Kite (Kate Bush song)

"Kite"
Song by Kate Bush
from the album The Kick Inside
A-side	"Wuthering Heights"
Released	20 January 1978
Genre	Progressive rock[1] psychedelic rock[1] reggae rock[1]
Length	2:56
Label	EMI Records
Songwriter(s)	Kate Bush
Producer(s)	Andrew Powell

"Kite" is the fourth track from Kate Bush's 1978 album, The Kick Inside. It was also the B-side to her first single, "Wuthering Heights", released on 20 January 1978. The verses feature a reggae style.

Composition

"Kite" features two modulations created through using the ♭VII or subtonic as a pivot.[2]

Sources

1. Kelley, Christine (January 25, 2019). "Kite". Dreams of Orgonon. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
2. Moore, Allan. "The So-Called 'Flattened Seventh' in Rock", p.196, Popular Music, Vol. 14, No. 2. (May, 1995), pp. 185-201.