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
“Bertie” is the third track from Aerial, Kate Bush’s triumphant 2005 double album. The song, written in C# minor, encapsulates only some of Kate’s adoration of her, at the time, 7 year old son Bertie whose existence had been accidentally revealed by fellow singer-songwriter, producer and friend Pete...
[Verse 1]
Here comes the sunshine
Here comes that son of mine
Here comes the everything
Here's a song and a song for him
[Pre-Chorus]
Sweet kisses
Three wishes
[Chorus]
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely Bertie
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely
You're lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely Bertie
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely
[Verse 2]
The most wilful
The most beautiful
The most truly fantastic smile
I've ever seen
[Pre-Chorus]
Sweet kisses
Three wishes
[Chorus]
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely Bertie
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely
You're lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely Bertie
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely
You're lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely Bertie
Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely
[Outro]
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
You bring me so much joy
And then you bring me more joy
Bertie was written by Kate Bush.
Bertie was produced by Kate Bush.
Really, you know with a song like that, you could never be special enough from my point of view, and I wanted to try and give it an arrangement that wasn’t terribly obvious, so I went for the sort of early music.
Speaking on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2.
He’s such a big part of my life so, you know, he’s a very big part of my work. It’s such a great thing, being able to spend as much time with him as I can. And, you know, he won’t be young for very long. And already he’s starting to grow up and I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss out on that, that I...