Kate Bush - This Woman's Work (1988) [Women That Ruled The 80s] DayOne Reacts 

Please don't worry, my wife died of cancer 2 years ago, believe me after 32 years together, you can't help but cry... It's all part of the process they never leave you

I've known this song for 30 years and it still brings me to tears every time.

One of Englands greatest female songwriters and singers. The genius of Kate Bush.

Probably the greatest woman pop artist of all times.❤

The vulnerability, the power, the raw emotion. Pride and love and regret. Kate really delivers the goods.

Such is the power and beauty of Kate Bush's songwriting and performance. One of our ( UK) and the world's greatest gifts and artists. Love you Angela, you're so beautiful, body and soul. XXX

That is one of Kates most powerful songs she ever made, every reaction I've seen of this song the reactor has had tears in their eyes, it always hits me hard everytime I listen to it❤

Angela, your reaction is wonderful and honest. I appreciate that, you're right, when your partner is ill it breaks you many times. Kate is a national treasure, doesn't jut rule the 80's, she still rules! This is such a powerful song, part of it was used as the background for an advert for a children's abuse charity, it s perfect and even in a short time had people in tears, including me. Keep playing Kate Bush, we'll never get tired of it

The song by itself gets me emotional. Listening to the song while watching the video, I’m balling.

A contemporary dancers dream song I would imagine. Her voice can make the feeling like no other.

Kate Bush is unique her music speaks for itself she does not need to be a drama queen or create a scandal like many modern day artists.

One of my favorite songs from 30 years ago, and I am still balling every single time. Her delivery is so sweet, moving and so beautiful.

This video and song make me tear up every single time. They leave the wife's fate ambiguous, which is even more heartbreaking, and was used effectively in "She's Having a Baby."

Never an easy listen for me but Kate bush is just the best. England's finest

I remember the first time I saw Kate's video for this song. I'd seen the movie "She's Having a Baby" and had already cried my eyes out over her beautiful song, but when I saw Kate's video with the re-recorded version, it cut right through my soul like a machete. The end, when she closes the piano, left me unable to inhale for a good 30 seconds.

This song always makes me emotional. It is the perfect song

Last year I had major surgery. I woke up in CCU the next morning. Shortly afterwards I crashed and a team of nurses fought to save me . A few hours later my wife was allowed in to see me. We've been married for 20+yrs and I've always been the strong, capable ex-soldier to her. I saw the look on her face when she walked into the room, it was fear and that was what broke me. That was last year. I've worked hard to regain my fitness and strength. Still that look haunts me.

This song was written/sung by Kate Bush for a specific scene in the movie "She's Having a Baby" It's a comedy, but there is a serious scene when the leading lady is having a baby and the baby is breached.....

You have got to do more Kate Bush songs, she is a genius, truly!

She’s an artist not just a singer

Kate Bush is a completely unique artist. She's also a dancer. Because you mentioned interpretive you might want to react to her "Running Up That Hill" The official video. Her dance sequence (it's most of the video) is amazing. And it's an 80's song that reentered the charts last year and went to number 1. Thanks for the reaction.

That tense build up at the end with the chorus of screaming Kates at the climax really hit me out of nowhere the first time I ever heard this. Full noise cancelling headphones and everything. Really haunting. Thought that bit might get you.

This was really deep, I’ve never seen the video, both beautiful and heartbreaking, vocals are stellar

This song was featured in the 88 movie "SHE'S HAVING A BABY " starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. Very touching and funny too😅😊

I cry too. It hits on so many levels.

Lovely heartfelt reaction, Angela. I agree this is a great song. The actor is Tim McInnerny of Notting Hill, Black Adder fame. The album is fantastic too.

Your reaction to this song is beautiful. I've always loved this song. Watching your reaction shows me that there is still love in this world.

It’s impossible not to be moved by this beautiful song. Kate is a uniquely talented artist. Great, honest review. ❤

When people talk about perfect songs well “there you go”. Kate is a genius ❤❤❤

This song was used in the movie She’s having a baby with Kevin Bacon. The scene is similar to the music video in some ways makes me wonder if the scene from the movie was based on this music video or vice versa? Either way, her haunting voice and melody is used very well.

Kate is a legend. Everything she's done is always worth listening to.

What a beautiful and thoughtful response. ❤

I’ve always loved Kate's music ever since she released her first album, The Kick Inside, in the late 70s. This song, and especially this video, have always haunted me with its tragic beauty. The first time I happened to hear it after my wife died a few years ago, it absolutely CRUSHED me, and it's been very hard for me to listen to it since without breaking down. Thank you for your thoughtful input. I hope you go on to listen to Kate's music and come to really appreciate her special place in the world of music and the world at large.

Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song! We’d love to see more Kate! Songs like Babooshka and Running Up That Hill are still really popular today & Wuthering Heights is probably the most iconic debut single I’ve ever heard! Moments of Pleasure is the most similar to This Womans Work, so if you can emotionally handle another deep piano ballad, there you go haha!

I ve lost 3 Babies … i can’t listen to this song without crying it hurts so bad and it’s so important to cry! Thanks for your emotional reaction

Kate Bush is pure ART.

this is why i love your reactions, so true, so authentic, so genuine ❤

Hi and thanks so much for such a heartfelt reaction video. I am glad that you 'enjoyed' it so much and can well understand why you found it difficult even if it really is beautiful. I do too. There is so much about this song that comes within the description of extraordinary. Kate Bush actually wrote this song upon request. She was approached and asked to write this song for a movie in relation to footage that had already been filmed. And she gave us this wonderful song. She wrote it, plays on it, sings it, produced it, and even directed the video. One Us based journalist recently called this song a: “bravura vocal performance from […] one of the greatest voices and songwriters of the last century” Brandon Flowers from 'The Killers' said of it: “It’s one of the most powerful pieces of music that I’ve encountered, […] It was in [the 1988 John Hughes movie] She’s Having a Baby when I was little, and even then I knew, like, I really like this song. And now that I’m older, it just sticks with me. It’s perfect […] It just affects me." It really is just perfect. I regard it as unbearably perfect, because she wrote it deliberately to tear your heart out, and it does. It tears mine out every single time. There are some other songs on this album by Kate Bush that really ought to be heard: "The Sensual World" taken from the famous novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce "reaching Out" where Kate Bush shows just what a singer she really is "Deeper Understanding" written before the Internet really became a thing but she anticipates the idea of people becoming so isolated that they retreat from the world to their only 'friend' - their computer "Heads We're Dancing", based on a true story of someone inadvertently finding themselves in the company of Oppenheimer who created the atomic bomb, and so Kate Bush set out to try to write a song about unwittingly a monster. She thought about who would be the worst monster to meet and how what would be a disconcerting way to meet him. So she wrote a song about inadvertently meeting and dancing with Hitler at a party. And then there is the magnificent song "Rocket's Tail" where she creates what it might be like to actually be a firework in the middle of a fireworks display - and it is just wonderful. Thanks again for such a touching and enjoyable reaction video.

The way that Kate delivers this song/story is just amazing and with the video it is just super powerful. When i am in a relaxed state and i hear this it just makes me cry because its just a perfect song with the perfect voice and it just connects. Its just an perfect emotion bomb thank you so much Kate

Kate bush is quite simply the best female singer there is .

Loss or the real threat of losing someone is the single most painful experience in our human existence. This song exposes and examines that part of you and our humanity more than any song I can think of.

A beautiful, honest reaction. Thank you so much! Kate is my favourite artist of all time. I adore this song.

This was written for the John Hughes movie "She's Having a Baby". Here it is in the scene it was written for: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LJEP6zPddEc.html

In the UK she is loved and admired as a national treasure.

Angela: Thank you for not canning this video due to its technical problems. We would have missed such a heartfelt and honest reaction. Kate is Kate. She has such an appeal, even my thrash metal fan son has her albums in his collection. Try and listen to some interviews with her. She's so down to earth.

Oh bless you when u started to cry… I feel you girl it just hits like that

I don't have any words! I believe a lot of times men and women feel the same way about certain topics, but men seem to be conditioned, in most cases, to suppress their feelings and emotions! I am of the opinion that everyone should be able to vent when they really need to! I got very sad 😢 and nostalgic while hearing this song, and am not afraid 😟😳 to admit it! 😃 Great reaction, and in case I didn't mention it before, you are my favorite reaction channel! I better 🛑 stop! Bye!

I would suggest Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel singing Don't give up, and Kate singing Moments of pleasure. Both will need tissues at the ready.

Kate Bush is a unique artiste and has done some beautiful songs. I can see you were really moved by this song-Colin Ward

Beautiful reaction and analogy of a beautiful song..... you summed it up perfectly, the emotional message and energy of this song....thanks

The handmaid's tale played this during a very heartbreaking scene! Phenomenal

I loved watching your experience. The more the song went on the more you understood what it was about and your heart melted. This songs brings me to tears every single time I hear it. Kate Bush is majestic in her vocals, depth of meaning of her lyrics, dancing and style of her videos. Utterly memorising.

Kate wrote this in just a few hours 😳 i seen her on a documentary she said it was the quickest song she ever wrote she is pour genius I'm so lucky to have grown up with her music I'm 52 now

this song will Never Die...Very powerful stuff🫶

Anyone who is not moved by this masterpiece, is not human. It's that good. Glad you felt so much for it.

Top 3 songs of all time imo

So sorry for your pain. I am moved by your empathy and your willingness to share

One of the most unique artists of all time. Your reaction says everything about this song. You are right, it's esquisite but I literally cry every time I hear it. I think of my sister who passed away so I can't listen to it too often 💔.

Kate Bush is a beautiful genius

Can’t listen to this track without welling up 😢

She's having a baby was a perfect movie for this song.

Its one of the greatest pieces of work in her entire catalogue. A true once in a lifetime talent. And one of the most powerful music videos of the last 50 years.

You're candor is very moving. Thank you for sharing. Not all of us have been there. I have...We can only do so much.

Beautifully put. I bought this album when it came out and no one cared about it. It moved me completely.All the best from oz😊

Loved your reaction and teared up along with you! I've loved this song and video since it came out and it still makes me cry!

Kate Bush has a few songs that chokes me up almost every time, This one and her duet with Gabriel "Don't GIve Up".

Kate Bush has an AMAZING duet with Peter Gabriel called Don't Give Up. and you may have heard her song "Running Up That Hill" in the 4th season of Stranger Things.

The great Tim McInnerny contributes brilliantly as the male lead here! Great storytelling from both of them! 😲

Puts modern artists to shame. The crescendo at the end rips your heart out. There's nothing like it

Awesome reaction madam, it had been decades since I heard this song, understand it more now… and I cried too 🙏

That was beautiful. I can see you felt that.

Great reaction. Kate Bush's music and video is so powerful and captures the tragedy that is possible from that moment. Tears. Clearly, you understand completely. Isn't she incredible?

So much power in this song 🥹

Oh lovely, this reminded me of the first time I heard this song, it broke me. Ms. Bush is a gift. Thank you for your reaction.

You seem a beautiful person, inside and out, and have given a totally human heartfelt reaction to a song by quite simply a musical genius

That video kills me. 😭😭

This song is just perfect. It doesn’t get any better than this imo.

Incredible, unique song. Would love to get some insight about her writing this song. First time I heard this was on radio and I didn't know who it was until years later... so when I finally heard it again it was so sweet :)

Always makes me cry. Heart-rending.

Timeless. Perfect description. Beautiful.

Beautiful song

No one is safe from the climax of this song, when it hits.

Thank you for sharing your authentic feelings about this song.

Totally missed your reactions while the song was playing, have never seen the video before and it grabbed me. I'll be back to this one. Thank you for just being you and sharing it. (And yes, have been in the Hospital scared for someone.)

Great reaction.

These beautiful moments when the song connects with everything that we are feeling, its sublime, in a cathartic kind of way - working through the pain and letting go. You'd need to be a stone to not feel this song's power. Thank you, for the honest reaction.

Not the first time I watch your reaction, but damn, such a real one.

I end up in tears everytime

Such a beautiful song, sung by an angel. I'm a man but when I see you cry and get tears in your eyes I cry to, I hate to see you sad. I can tell you feel the music and think of past experiences, we all have had.

Kate hits you right in the feelings.

What a review . Well articulated. Amazing words from you. I bought this album when it came out in 89 and no one paid much attention to it . But the whole album moved me incredibly. All the best from Brisbane qld.

As someone growing up when she realised her music admire your bravery. Her voice will rip your heart out.

I cry every time I hear this song too…

Hits hard

Guy in the video looks like Peyton Manning. Jokes aside this is a beautiful touching song performed by a great singer.

oh i love me some Kate Bush! great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

❤ thank you

Check out Kate’s 80’s work . She is such a unique artist that other musical artists in her field say is a major influence on their own work. You won’t be disappointed. I recommend “Babooshka”; “Army Dreamers” and “Sat in your lap”. She absolutely pushed the envelope of musical innovation, 30 years ago!

Man that was powerful

Shout out to the inestimable Tim McKinnery (aka Captain Darling) for his emotional performance in this video.