Wi-Fi network. If you have a Wikipedia account, please log in.
If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

How to appeal if you are confident that your connection does not use a web host's IP address:
If you are confident that you are not using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~)). You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined here. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. There are several reasons you might be editing using the IP address of a web host (such as if you are using VPN software or a business network); please use this method of appeal only if you think your IP address is in fact not a web host.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and they should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator.

This block will expire on 23:54, 31 July 2024.

Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors.

For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful.

Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked
Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by ‪AntiCompositeNumber‬. The reason given is Open proxy/Webhost: Visit the FAQ if you are affected .
- Start of block: 13:55, 18 August 2022
- Expiry of block: 13:55, 18 April 2025
Your current IP address is 44.201.28.123. The blocked range is 44.201.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

You can view and copy the source of this page:

((Refimprove|date=April 2021))
((Use British English|date=February 2012))
((Use dmy dates|date=September 2020))
((Infobox song
| name       = Wow
| cover      = Kate Bush - Wow.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Kate Bush]]
| album      = [[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]
| B-side     = Fullhouse
| released   = ((Start date|1979|03|05|df=y))
| recorded   = 1978
| studio     =
| genre      = *[[Art rock]]
*[[baroque pop]]
*[[progressive pop]]
| length     = ((Duration|m=3|s=41)) (single edit)<br />4:00 (album version)
| label      = [[EMI]]
| writer     = [[Kate Bush]]
| producer   = [[Andrew Powell]] <br />assisted by Kate Bush
| prev_title = [[Hammer Horror (song)|Hammer Horror]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [[Symphony in Blue]]
| next_year  = 1979
| misc       = ((External music video|type=single|header=Music video|1=((YouTube|ZyuxXWxKSTg|"Wow"))))
))

"'''Wow'''" is a song by the English musician [[Kate Bush]]. Originally released on her second album ''[[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]'' in 1978, it was issued as the album's second single in March 1979. The song became a top 20 hit in the UK and in Ireland.

"'Wow' is about the music business," she told her ''KBC'' fan club magazine in 1979. "Not just [[rock music|rock]] music but [[show business]] in general. It was sparked off when I sat down to try to write a [[Pink Floyd]] song – something spacey."<ref>Quoted in ''Never Forever'' fanzine, No. 17, December 1991</ref>

== Overview ==
The single version is an edited version of "Wow", although it is not labelled as such on most editions. On all European "Wow" singles, the first 12 seconds of synthesiser chords have been removed. Brazil and Canada used the full-length LP version. The Canadian single featured a unique sleeve and was pressed on transparent yellow vinyl. The song was a moderate hit on Canada's [[Adult Contemporary]] singles chart in [[RPM Magazine]].

The song was released in the UK on 9 March 1979 and peaked at number 14 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], remaining on the chart for ten weeks.<ref name=occ>((cite web|title=Kate Bush – Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27937/kate-bush/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=20 January 2016))</ref> This was an improvement on Bush's previous single, "[[Hammer Horror (song)|Hammer Horror]]" which had stalled at No.44 a few months earlier. She also made a guest appearance on the TV Special ''ABBA in Switzerland'', where she performed this song in April 1979.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.abbaontv.com/1979/description-switzerland.html|title=''ABBA in Switzerland''|website=Abbaontv.com|access-date=24 April 2021|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605091222/http://www.abbaontv.com/1979/description-switzerland.html|url-status=dead))</ref> Also around the time of this release, Bush embarked on her first of only two [[The Tour of Life|live concert tours]]. Due to this and the release of the single, Bush's second album ''[[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]'' saw a resurgence of interest in the [[UK albums chart]], by making a re-entry into the top twenty for several weeks.<ref name=occ/> The song became a hit in other countries such as Ireland where it reached No.17.<ref name="Ireland"/> "Wow" was a target for comedian [[Faith Brown]] who parodied it on her show.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8381089/Top-5-Kate-Bush-spoofs.html|title=Top 5 Kate Bush spoofs|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2021))</ref> In 2012 ''[[The Guardian]]'' called "Wow" the "undisputed highlight" of the ''Lionheart'' album.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/25/old-music-kate-bush-wow?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|title=Old music: Kate Bush – Wow|first=George|last=Chesterton|date=25 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]))</ref>

==Release==
"Wow" was released on 5 March 1979.<ref name="ws-sleeve">((cite AV media notes |title=[[The Whole Story]] |publisher=EMI Canada |id=PWAS17242))</ref>

"Wow" also appears on Bush's compilation hits album ''[[The Whole Story]]'', released in 1986. For the video compilation of this album, a new video was made of "Wow", featuring a montage of Bush performing live in concert.

This song was featured in the 2002 [[Rockstar North]] video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' as part of the [[power ballad]]s radio station [[Emotion 98.3]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.katebushnews.com/2002/11/11/new-grand-theft-auto-game-features-kate/|title=New Grand Theft Auto Game Features Kate! |website=Katebushnews.com|date=11 November 2002|access-date=24 April 2021))</ref> However, it wasn't featured on the 10th anniversary edition re-release.

==Music video==
A video was filmed for the release, featuring Bush performing the song in a darkened studio, and then backed by spotlights during the chorus.

The video for "Wow" was censored by the [[BBC]] because the song was considered risqué. The video shows Bush patting her bottom while singing "he's too busy hitting the [[Vaseline]]". Vaseline was once defined as a personal sexual lubricant.<ref name="Point 53 in article">((cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! 60 unbelievable facts about Kate Bush |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/25/60-unbelievable-facts-about-kate-bush |website=The Guardian |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=22 May 2021))</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks written and composed by Kate Bush.

'''7-inch vinyl'''
# "Wow" (edited version) – 3:46
# "Fullhouse" – 3:13

==Personnel==
((col-begin))
((col-2))
'''Musicians'''
*[[Charlie Morgan (musician)|Charlie Morgan]] – drums ("Wow")
*[[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliot]] – drums ("Fullhouse")
*Brian Bath – guitar ("Wow")
*[[Del Palmer]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]] ("Wow")
*[[David Paton]] – bass ("Fullhouse")
*[[Ian Bairnson]] – electric [[guitar]]
*[[Paddy Bush]] – [[mandolin]] ("Wow")
*Kate Bush – vocals, harmony vocals, [[piano]]
*[[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]] – [[synthesizer]] ("Wow")
*[[Francis Monkman]] – [[Hammond organ]] ("Fullhouse")
((col-break))
'''Production'''
*[[Andrew Powell]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
*Kate Bush – assistant producer
*Patrick Jaunead – assistant engineer
*David Katz – [[orchestra]] contractor
*[[Jon Kelly]] – [[Audio engineer|recording engineer]]
*Nigel Walker – assistant engineer, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], mixing assistant
((col-end))

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1979)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
((single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|28|chartid=4519|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2017))
|-
((single chart|Ireland2|17|song=Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022|refname=Ireland))
|-
((single chart|UKsinglesbyname|14|artist=Kate Bush|song=Wow|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2017))
|}

==Cover versions==
* Jazz singer Liza Lee covered the song on her 2009 album ''Anima''. Lee donated proceeds of the album to the [[Society for Women's Health Research]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857654.htm|title=Jazz Artist Liza Lee Releasing Exciting New CD, Anima, with a Personal Mission on January 27, 2009|website=Prweb.com|access-date=24 April 2021|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107085713/https://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857654.htm|url-status=dead))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist|colwidth=30em))

((Kate Bush))
((Authority control))

((DEFAULTSORT:Wow (Kate Bush Song)))
[[Category:Kate Bush songs]]
[[Category:1979 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Kate Bush]]
[[Category:1978 songs]]
[[Category:EMI Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Andrew Powell]]
[[Category:Songs about actors]]
[[Category:1970s ballads]]
[[Category:Rock ballads]]

Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):

Wow (Kate Bush song) (edit)
Template:!) (view source) (protected)
Template:(! (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Ambox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Both (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Cite AV media notes (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Cite news (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite web (view source) (protected)
Template:Col-2 (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Col-begin (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Col-break (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Col-end (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:DMCA (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Delink (view source) (protected)
Template:Duration (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:External music video (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:FULLROOTPAGENAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Has short description (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Hlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:If empty (view source) (protected)
Template:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox album/color (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox musical artist/hCard class (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox song (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox song/color (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox song/link (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Kate Bush (edit)
Template:MONTHNAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MONTHNUMBER (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main other (view source) (protected)
Template:More citations needed (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox musical artist (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox musical artist/color (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Template:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Template:Plainlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Refimprove (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Reflist (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Replace (view source) (protected)
Template:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Template:Single chart (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Single chart/chartnote (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Start date (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Str letter (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Template other (view source) (protected)
Template:Tooltip (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Tooltip/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Trim (view source) (protected)
Template:Use British English (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Use dmy dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Yesno (view source) (protected)
Template:Yesno-no (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Yesno-yes (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:YouTube (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Authority control/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Delink (view source) (protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:Duration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Module:Find sources (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/links (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/templates/Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:GetParameters (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hms (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If empty (view source) (protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Is infobox in lead (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/setindex (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/softredirect (view source) (protected)
Module:Plain text (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:String2 (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:Unsubst-infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wikitext Parsing (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)

Return to Wow (Kate Bush song).

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_(Kate_Bush_song)"