A delicate yet stately portent of the towering heights Kate Bush would ascend to later in her journey, The Man with the Child in His Eyes was, Wuthering Heights aside, clearly the gem of Bush’s debut album, The Kick Inside.
Feeling simultaneously naive yet also wise beyond Bush’s incredibly young years, the brief song meditated on an unspoken emotional connection between a young girl and an older man.
An unconventional angle for a love song perhaps, but Bush's nuanced exploration of the spark between the pair was refreshingly honest for a top 10-charting love song.
