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    "comment": "Bush wrote this with the title \"Deal With God.\" Her label made her change it because they didn't think radio stations in any religious countries (Italy, Ireland...) would play a song with \"God\" in the title.  She thought that was ridiculous, but agreed to the change because after spending two years making the album, she didn't want her song to get blacklisted because of the title.\n\nIt was a rare creative compromise for Bush, and one she came to regret, as she feels \"Deal With God\" is the proper title and part of the song's entity.\n\nOf this track, Bush reveals, \"It's about a relationship between a man and a woman. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way. It creates insecurities. It's saying if the man could be the woman and the woman the man, if they could make a deal with God, to change places, that they'd understand what it's like to be the other person and perhaps it would clear up misunderstandings. You know, all the little problems; there would be no problem.\"\n\nBush not only wrote her own songs, but starting with her 1982 album The Dreaming, was also her own producer, a rare feat at the time especially for a female artist. Until she came along, the only woman on this level who did her own writing and production was Joni Mitchell, another singer of immense influence and acclaim.  She wrote this track using a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer. She was one of the first to use the device, including it on her 1980 album Never For Ever. https://tinyurl.com/yc4c44mv",
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