Day 3 – A song that makes you happy

Song: "Cloudbusting" - Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love (1985)

I'm the first person to admit that Kate Bush's music can often be overly dramatic and occasionally just goofy. Yet, on "Cloudbusting," as soon as I hear that little string riff creeping up, I practically start skipping. It's such a shamelessly optimistic song, featuring the self-help-worthy chorus of "I just know that something good is gonna happen, I don't know when, but just saying it could even make it happen." Yes, this is a song that rhymes "happen" with "happen" and still manages to be fantastic.

I really don't care about the whole "it's-about-a-guy-with-a-machine-that-makes-it-rain" subtext to the song. The yearning in the lines "every time it rains, you're here in my head" is charming, but it's that propulsive, marching chorus that always makes me smile. Sometimes, blind positivity isn't such a bad thing.

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