Hammer Horror (song)

"Hammer Horror" (from the English. - "Hammer-Horror") - a song by British singer and composer Kate Bush ; the third overall single of the singer and the first single from her second studio album Lionheart , released on October 27, 1978. Unlike the first two singles, Bush, who took 1st and 6th places in the UK Singles Chart , reached only 44th position in the British hit parade ^[1] . Sales results for Hammer Horror in other countries were slightly higher (for example, the Irish edition entered the top ten national single chart).

Hammer horror
Single Kate Bush from the album Lionheart
Side B	"Coffee Homeground"
Released	October 27, 1978
Format	7 "
Recorded by	1978
Genre	art rock
Duration	4:39
Producer	Andrew Powell
Composer
Songwriter
Label	Emi
Timeline of Kate Bush Singles
" Moving " (1978) "Hammer Horror" (1978) " Wow " (1979)
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The television clip “Hammer Horror” was the first official video of a performance by Kate Bush paired with a professional dancer.

The title and plot of the song - the story of an actor who unexpectedly received the main role of a Hunchback from Notre Dame and pursued by a former protagonist - is a kind of dedication to the British film studio Hammer Film Productions , specializing in "Gothic" horror films .

The note transcription of the song in the first printed edition of Kate Bush’s selected compositions The Best of Kate Bush (1980) was accompanied by the author’s comment: “At night on the set, alone, in the light of a single spotlight. But who is it in the shadows? ”( Eng. Alone on a film set at night with just one spotlight. But who is that in the shadows? ) ^[2] .

Side “B” of the single contained the 9th track from Lionheart's album - “Coffee Homeground”.