Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again

[@slayed8951]

it’s absolutely criminal this isn’t on spotify.

[@slayed8951]

@@nellies would be a christmas miracle!!!

[@plan4life]

Yep, just searched for this. Couldn’t believe it wasn’t on Spotify.

[@wolfgangstewart2404]

It’s criminal it doesn’t get played, though I’m kinda glad cos I’d probably get sick of it.

[@jis87BE]

Because....f*ck Spotify?

[@liamthompson8222]

@@wolfgangstewart2404 Yeah, I'm so sick of being beaten over the head with Running Up That Hill. I used to love that song, now whenever I hear it I feel sick to my stomach.

[@cielobuio]

1st December 2024 - time to listen once again 🎄

[@markr4189]

I know right why isn’t this on iTunes?!

[@daviddwyer5568]

Yes, that's exactly what I am doing as well.

[@daviddwyer5568]

@@markr4189 I believe Kate isn't a big fan of itunes and the like.

[@alanwhitney3263]

I do the same thing 🎉

[@StevenBlades-d4k]

And again and again

[@jamescollings1834]

The only bad thing about this song is that its not played on the Christmas list on Radios. Should get more recognition.

[@bpage4132]

Yes, I definitely agree with you.

[@DAWJ73]

Listen to BBC2 Radio in december, there you will hear it.

[@Flash2k111]

@@DAWJ73 Ken loves to wheel this one out.

[@mitchelcrawford1376]

So true.👍🎅

[@andrewgott1485]

It’s a beautiful song

[@JP-wt8jg]

Kate is a goddess❤

[@hughhunter25]

This is the most underrated Christmas song of all time 🌟

[@juliahannant1923]

I love it too. It's a work of art.

[@viviennefarris2743]

Damn straight

[@janerobinson161]

Best Christmas song ever in my opinion....

[@angelahenderson3130]

Absolutely Nothing evens comes close Ax

[@kevdenoon9058]

This really should be up there with the best.

[@Randomisticful]

Once we were big happy family until January 2020. I remember hearing this song for the first time around christmas 2019 while we were unpacking our gifts. Two weeks later my dad suddenly passed away, a total family breakdown started to happen and on top of that the pandemic. Everytime I hear this song takes me back to December 2019 and January 2020. Thankfully, this December will be magic again after few, I am expecting my first newborn. Totally unrelated and not of your interest, but it feels good to share this.

[@KetilDuna]

Sorry for your loss. On a similarly unrelated note I'm going for the first xmas with minus one parent. Great to have a special song as an anchor to different times, especially when those times were brighter. Good luck with the new kid on the block - give it lots of love and lots of music!

[@Randomisticful]

@@KetilDuna Thank you for the kind words! I am sorry for your loss as well. Stay strong! They leave us but never our hearts, the pain will cease over time and only the love will remain. Take care and focus on the bright points in life!

[@john-n2x7j]

It's strange the way we associate things (Music, smells etc.) with certain times in our lives...

[@swiminthesea6724]

How’s everything this year? Xx

[@Randomisticful]

@@swiminthesea6724 Everything's going by the plan so far! The little one brought a whole new level of joy! Thank you for asking! Wish you happy holidays and even better new year ❤

[@cyberlad2]

It's never Christmas time until I hear this classic.

[@garyturner5739]

Same here.

[@carolineroberts5567]

Best Christmas song. Shame hardly anyone knows it.

[@NickHeadland]

I know its a masterpiece 😢

[@pedromorgan99]

sshhh.. keep its that way.. no carols, no choirs.. its december.. Am still waiting for kate to create January..

[@LostwaveObsession]

Merry Christmas 2024 everyone! I don't understand why this doesn't go Top Ten every Christmas, it's my favourite Winter/Christmas single :)

[@angelahenderson3130]

The most magical Xmas song ever. Makes you want for December to arrive. What an artist and a song. Ax

[@johnconway8070]

Almost 40 years since its release, this record sounds as fresh and magical today as it did all those years ago.

[@joelarama]

John Conway AGREE! I was listening to it at the gym today! An incredible song. 😁

[@floouk]

Absolutely right John.

[@alixrankin7553]

Pp a@@6ft r a 5th a, 12 1a

[@rw8733]

She's magnificent

[@silviamariagarciagarcia6128]

¹

[@philld1201]

I love how she sings 'The snow' like an excited child would when they look out of the window. 3:15

[@silverascal]

Yes! One of my favorite parts, among many, of this fantastic song.

[@damienyoung751]

​@@silverascallisten to the lyrics.. greatest Christmas song ever.. I love Kate.. this is not a happy song.. its about a a soldier parachuting into a winter war zone.. they all go down like snow.. and they "sparkle the dark up".. the flash of a gun will do that.. a touch of make up on.. all soldiers wear it.. black and green usually.. this song is about wishing you weren't in a war and just at home

[@alp-b6540]

One of y favorite words in this song.

[@MsWillowish]

The most extraordinarily gifted modern female singer/ songwriter/ artist and ridiculously beautiful

[@matteomancini3493]

you're 100% right

[@JackieRoberts-n2e]

Agreed 💯

[@ianpeddle6818]

God the memories flood back - 1980 and I was 21 the world was in front of me and what a decade followed. You can keep the 2020s I’d happily live back then for ever. No internet, email and “progress”

[@viviennefarris2743]

My God yeah

[@violetxoxox]

@ianpeddle6818 I feel exactly the same way. In fact, I said that to a group of friends just yesterday (that I would give anything if I could go back to that time). I absolutely hate the current times. All the magic has gone out of the world. These are the new Dark Ages. 😭

[@farmergeddon]

@@violetxoxoxyou are right- I just listened to this followed by leftfield space shanty-magic was still there in 95

[@galaxysurfer1122]

Who's here in December 2024?

[@lool2547]

Me 😁

[@robbiedelaney1172]

If this got played to death every Christmas I’d probably get tired of it. Still the greatest unknown Christmas song.

[@ianpeddle6818]

I would never get tired of it!

[@alp-b6540]

This was a christmas present from my brother when i was 7 and got a DJ set player from Father Christmas - when i think back i love how my older brother played along and never told me just so my december could be magic - this song reminds me of sitting in my bedroom with my DJ set playing this song.

[@stevenmitchell1504]

One of the best if underrated xmas songs .....

[@leonstraatman1857]

Yep⭐⭐⭐⭐only each time the same tunes....driving home for Christmas,last Christmas,all i want for Christmas....🙉🙉🙉

[@hannahraven5050]

Definitely!! This and Ring Soltice bells by Jethro Tull❤️

[@Wehrkreisersatzkomma]

fresher and not as worn out as many other xmas songs...

[@FiveRiversCity]

@Steven Mitchell - So true! I also love the slightly better known 2000 Miles by The Pretenders.

[@waysidewill8118]

Agreed. Will be a Christmas staple for me from now on

[@nicholashindle2084]

This is one of her Greatest songs yet strangely over looked by many.

[@Ilia-z5p]

Forse perché è il Natale che viene trascurato.

[@ciaranfulton6762]

Why don’t we hear this classic … it’s amazing 💜🎅💜

[@jadebluebank]

is it just me ... im a 40odd year old man and kate still makes me weep.. her tones seem to hit certain places inside

[@BlytheWorld1972]

in the panty department ?

[@janewright3805]

It's not just you x I cry every time I hear her sing and this song is truly magical and conjures up memories past x good job I didn't see her live I would have been a blundering idiot x she is so special x

[@michaelmcalister6477]

Not just you. I’m nearly 60 now. Adored her for over 40 years. Still reduces me to a gibberish wreck. She’s beyond compare.

[@darrenkerr6355]

It's just you!

[@russelltheodore3714]

No, she has the same effect on me and a number of my friends. There’s something very special in her voice that goes beyond pure vocal sound. At least for me it’s as though her voice communicates directly with my soul / being / essential nature (the part of me that is joined to all others, for which I can’t articulate an adequate word or expression)…

[@karlblanch3898]

Come on radio stations up & down the country please play this 1980 classic 🙏 after all it is the 04/12/2024 .

[@ibansngeo]

I still love this song and it’s because it’s not on radio 20 times a day. Come here and listen but let’s keep it our little secret.

[@pagananikey]

Still the only Christmas song yet that literally gives me shivers.

[@baconsandwich2007]

I genuinely love Kate and her music. You can't confuse her with anyone else with a style all of her own.

[@SonOfTamriel]

She's the GOAT!

[@aidangrehan6794]

Underplayed,an unappreciated piece of music artistry from a genius.

[@peterbenassi7010]

Genuine perfection, sprinkled with magic and topped off with a dash of marvellous melancholy. She's simply a genius.

[@nellies]

December will always be magic because of this song. It's the perfect Christmas song, it's very joyful but it has a dark undertone that I love.

[@francoscanu2132]

È la più grande artista che abbia mai sentito...ero ancora un ragazzo quando la sentivo le prime volte,fine anni 70.... sarà sempre con me.Grande, grandissima Kate Bush❤❤❤❤❤

[@richardpauwels9402]

Thank you Kate Bush. Everytime I hear this song I have to wipe away tears. This can only be made in heaven !

[@willfomes406]

Well she’s an angel you know.

[@rw8733]

A goddess to me.

[@raymondcrucq6821]

Best christmas song ever.

[@mk5294]

You are absolutely right!!!

[@FranceGall4Ever]

You are extremely right. I'm so tired of the songs by Wham! or Mariah Carey. This is the song that should be played on each radio station on Christmas. For some unknown reason, it isn't.🤦 And it's such a merry, beautiful song.♥️

[@ashtonb7931]

@@FranceGall4Ever wham! and mariah both have great christmas songs. this is great, too.

[@elspethboyd8074]

It really is! Dazzling and romantic - it sparkles the dark up

[@BenLawrenceWriter]

One of Kate Bush's most beautiful songs...thanks!

[@dlamiss]

Id go as far as to say one of the most beautiful songs ever written period

[@BenLawrenceWriter]

@@dlamiss Yes, it's one of the few songs that gets me into a Christmassy, wintry spirit!

[@NickHeadland]

One of many many sutch talent 😊

[@andycuthbert2763]

Whilst I think Shane n Noddys efforts are certainly in the top 3 for Christmas tunes, Kates surely has to be no1. As someone who lost my parents young and is estranged from my only sister, this one always hits me more in the heart for Christmases gone by!

[@RichardEllis-p7l]

🙏🙏🙏. Very emotive track. Best wishes to you

[@andycuthbert2763]

Thanks-music so emotive and Kate’s especially!! ❤️

[@Beeber68]

I love this song. One of my favourite of Kate's songs, and for me the only Xmas song. Now, I like all kinds of rock music, even metal, but this song has one of the strongest endings of any song I've heard, yet melodic at the same time. She's a genius.

[@Atombender]

As far as festive songs go, this is one of the best.

[@markowen6717]

If music is the window to the soul, then this really is it

[@mk5294]

😀👍👏✨

[@andreaordway5024]

Can’t believe I spent 24 christmases without this

[@horst1921]

Can you believe that I live with this since more then 25 years - cannot imagine not hearing this only one christmas time.

[@borntoolate89]

I started listening to her when I was 24! Six years ago for me :) I never listen to female artists, but I instantly fell in love with this woman!!

[@lennylaa1686]

Did you ever listen to Polly Brown of Pickettywitch?

[@minukarodrigo]

@@nellies we don't even celebrate Christmas lol

[@minukarodrigo]

@@nellies honestly!

[@nellies]

Kate definitely makes December more magic✨

[@rw8733]

Agreed but I play this all year round. 😂

[@nicholashindle2084]

Beautiful song and as good as any she wrote at that time, why,why,why is it not played at Christmas?

[@paulmccluskey6862]

Not enough airplay at Christmas. A total classic that’s sounds even better forty plus years on.

[@reggiejames7812]

Surprised this one is not recognised as one of the great Xmas songs. Very underrated

[@markrae1317]

Not underrated in the slightest!

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

I have never read lyrics that captured the magic of snow and winter as well as Kate's fantastic lyrics for this marvellous song.

[@rw8733]

She's magnificent 😍

[@carolinevdvlies6969]

Exactly that!

[@lorettabibby214]

A. 'STUNNING' Song!! Kate Bush, I Love, this SONG 🎵 Thankyou. Inspirational And, Haunting. ❤. England. .

[@petermercer6282]

Brilliant so atmospheric and melancholy driven first heard in 1979 and its Brilliant today

[@BlueMeridian]

For what reason is this song not in the regular rotation of Xmas songs every year? It's amazing, I think she was only 17 at this stage, it's mind blowing!

[@richardamner7432]

I know! what planet are we on here????

[@fearworks7249]

Slightly older than 17, but still.. She could easily have written it when she was 17, even earlier, knowing Kate!

[@davidtomlinson6138]

I agree

[@robbiedelaney1172]

I’m glad it’s not cos I’d probably get sick of hearing it.

[@Heartwing37]

Kate Bush is everything!

[@jis87BE]

It only took me 34 winters to find the greatest Christmas song.....love it!!

[@michaelgill9149]

I heard it today ken Bruce played it radio 2

[@dianap6264]

My favourite Christmas song😂

[@fredsmith901]

A Masterpiece! What a Beautifully talented Lady Kate Bush is.

[@mk5294]

Yes, she is!!!

[@MooseWolfBear]

A National treasure.For the Earth. No other planet comes close.

[@davidtomlinson6138]

I agree , its great , needs yo be played more reularly EVERYWHERE - Merry Christmas all 🎅🎄🌟☃️🎁🙏

[@jonpayne7435]

Nothing as warming to your soul as a 70's Kate Bush song.....

[@Historian212]

1980.

[@gabrielsanabriaibieta]

@@Historian212 well it's 70s sounding

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

@@gabrielsanabriaibieta And all the better for that IMO

[@gabrielsanabriaibieta]

@@TheHumbuckerboy I agree

[@pflynn581]

@@Historian212 Written in the mid seventies which she hadn't originally intended for release hence the 1980 release instead.

[@MrMellowMan]

A song nearly as beautiful as Kate herself x

[@GodOfVictory501]

December 1st, 00:23 - my first listen for Christmas 2023. I love this festive classic.

[@cielobuio]

Me too - back every year on the 1st of December.

[@GodOfVictory501]

@@cielobuio That's right! You replied to my comment from December 1st two years ago. Happy December to you 🎄🎄

[@GodOfVictory501]

@@cielobuio Happy Christmas (season) @cielobuio

[@cielobuio]

@@GodOfVictory501 And to you too - Same time next year :)

[@nickrider5220]

I remember Kate on a show singing this song, absolutely should've been a big Christmas hit ❤

[@smacker2182]

Cracking song. Classic Kate Bush. I remember when it came out but never heard on the radio today, sadly.

[@martinpintamalli1449]

December is actually the most magic month of the year

[@bookowl1775]

I agree and I am not a religious person huh December has a kind of magic that all ending chapters have

[@davidhawley3337]

It is.

[@martinpintamalli1449]

Wow I wrote this comment 4 years ago damn it goes fast

[@philipjacksonjackson3480]

Kate has expression in her vocals , a natural talent , and without being forced , always loved our Kate , she sings with a beautiful expression in her voice .

[@davidhammond3033]

Still has the 'tingle factor' after all this time. Perfect.

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

Gorgeous and gorgeous👏🏻👏🏻

[@mk5294]

This precious song brings me so much happiness!! 😃🎶💖

[@AndrewWilliams-vs7hc]

Possible my favourite Christmas song, don't understand why it's played so little on radio?

[@richardgawley5496]

I just don't get that either Andrew.

[@leooostveen4435]

Maybe they're playing Bing Crosby instead

[@helveeta]

It's Kate, not everyone appreciates her, well, because look at the common intelligence and tastes of the everyday person, quite simple.

[@fearworks7249]

@@helveeta She doesn't seem to suit being commercialised in that familiar grotesque way. Long may this songs obscurity continue.

[@helveeta]

@@fearworks7249 I agree, and we have nothing to worry about. I can't imagine people who listen to Lizzo will suddenly grow a brain and listen to Kate Bush, lol.

[@styggs]

No need for Christmas when it comes to this one…

[@christophermagnusson1589]

She is beautiful elegance.

[@DirtyDarnPoop]

First listen of 2019. I managed to wait until November!

[@coonagh1]

Tim Lansdale me too.

[@davidfurness1]

We'll, we're now into December - so it's ok to play this track. 39 years old, and still sounds as good as ever.

[@williamwellington8668]

The best Christmas Song......without all the sloppy Christmas Sentiment. Should be played on T.V. ......just after Queens Speech......Quality!!

[@Kabelsalat74]

me too

[@ironcladstranger4559]

I didn't even manage august this year...

[@birgitfienemann3131]

Every time I stumble across this song, my heart forces me to listen to it on loop for hours 🤣❤️❤️📖🙏

[@Thicket20]

Here we go again. Hope it will be magic again :)

[@drmathias]

Thanks for posting this- I'd buy it in a second if I could find it.

[@PaulDicks-r6e]

It is in the This Woman's Work double cd collection.

[@robhall4271]

I've always loved Kate Bush and i used to work in a clothes shop in the 90s and they had a Christmas CD playing and this song came on i instantly loved it. But had it not been for me working there and listening to that CD i would of never known that this song existed.

[@stevenohenries5127]

I also need this song on Spotify. My Christmas playlist is desperately lacking it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fionamaddock3984]

And Amazon Music! My Christmas playlist is also lacking it!

[@davidtomlinson6138]

Massively underated christmas song ,love listening to this , deserves more recognition and credit -LOVE IT ! MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL .What a magical time 😊

[@danieladuregon8440]

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[@geoffjoffy]

A superb Christmas record not played on the radio ENOUGH!

[@Clleonie]

It's never ever played on the radio

[@geoffjoffy]

@@Clleonie I heard it twice last year.

[@Clleonie]

@geoffjoffy no way!!!!!

[@maggiejslg]

I have been searching for this song for AN HOUR

[@timmcalevy5520]

I searched for this song for nearly 40 YEARS before Shazam finally helped me identify a mystery song I heard on a rock station in Cincinnati in December of 1981. I recorded it onto a cassette tape from the radio, but never could figure out the song title or artist.

[@karenthomas4575]

I just love this song, I play it every year at this time 🎄🎅❄☃

[@Mondensohnmamo]

...she is one of the beautifuls women ever!!

[@richardamner7432]

THE most....not one of! hehehe.

[@willfomes406]

She has the face of an angel.

[@katherine500]

40 years old and still sounding wonderful

[@billybonner1894]

Regardless of the time year this is a great piece by an amazingly talented lady.

[@nowgrownup]

Comments mostly American stating this song is hardly known it is in the UK written in 1979 released UK Nov 1980 spent 7 weeks in the UK charts album release 1983 and played lots every christmas since in the UK 😂😂

[@Drobium77]

She must be a witch, her music is so magical.... it gives you that old christmas feeling you had as a kid. I love her!!

[@rajeshparmar5457]

A unique and distinctive voice. All of Kate’s songs are a pleasure to listen to.

[@petersharp7644]

Wonderful, wonderful single. Loved it back in 1980, still sounds beautiful. Rarely heard on Radio and TV for some unfathomable reason.

[@paulpauwels8593]

OMG, I really love every song from Kate, they are masterpieces one by one, listen to this the whole year

[@jamesp8569]

December will be magic again. Take a husky to the ice While Bing Crosby sings White Christmas. He makes you feel nice. December will be magic again. Old Saint Nicholas up the chimney, Just a-popping up in my memory. Ooh, dropping down in my parachute, The white city, she is so beautiful Upon the black-soot icicled roofs, Oh, and see how I fall. See how I fall ("Fall!") [backwards] Like the snow. Come to cover the lovers. (Cover the lovers, But don't you wake them up.) Come to sparkle the dark up. (Sparkle the dark up, With just a touch of make-up.) Come to cover the muck up. (Cover the muck up, Oh, with a little luck.) December will be magic again. Light the canDLe-lights To conjure Mr. Wilde Into the Silent Night. Oh, it's quiet inside, Here in Oscar's mind. December will be magic again. Don't miss the brightest star. Kiss under mistletoe. I want to hear you laugh. Don't let the mystery go now. Oh, dropping down in my parachute, The white city, she is so beautiful Upon the black-soot icicled roofs, Oh, and see how I fall. See how I fall ("Fall!") [backwards] Like the snow. Come to cover the lovers. (Cover the lovers, But don't you wake them up.) Come to sparkle the dark up. (Sparkle the dark up, With just a touch of make-up.) Come to cover the muck up (Cover the muck up, Oh, with a little luck.) Oh, I'm coming to cover the lovers. Oh, and I'm coming to sparkle the dark up. Oh, and I'm coming to cover the muck up.

[@bpage4132]

This is my all-time favourite song from Kate Bush and beautifully performed throughout.

[@garyturner5739]

I think Kate Bush has taken this song off music streaming serice. I've looked everywhere for this but this is only place I've found it. Thanks for the one uploaded this to You Tube.

[@Historian212]

Yes! This is the right version, too, she performed it somewhat differently later on, and it doesn't have the same ephemeral quality. I adore this song.

[@bobballard1177]

Spot on.

[@dariabianchini8924]

The same for me, I don't like the bongo version. The piano version she performed for the 1979 Christmas Special is pretty good though.

[@bradnotbread]

Listening in late March. And I shall continue to listen all year round. Fantastic song.

[@lindabird2866]

Kate is a great example of the magic that is inside all of us ..no one is ever as others see us..we are all made of mystery and awe..We are 'all' a good mix of tame,&wild.Kate also ✨ shines, with 💫great 🎆talent,&velvet creativity..A really🦚 Beautiful person, both inside& out.💄💋🪆🎭😘♥️💎🎵🙄🌟🎤🎶🔮🕊🦋

[@josephmartin3608]

Hello Linda... How are you doing?

[@Dilton94]

You never hear this anywhere :’( but I always search it out every year ❤️ one of my favourite Xmas songs 🎉

[@denniswilkinson6669]

My favourite Christmas songs it always has been I remember Christmas 1991 I was only 14 & every time I heard this song that year it made my think of my girlfriend I'm now 42 & my girlfriend back then is now my wife

[@milesmacdonald7867]

Prodigious talent, never heard a voice to match hers's. Angels in Heaven, take your singing lessons from Kate

[@davidtomlinson6138]

I love it , so moving and so atmospheric, so different , great stuff, needs to be played more , very christmassy , Kate Bush is so good , love it 🎄🎅🎁⛄❄, it would be in my top 10 🙂👌

[@jilliancrosbie5677]

A beautiful song from our beautiful Kate. Oh how l miss her ,😭😭😭😭😭

[@davidtomlinson6138]

Haunting, magical. Joyous . makes you feel great, a bit different from the usual christmas song .one of my favs.🎄❄🎅🍻☃️🎁⭐😇✝️

[@chl0edx]

1:49 I genuinely thought, for so long, that she sung, "I've become a banana!" 😂🤍 This is such a beautiful, and haunting, song. It's so underrated! It should be a Christmas classic!! 😭♥️♥️

[@bobballard1177]

And then she sings 'I've discovered a gerbil!'

[@chl0edx]

@@bobballard1177 Oh my goshhh! I never noticed that!! I can't unhear it now!!! 😂😂♥️

[@cornelisjacobus2083]

This comment gave me a 10 minute laughing fit after listenening to the said fragment

[@chl0edx]

@@cornelisjacobus2083 Hahahaha😂♥️😂

[@casualpickles5165]

Omg I will never unhear that haha

[@martinpintamalli1449]

Why do I get so hyped everytime I listen to this song 😂 even if it's august, this song is just so magical and beautifull