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"Hammer Horror" is a song by Kate Bush, released as first single from her second album Lionheart. It was released on 27 October 1978. The song peaked at No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The parent album, released a few weeks later, was unaffected and charted in the top 10. "Hammer Horror" proved to be a temporary blip, for Bush's next single returned her to the top 20. In other countries it fared better, such as Ireland and Australia, where the song reached No. 10 [2] and No.17 respectively.

"Hammer Horror"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album Lionheart
B-side	"Coffee Homeground"
Released	27 October 1978
Recorded	July–September 1978
Genre	Glam rock art rock baroque pop
Length	4:39 4:25 (edit)
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Kate Bush
Producer(s)	Andrew Powell assisted by Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978) "Hammer Horror" (1978) "Wow" (1979)
Music video
"Hammer Horror" on YouTube

Whilst in Australia during a promotional tour, Kate Bush devised the dance routine for the song in her Melbourne hotel room, and performed the song on the television show Countdown.[3]

The song references Hammer Films, a company specializing in horror movies. However, Bush conceived of the song after viewing the film Man of a Thousand Faces, a biographical film – not produced by Hammer – about Lon Chaney starring James Cagney. "The song was inspired by seeing James Cagney playing the part of Lon Chaney playing the hunchback", Bush stated in 1979. "He was an actor in an actor in an actor, rather like Chinese boxes, and that's what I was trying to create." The story of the song concerns an actor who gets thrust into the lead role of The Hunchback of Notre Dame after the original actor dies in an accident on the film set.[4] The guilt-ridden narrator of the song ends up being haunted by the ghost of the jealous original actor, who was a former friend. A promotional video was made for the single featuring Bush and a black-masked dancer performing the song against a black background.

The B-side of the song was "Coffee Homeground", which also featured on Lionheart.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Kate Bush.

7" vinyl

1. "Hammer Horror" – 4:38
2. "Coffee Homeground" – 3:39

7" vinyl (Japan)[5]

1. "Hammer Horror" – 4:15
2. "Coffee Homeground" – 3:39

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1978–79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	17
Ireland (IRMA)[2]	10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7]	25
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8]	25
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]	21
Spain (AFE)[10]	35
UK Singles (OCC)[1]	44

References

На других языках

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- [en] Hammer Horror (song)

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[it] Hammer Horror

Hammer Horror è un singolo della cantante britannica Kate Bush, primo estratto dal suo secondo album del 1978 Lionheart.

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[ru] Hammer Horror (песня)

«Hammer Horror» (с англ. — «Молот-ужас») — песня британской певицы и композитора Кейт Буш; третий по общему счёту сингл Буш и первый сингл из её второго студийного альбома Lionheart, выпущенный 27 октября 1978 года. В отличие от первых двух синглов, занявших 1-е и 6-е места в UK Singles Chart, достиг лишь 44-й позиции в британском хит-параде[2]. Результаты продаж «Hammer Horror» в других странах были несколько более высокими (так, ирландское издание вошло в первую десятку национального сингл-чарта[3]). Телевизионный клип «Hammer Horror» стал первой официальной видеозаписью выступления Кейт Буш в паре с профессиональным танцором.

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