Rubberband Girl
Kate Bush * Track #1 On The Red Shoes
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Rubberband Girl by Kate Bush
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“Rubberband Girl” is the lead track from Kate Bush’s The Red Shoes, and was the album’s lead single for everywhere except America. Described by Bush herself as “just a fun pop song”, the track is very much lead by its kick-snare-kick-snare drum pattern while Bush uses its lyrics to describe how it’s...
Rubberband Girl Lyrics
[Verse 1]
See those trees
Bend in the wind
I feel they've got a lot more sense than me
You see I try to resist
[Chorus]
A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband
I'd be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband
I'd be a rubberband girl
[Post-Chorus]
A rubberband girl, me
A rubberband girl, me
Oh, I wanna be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl, she
[Verse 2]
When I slip out
Of my catapult
I gotta land with my feet firm on the ground
And let my body catch up
[Chorus]
A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband
I'd be back on my feet
A rubberband hold your trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband
I'd be a rubberband girl
[Post-Chorus]
A rubberband girl, me
A rubberband girl, me
Oh, I wanna be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl, she
[Bridge]
Give like a rubberband
Twang like a rubberband
Snap like a rubberband
[Interlude]
Rub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub
Rub-a-dub-a-dub
Rub-a-dub
[Hook]
One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up
[Interlude]
A rubberband girl, she
A rubberband girl, she
[Interlude]
[Interlude]
Here I go!
A rubberband girl, she
A rubberband girl, she
Yeah!
A rubberband girl, she
[Hook]
One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up
[Outro]
A rubberband girl, she
A rubberband girl, she
A rubberband girl, she
A rubberband girl, she
Rubberband Girl Q&A
Who wrote Rubberband Girl's ?
Rubberband Girl was written by Kate Bush.
Who produced Rubberband Girl's ?
Rubberband Girl was produced by Kate Bush.
When did Kate Bush release Rubberband Girl?
Kate Bush released Rubberband Girl on Mon Sep 06 1993.
What did Kate Bush say about "Rubberband Girl"?
Well, it’s playing with the idea of how [to put] up resistance… um… doesn’t do any good, really. The whole thing is to sort of go with the flow.
In interview with Vox’s Marianne Jenssen.
[It] was a lot of fun to put together. The song was written quickly with a one chord sequence and it was writte...
How was the song recorded?
On [this track] the bass, drums and basic keyboards were all done together, but we did change the whole track afterwards in the sense of editing it digitally rather than re-doing tracks. The bass and drum sound was important because we wanted to have them consistent throughout the album.
When you p...
Were there any b-sides for this single?
Yes, and most of the formats retained the same tracks: “Big Stripey Lie” and the extended mix. The exception to this, of course, was the 7" vinyl which omitted the extended mix due to runtime limitations.
In the United States an additional CD release was made featuring the U.S. mix and the extended...