Overview
The song is about being afraid to fall in love; in the song this feeling is compared to being chased by a pack of hounds. The music video (directed by Bush herself) was very much inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film The 39 Steps and 'Hitchcock' also features in the video (a nod to the director's famous cameo appearances in his movies).
The versions worldwide differ slightly: the US single mix included an additional chorus just after the second chorus. The words "it's in the trees, it's coming!" heard at the beginning of the track are sampled from the British 1957 horror film Night of the Demon and are spoken by an actor from the film, Maurice Denham.
In October 2004, Q magazine placed this song at No.21 in its list of the 50 greatest British songs of all-time.
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