The Big Sky (song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Big Sky


Artist = Kate Bush
from Album = Hounds of Love
B-side = "Not This Time"
Released = 28 April 1986
Format = 7" single / 7" picture disc single / 12" single
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Art rock
Length = 4:34 (Special Single Mix)4:42 (Album Version)
Label = EMI
Writer = Kate Bush
Producer = Kate Bush
Certification =
Chart position = * #37 (UK)
Last single = "Hounds Of Love"
(1986)
This single = "The Big Sky"
(1986)
Next single = "Don't Give Up"
(1986)
Misc =

"The Big Sky" was the fourth and final release from "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush.

"The Big Sky" was released on 28 April 1986 and just made the top forty in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 37.

The 7" single was released as the "Special Single Mix", which includes an alternate intro, this version appears as a B-side on the 1994 CD single "The Red Shoes".

The UK & US 12" EPs also include an additional non-LP track: an extended version of "The Big Sky" called the "Meteorological Mix". The song is about remembering some of the simple pleasures enjoyed as children that most no longer find the time for, such as spending the afternoon looking at the sky, watching the clouds take on shapes.

The B-Side is a song called "Not This Time" and it's about a woman who declares her independence from her possessive, domineering, abusive lover.