Sat in Your Lap

"Sat in Your Lap" (1981) is a song by the English musician Kate Bush. It was the first single to be released from her fourth album The Dreaming (1982), though it was issued 15 months prior to the album, which was nowhere near completion at that time. The single peaked at no. 11 in the UK Singles Chart.

Music

Musically, the single was faster and more percussive than Bush's previous releases. It features Preston Heyman on drums recorded in the stone room at The Townhouse Studio 2, London, and Paddy Bush and Preston on whip-like percussion (actually played on bamboo canes swooshing through the air rhythmically).^[1] Critic Simon Reynolds called it "an avant-pop stampede of pounding percussion and deranged shrieks, a sister-song to Public Image Ltd's "Flowers of Romance."^[2] The lyrics of the song deal with feelings of existential frustration and the quest for knowledge.^[3]

Release

Kate Bush stated in an early interview that the single version was remixed slightly for inclusion on The Dreaming. The vocals were raised higher and the backing track altered to fit in better with the overall feel of the album.

The demo version of "Sat in Your Lap" contains an extra verse at the start, which was later cut out of the song. As with subsequent singles from the album, a 12" single was planned but was eventually withdrawn.

The B-side to the single was a cover version (Bush's first) of "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan.

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	93
Dutch Single Top 100	32
Irish Singles Chart	18
Spain (Productores de Música de España)^[5]	30
UK Singles Chart	11

References

↑ Lorne Murdoch (1985). "Kate Bush". Record Collector (December 1985, No. 76): p.22
↑ Simon Reynolds. "Kate Bush, the queen of art-pop who defied her critics". the Guardian.
↑ The Guardian Kate Bush 10 best songs
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 50. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Kate Bush

Studio albums

Compilations

The Whole Story

Box sets	The Single File This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

"Wuthering Heights" "Moving" "Them Heavy People" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "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/Candle in the Wind" "Rubberband Girl" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" "The Man I Love" "And So Is Love" "King of the Mountain" "Deeper Understanding" "Wild Man" "And Dream of Sheep"

Other songs	"Lyra"

Video albums

Concert tours

List of tribute albums

Category

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