"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Kick Inside
B-side	"Moving"
Released	26 May 1978 (1978-05-26)
Format	7" vinyl
Recorded	June 1975 (1975-06), AIR Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	2:42 (Single mix) 2:40 (LP mix)
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Kate Bush
Producer	Andrew Powell, David Gilmour
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Wuthering Heights" (1978) "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978) "Them Heavy People" (1978)
Music sample "The Man with the Child in His Eyes"

"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is a song by Kate Bush. It is the fifth track on her debut album The Kick Inside and was released as her second single. Bush wrote it when she was 13. The song was recorded at AIR Studios, London in June 1975 under the guidance of David Gilmour.^[1] She has stated how recording with a large orchestra at that age terrified her.^[2] The song was Bush's second chart single in the United Kingdom where it reached number six in the summer of 1978. In the United States the single was released in December of the same year. It became her first single to reach the Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at number 85 early in 1979.^[3]

The single version slightly differs from the album version. On the single, the song opens with the phrase “he’s here!” echoing, an effect added after the album was released.^[2]

Bush performed this song in her one appearance on Saturday Night Live, singing on a piano being played by Paul Shaffer.

Contents 1 Chart performance 2 Track listing 2.1 7": EMI / EMI 2806 (UK) 3 Cover versions 4 References

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[4]	6
Australian Singles Chart	22
Dutch Top 40[5]	27
Irish Singles Chart[6]	3
New Zealand Singles Chart	36
US Billboard Pop Singles[3]	85

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7": EMI / EMI 2806 (UK)

[edit] Cover versions

Scottish duo Hue & Cry released the song in their Violently EP in 1989. Dark Orange added "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" as a B-side to their "Sounds of Silence" single in 1992. It was also recorded by Natalie Cole. Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena recorded the song in 2007 for her album Songs of Love & Loss.

Lara Fabian covered this song on an acoustic album sold only during her "toutes les femmes en moi" tour in 2009 "Every woman in me" where she covers English-speaking women that inspired her during her musical career in many ways.

[edit] References

v • d • e Kate Bush Studio albums The Kick Inside · Lionheart · Never for Ever · The Dreaming · Hounds of Love · The Sensual World · The Red Shoes · Aerial Extended plays On Stage · Kate Bush Live albums and compilations Live at the Hammersmith Odeon · The Single File · The Whole Story · This Woman's Work Videos Live at the Hammersmith Odeon · The Single File · Hair of the Hound · The Whole Story · The Sensual World: The Videos · The Line, the Cross & the Curve Singles "Wuthering Heights" · "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" · "Them Heavy People" · "Moving" · "Hammer Horror" · "Wow" · "Symphony in Blue" · "Strange Phenomena" · "Breathing" · "Babooshka" · "Army Dreamers" · "December Will Be Magic Again" · "Sat in Your Lap" · "The Dreaming" · "There Goes a Tenner" · "Suspended in Gaffa" · "Ne t'enfuis pas" · "Night of the Swallow" · "Running Up That Hill" · "Cloudbusting" · "Hounds of Love" · "The Big Sky" · "Don't Give Up" · "Experiment IV" · "The Sensual World" · "This Woman's Work" · "Love and Anger" · "Rocket Man" · "Rubberband Girl" · "Eat the Music" · "Moments of Pleasure" · "The Red Shoes" · "The Man I Love" · "And So Is Love" · "King of the Mountain" Related articles Discography · Awards and nominations · The Tour of Life

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