About The Song
“Wuthering Heights” is a song by English singer Kate Bush, released as her debut single on 20 January 1978 through EMI Records. The song was inspired by the 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name and was released as the lead single from Bush’s debut studio album, The Kick Inside (1978). The song is sung from the perspective of the Wuthering Heights character Catherine Earnshaw, pleading at Heathcliff’s window to be allowed in. It quotes Catherine’s dialogue, including the lyrics “I’m so cold”, “let me in”, and “bad dreams in the night”. “Wuthering Heights” became a No.1 hit in the UK singles chart and remains Kate’s biggest-selling single. The song has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for sales and streams of over 600,000 units in the United Kingdom. Kate re-recorded ‘Wuthering Heights’ for the compilation album ‘The Whole Story’ in 1986. It was released as ‘Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)’.