Kate Bush - Ne t'enfuis pas

[@dexter-ou2mt]

As a teenager, I was so excited to buy the 45 Tours when it came out... sung in French ! So moved and proud that she is making this gesture... FRANCE LOVES YOU KATE BUSH. Today I am 56 years old and I have not forgotten you! Big Hugs from PARIS. JE NE T'OUBLIE PAS ! Kate Bush = "tu es tombée du ciel comme un Ange" !💐👏🌹

[@ANonyme-didyouhavethequote]

J'adore quand Katie chante dans ma langue ❤❤❤❤🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@eloisagarcia3300]

Oh, the joyful moment of falling in love with yet another Kate Bush song

[@silverascal]

“If the great eyes of my God didn’t hold me, I would steal you.” The implications of that lyric make Kate Bush great. Along with everything else, of course! ❤

[@nellies]

This song is so good, so mysterious. I translated the lyrics and it's so beautiful! I wish it was longer.

[@djouher887]

Merci, Kate, de chanter pour nous en français. Your accent is so lovely. 😍

[@garycoates4987]

Kate singing french is tooo much too much I can't escape the most beautiful

[@IanGettings]

Can't believe after all these years of loving Kate that this is the first time I have ever heard this song. Like finding a little known Beatles song (Inner Light anyone? :) ) Lovely tune.Short tho!

[@paulpeartsmith]

Too short indeed. Oh but how perfect.

[@marieviklousse3811]

kate bush is something else

[@raymonddussault5277]

KATE BUSH WHAT A WONDERFUL ARTIST BY THE WAY SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL....

[@Sarah_scorp]

Her music embraces me like a mothers hug.

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

Un bel hommage de la diva britannique à la langue française .Toujours aussi sensuelle .Merci Kate "flower."

[@PatrickChabert-jt9z]

Magique, une chanson de Kate que je ne connaissais pas, et en français, amazing 😅

[@AjrimmerMr]

This is one of my favourite Kate Bush songs. Mesmerising and beautiful.

[@haunter77]

Kate Bush singing in French - amazing mix!

[@TheRandomOfficialVid]

Elements of this song, remind me of "Watching You Without Me".

[@cosmicmauve]

And Mother Stands for Comfort

[@vhsuniverse2624]

always return. the last pas is gorgeous

[@TheZorglub59]

J'ai ce 45T et Kate à une voix à tomber par-terre.En Français comme en Anglais.Très charmant accent Anglais en Français.Je l'adore depuis son 1er album.

[@tricie2419]

Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire. Tu attends, Et je tombe Dans tes ailes blanches, la-la-la... Et je vole, Et je coule Comme une plume. Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas, Je te volerais Ne t'enfuis pas! Tu as des ailes, Le pouvoir de me quitter. Tu es tombé - You fell Du ciel comme un ange, la-la-la Et j'ai peur Que le ciel Te reprenne. Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas, Je te volerais. Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire. Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie-- Ne t'enfuis Pas!

[@Heartwing37]

Thank you 😊

[@fredkang5804]

thank you😀

[@DanielStrz]

Dziękuje za tłumaczenie z języka Francuskiego

[@bratattack5]

This song is just so amazing. I had no idea what it's translation was but it just had something special about it.

[@romane8655]

Lyrics in English : I come Like a cat Through the night so dark You wait And I fall In your white wings, la-la-la... And I fly And I'm sinking Like a feather If the big eyes of my God Didn't keep me I will steal you Don't run away You have wings The power to leave me You fell from the sky Like an angel And I'm scared Than the sky Take you back If the big eyes of my God Didn't keep me I will steal you I come Like a cat Through the night so dark Please Please Please Please Please Please Don't run away

[@Inyourlap]

@FinalWish7 I remember the song when it was released in France and although it achieved a modest success, I heard it quite often. I was very young then and what I loved about the track is that I wasn't sure what she was saying and that most of the sentences could have two or three meanings depending on what I understood: "if the great eyes of my God were not keeping me, I would steal you away" became "if the great eyes of great Gods were not watching me, I would talk to you".

[@BrunoJA]

Dat bass. So wonderfully distinctive.

[@TIREPRO111]

Bru

[@chiquenaudeplus9482]

Fret less

[@clausappel8086]

Sounds like Eberhard Weber

[@wigginsdesign]

Listening & viewing to many clips back to back has kept me in tears of bliss. Kate is simply indescribable in words. Her music, voice , style, and beauty are so captivating on so many levels.

[@andromisilibrober]

I'm french and i think that the way she speaks french is pretty ! edit : "sings", not "speaks"

[@FrankRuediger]

andromisilibrober I am german.But I fully agree !

[@ecollin1886]

Très d'accord très pretty lol ;)

[@michaelvaniseghem6478]

Ouais mais j'avoue qu'au début j'avais du mal a suivre.

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

@@michaelvaniseghem6478 Je t'en pris arrete tes conneries Kate!! ;-)

[@Blandina11]

I'm Danish, and i also agree

[@TruthofDilly]

Kate Bush = Beautiful Creative Goddess. She never fails to move me. Thanks for posting. x

[@meloland5649]

This song is so beautiful in french....

[@Heartwing37]

Kate Bush is everything

[@fideliumcrux]

Une de ses plus belles chansons

[@RockHordes]

j'ai longtemps cherché le SP / 45T pour compléter ma collection à l'époque... Kate Bush est unique ! metalliquement, RockHordes

[@grandphubaar]

It's a shame this has never been released digitally.

[@Power_Fantastic]

This is a Beautiful song, thank U 4 being U dear miss Kate Bush. 💜, always.

[@manitou2824]

Кейт - это Подарок Человечеству

[@razrv3lc]

OMG. My broken French worked with this song and let me understand like 80% of it without having to search for a translation hahaha

[@LEOBH1970]

Quelle belle surprise découvrir à Kate Bush en chantant en français. Je ne oublierai jamais la chance que j’ai eue quand j’ai trouvé le Box Set à la FNAC il y a plus de 10 années.

[@TotalOverdoseGuru]

i love her! she is sooooo GOOD! KATE BUSH 4 EVER!

[@phil0158]

Que c'est beau ! Suddenly i m falling in love

[@alanlane3670]

Thanks for the lyrics..........

[@Steveunnie2798]

Well, that is exquisite

[@iLikeTheUDK]

That's an odd one, stylistically speaking. It's was recorded around the time of much of The Dreaming, but it sounds more like it would fit better on Hounds of Love, and with all that the arrangement is like something from her first 3 albums.

[@krischen3846]

I can hear The Dreaming in this!

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

I think the bass sounds very Hounds, but the Fairloght percussion, sampling and synthesis (bell sounds) are pure Dreaming terrain.

[@mattwestwood8967]

It originally came out on the back of There Goes A Tenner, her great "lost" single, off The Dreaming indeed.

[@youkyouk7471]

Son français est envoûtant.

[@huitzil07]

this is a great b-side! thanks so much, i really love it..its somethin else.

[@Limpopulaire]

La femme de ma vie ... après ma femme la vie ❤🎯

[@Inyourlap]

@FinalWish7 So her French is quite good and I can understand most of the lyrics but I guess it must not be always easy for a native English speaker to understand all the lyrics sings in English. Her voice is very soft and haunting and fits perfectly the drums and the bass. I adore this track, the production is flawless.

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

J'adore💙🇲🇫

[@BurtStark]

Yes, that's Del Palmer on bass. Oddly, the copy of the single that I have has "Dreamtime," a variation of "The Dreaming" as a B-side. Here are the credits from the single's sleeve: Fretless bass, Linn Programming - Del Palmer Vocals, Fairlight - Kate Bush Engineer - Paul Hardiman Lyrics - Kate Bush, Vivienne Chandler, Patrick Jeaneau

[@SixStringSteve]

Great post, thank you. The pics are terrific, especially the drawing of Kate with the cat - most appropriate for the song!

[@CherylScott]

Thanks so much! Never heard this one!

[@kurokimm]

I love kate's song. Now, I hear this song. I've gladed this song.

[@vertisha]

Как это красиво и чувственно... Kate

[@j.subsinsky1054]

Je t’en prie

[@romane8655]

Lyrics in French : Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire Tu attends Et je tombe Dans tes ailes blanches, la-la-la... Et je vole Et je coule Comme une plume Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas Je te volerai Ne t'enfuis pas Tu as des ailes Le pouvoir de me quitter Tu es tombé du ciel Comme un ange Et j'ai peur Que le ciel Te reprenne Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas Je te volerai Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire Je t'en pris Je t'en pris Je t'en pris Je t'en pris Je t'en pris Je ten pris Ne t'enfuis pas Lyrics in English : I come Like a cat Through the night so dark You wait And I fall In your white wings, la-la-la... And I fly And I'm sinking Like a feather If the big eyes of my God Didn't keep me I will steal you Don't run away You have wings The power to leave me You fell from the sky Like an angel And I'm scared Than the sky Take you back If the big eyes of my God Didn't keep me I will steal you I come Like a cat Through the night so dark Please Please Please Please Please Please Don't run away

[@stephanbee]

elle est parfait :)

[@Dermacrosis]

It is the other way round. This was the B-side and Un baiser d'enfant was the A-side. It was the B-side of "there Goes a Tenner" and "Suspended in Gaffa" depending on locations.

[@mrtimtremmel8465]

No-- i think this was a French release only by 'Conifer' records. Baiser was never an A side. Tenner was the uk release and gaffa in Europe.

[@madmiask]

Je ne savais pas qu'elle avait fait des chansons en français ; celle-ci est sympa.

[@alanlane3670]

When she sings I rapture........but when she sings in French..I faint !!!!!!

[@kojimapromeatspin]

So beautiful and awesome. I just foundvthe english translation. So so cool

[@saintetienne755]

Met her in 1982 signing The Dreaming album - tiny pixie type with long red hair. Gorgeous

[@dariioo17]

Little master piece.

[@williamsederholm1768]

sublime.

[@zindi1138]

right from England man.

[@flo15jo]

Oh lord .... she has the capability to be sensual, without crudity. I wish, I wish, that some of our current crop of popular artists could understand that. Miley Cyrus? Need I say more ?

[@Kelly14UK]

Hell I was ten in '78 and thought she was a weird witch in the vid for Wuthering. I think this girl is a friggin genius who taught us all what real music is all about. Sadly that has all died now, swamped in commercialised, digitalised bull. Kate sung from the hi and lo of her heart. In Search of Peter Pan : )

[@voight-kampfftester9218]

While you are certainly right, the producers and record companies behind performers such as Miley Cyrus know that this current generation doesn't/can't/won't think for themselves so something sensual flies completely over their heads. Something subtle won't work on their minds. It must be in their face and spelled out in large letters for them to understand. They all grew up on videogames so they have very short attenion spans too. The lowest common denominator rules and teens are the ones buying the most merchandise so this is a target group they have to spoonfeed as much as they can for as long as they can for the best profit. Let's be perfectly honest here: there were some artists even during Kate Bush's early years who made their names from an overly sexual (read vulgar) image and that made them go far. No need to mention names.

[@Kelly14UK]

Voight-Kampff Tester I don't really know what artists you mean, maybe Donna Summer? At least they all did REAL SONGS though... In the gym , this morning, in the background- white noise, chart " music", tuneless, dance oriented supermarket dirge,autotuned females always hitting the same repetitive high note, and that stupid playground chant : " oh oh oh oh " or lame weak " rap". So bad it made me angry. The lowest common denominator has taken over tv, media culture, music. Real emotion embarrasses these robots.

[@riccardobruero]

Voight-Kampff Tester As you already mentioned Kate's early performing years, I think back then the producers and record companies and the then young generation weren't that much different from now. Kate's innate talents had always went over many people's heads. My brother was a D.J. back then and he just hated her.

[@Kelly14UK]

riccardobruero Then he doesn't belong on this comments section : )

[@DebbyTessy]

Super!

[@philf9386]

Wonderful sublime quoi..

[@FinalWish7]

Love everything this woman does!!! Just wondering though... is this song understandable to a native speaker? How's her accent?

[@jeanje71]

FinalWish7 Big brit accent (very pretty) but understandable.

[@flopertone]

Catherine Buisson !

[@jeanje71]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@BenLawrenceWriter]

the late Benjamin Lo-Fi banged two small trophies together for part of the percussion track to this French fancy...although he doesn't use trophies on his own stuff...

[@stevengornall934]

Funnily enough thie was its own single and the B side for There goes a tenner, most copies suspeneded in gaffa, night of the swallow and some cipies of the dreaming

[@mrtimtremmel8465]

they tried to release it in the UK but EMi put a stop to it.

[@kaiorenan7008]

Kate você é sobrenatural

[@TruthofDilly]

@wigginsdesign - Totally agree with you. Have you heard "Come closer to me babe"? First time I heard it I was in fits of tears for hours but just had to keep playing it, it's so beautiful and now one of my fave songs ever. Shes a rare soul, thank goodness for Kate Bush. x x

[@j-rmarimoutou7767]

1st time hearing that song. Not sur if it's that good or not. Because I'm a BIIIIIG fan of here works : so it's always better than ever. But to be honest, french prononciation aren't so good. But... I always agree about any artist who try to go farway from he's safety musical zone.

[@olivivol]

@jon3m2007 As a French, I can't understand all the lyrics ! But indeed "don't fly away" is a good translation for it seems to be a meeting between a cat and a bird, guess who says "ne t'enfuis pas !" ...

[@delireent.3960]

Her french IS hard to understand but sound so good! If she had the right prononciation, i would Love her french voice so Much😍😍

[@Lliambreizh]

Ne t'enfuis pas= don't run away (from me)

[@Yomiii12]

Tan bella 🥰😭💖

[@philippechastel7491]

❤

[@912-e3q]

Can anybody find a French chart listing with this single on it? I'm curious to know how well it did. July 1983, I believe.

[@hubertr.wentland9354]

9 12 according to wikipedia, it charted at number 30

[@mrtimtremmel8465]

there was a push to release it in the UK as a french single but EMI put a stop to it.

[@patcharisma]

Pop can't ever get any bigger!! :) (Pat, Switzerland)

[@surfnsunshinekat]

ugh I want to buy this song and can't find it anywhere!

[@Blandina11]

It's included in the box set 'This Woman's Work box set'

[@Dermacrosis]

On google music it is on Remastered Part IV, you can buy it individually so do not have to buy the entire album if you do not want to..

[@ourson66]

It sounds like Eberhard Weber to me ... that fretless thing he does so well.

[@Sytarie]

Beautiful song, sounds a lot like the french singer Mylène Farmer (check it out english-speaking pals)

[@2020vision100]

I cant believe how much I love this song . Is Mick Karn playing the bass?

[@jeanje71]

2020vision100 I guess del palmer does...

[@chiquenaudeplus9482]

Ouh là là...

[@WithMyLittleSpoon]

I agree with you andgodcreatedwoman,Kate singing in french:)KATE as I said before you never cease to amaze me just like a windmill regeneration infinity all natural,now that's what I have been trying to tell everyone:) YOU should check out "WAKING THE WITCH" by KATE BUSH a part sung in GERMAN:):):):):) CHIN CHIN CHENTE ANNI SALUTE:)!:)!:)

[@Aufnahmesfreiheit]

browse "matia bazar treno blu" and listen isn' t it weirdly reminding? the songs are from the same year

[@professormause]

Mon Confiture ! And b4 Angry of Bordeaux writes in...I know. I had it ALL explained to me.

[@PascoZach]

@2020vision100 it was Del Palmer. I have the single

[@ToriLillytheauthor]

YES YES YES

[@BRW1965]

Yes!

[@2020vision100]

@Symphonyofflowers Thankyou.

[@marieonnebrink7595]

Eine Welt ohne dich ist eigentlich gar nicht möglich KOMMST DU BITTE ZUM M Erra Luna 2023??? Hildesheim ville valo steht auf dich und eine alte mc ph Schottin

[@JupiterGirl01]

true dream beat :)

[@MrRafaelBCK]

Oh Tish. That's french!

[@tadge72]

this wasnt released officially in france- it was released illegally and EMi recalled it.

[@artie6041]

there two versions of this song

[@ugh1963]

L'orchestration a un petit air d'Eric Serra. Amusant...

[@zebzeb7632]

Ou ce serait peut-être certaines orchestrations d’Éric Serra qui se rapprochent de celles de Kate Bush. Cette chanson date de 1983 et les premières musiques connues d’Éric Serra datent de 1985 avec le nullissime film Subway.

[@greebo7857]

It's Kate Bush. There are no "B" sides.

[@Bradleybox1988]

Check out a KZbin video called "Kate Bush Like a Feather". It's Ne t'enfuis pas set to a lovely solo dance, very fitting for this song...

[@altar7885]

@FinalWish7 Definitely understandable, though not perfect obviously. She must have worked for this.

[@judithevers2851]

She can sing in Irish as well!

[@jandron94]

You mean with an Irish accent ?

[@victoriagonzalez5774]

​@@jandron94No she sang in Irish Gaelic, Mná na hEireann, translated as Women of Ireland. It's a beautiful song and it's really amazing that she did, but I believe her mother was from County Longford in Ireland (which is so nice for me because I'm half Irish.)

[@jandron94]

@@victoriagonzalez5774 Ah yes Irish the official language of Ireland, English is for the English ;-)

[@tarko91]

Pour la basse, je dirais plutôt une des belles collaboration avec Eberhart Weber