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Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights

FT Life of a Song by Financial Times

Mar 15, 201826:06Arts

When "Wuthering Heights" was released 40 years ago this year, it became the first song written and performed by a woman to reach number one in the UK charts. What was the song's — and Bush's — special appeal? Why have th...

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