Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Released as the sole single from Kate Bush’s 2005 album Aerial, “King of the Mountain” is an art rock song which describes Kate’s wondering if the late Elvis Presley is still alive someplace. Written in F major, and nearly 10 years before most other tracks, it follows a chord progression of F-Ab-Bb-...
[Verse 1]
Could you see the aisles of women?
Could you see them screaming and weeping?
Could you see the storm rising?
Could you see the guy who was driving?
Could you climb higher and higher?
Could you climb right over the top?
Why does a multi-millionaire
Fill up his home with priceless junk?
[Pre-Chorus]
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
[Chorus]
Elvis, are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
[Verse 2]
Another Hollywood waitress
Is telling us she's having your baby
And there's a rumour that you're on ice
And you will rise again someday
And that there's a photograph
Where you're dancing on your grave
[Pre-Chorus]
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
[Pre-Chorus]
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
[Chorus]
Elvis, are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
[Chorus]
Elvis, are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain now
[Bridge]
The wind it blows
The wind it blows the door closed
The wind it blows
The wind it blows
[Pre-Chorus]
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
[Outro]
The wind it blows
The wind it blows
King of the Mountain was written by Kate Bush.
King of the Mountain was produced by Kate Bush.
Kate Bush released King of the Mountain on Mon Oct 24 2005.
During an interview with BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe:
Well I think a lot of people haven’t got a clue what it’s about.
And you like that?
Yes, I do, I think it’s brilliant. And I think whatever I have in my head when I write it is important to me, but I think it’s very important how that works f...
I think he’s one of those people who… I mean, that kind of fame that he must have been living with must have been unbearable. I can’t imagine what it must be like. I don’t think human beings are really built to withstand that kind of fame.
Speaking on BBC Radio 2’s Front Line in 2005.