Suspended in Gaffa

Suspended in Gaffa
"Suspended in Gaffa"
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Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Dreaming
B-side	"Ne t'enfuis pas"
Released	2 November 1982
Format	7" single
Recorded	1982
Length	3:50
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Kate Bush
Producer(s)	Kate Bush
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"Suspended in Gaffa" is a song recorded by Kate Bush. It was the third single release from her album The Dreaming around Europe such as (The Netherlands), (Germany) and (France), (but not in the UK where "There Goes a Tenner" was released instead).

The song lyrics are about seeing something one really wants (God in this case), then not being able to see or experience it ever again.^[1] The "gaffa" of the title and chorus refers to gaffer tape, the strong matte black tape used by technicians in the film and concert industries.^[2]

The B-side is the original mix of "Ne t'enfuis pas", only released on a handful of singles in late 1982. "Ne t'enfuis pas", which is misspelled on the original sleeve as "Ne T'en Fui Pas", means "Don't run away" in French. In some countries, the B-side was "Dreamtime" (which originally appeared as the B-side to "The Dreaming").

Music video

A music video was produced for the song, which features Bush performing an interpretive dance in what appears to be a barn. Video on YouTube

Covers

A cover of "Suspended in Gaffa" appears on Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot's debut album The Rhumb Line.

In popular culture

Rec.music.gaffa has been the name for the Kate Bush Usenet newsgroup since 16 August 1985,^[3] and is now resident at Google Groups and other Kate-Bush-related websites.^[4]

"Kate Boosh" by Brooklyn-based rapper Himanshu "Heems" Suri samples the two-line post-chorus vocal of this song and co-opts it as a chorus. The song appears on Suri's 2012 mixtape Nehru Jackets.

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Dutch Single Top 100	50
French SNEP Singles Chart	33

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] Kate Bush In Her Own Words

[2] ttp://gaffa.org/garden/kate18.html

[3] ttp://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt.answers/music/kate-bush-faq/

[4] ttp://www.gaffa.org

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	The Kick Inside Lionheart Never for Ever The Dreaming Hounds of Love The Sensual World The Red Shoes Aerial Director's Cut 50 Words for Snow
Extended plays	On Stage Kate Bush Aspects of the Sensual World Eat the Music
Singles	"Wuthering Heights" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "Them Heavy People" "Moving" "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" "Rubberband Girl" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" "The Man I Love" "And So Is Love" "King of the Mountain" "Lyra" "Deeper Understanding" "Wild Man"
Live albums	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon Before the Dawn
Compilation albums	The Single File The Whole Story This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 The Other Sides
Videos	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon The Single File The Hair of the Hound The Whole Story The Sensual World: The Videos The Line, the Cross and the Curve
Concerts	The Tour of Life Before the Dawn
Related	The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever David Gilmour

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