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)’.
Lyrics
Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back, love
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
My only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh! Let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
Ooh! Let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
You know, it's me - Cathy
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home. I'm so cold