This week I’m featuring 80’s deep cuts on Mental Jukebox. They’re the non-charting singles. The forgotten b-sides. The unheralded album staples. While they may not be the first songs that come to mind when you think of the 80’s, they’re some of the most important musical statements of the decade.

Kate Bush stands in two worlds. One foot firmly in the future. Another foot firmly back in time. No other female artist in her era was more influential. But for some reason, her full body of work has gone largely unnoticed in the U.S. Even “Running Up That Hill” was only considered a minor hit in the states. That qualifies “Cloudbusting” as a true deep cut. With its austere, cello-led string arrangement, it’s the antithesis of radio-friendly and the blueprint for genre crossover maneuvering.

“I just know that something good is gonna happen.”