This Woman’s Work Kate Robinson Beckwith for Fred This Woman’s Work 7 “Straight Up” Battle 14 Maxwell’s House 17 Gwyneth 19 Jealous? 32 Felicity 33 Ghost Whisperer 35 Alias 37 7th Heaven 38 Q: What is this song on 7th Heaven? 39 Party of Five 40 Another Question 45 Crossing Jordan 47 Without a Trace 49 All the Sinners 53 Chasing Life 57 The Vampire Diaries 59 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 60 Extras 64 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 65 CSI: Miami 67 CSI: Miami Question 68 The Handmaid’s Tale 69 Outro 71 This Woman’s Work It’s so amazing how a single piece of music can become so powerful in so many different versions That’s the case with “This Woman’s Work” by the great Kate Bush, which was released over 20 years ago and still going strong! She had success with it in 1988 when John Hughes used it in a critical scene in his She’s Having a Baby and again when it was released as a single in 1989. Then Maxwell released his amazing male version of the song, which led to its use in the incredible dance tribute to breast cancer awareness on So You Think You Can Dance Countless dance acts have sampled or covered her songs, among them Utah Saints, E-Clypse and Blue Pearl, and she has also pene- trated urban music. Aside from Prince, Tupac Shakur was a fan, US nu-soul singer Maxwell did unspeakable things to “This Woman’s Work,” while OutKast’s Big Boi is a raving devotee who has consis- tently haggled for a collaboration which has, sadly, yet to emerge Japanese singer ACO covered this song on her 2001 album Material In 2009 Greg Laswell recorded this song on his EP Covers In 2005, the song peaked at #3 in the UK Official Download Chart due to it being featured in the Tamzin Outhwaite drama Walk Away and I Stumble 7 Octover, a Singapore electronic duo released their self-titled album in 2013 with a cover of “This Woman’s Work” In March 2013, the English folk trio Lady Maisery released a cover version as a charity download, with proceeds donated to the charity End Violence Against Women. The song also features on their second album, Mayday Lillie McCloud performed on the song on the third season of The X Factor USA on 20 November 2013 for British Invasion Night Australian singers including Darren Hayes, Marlisa, Nathaniel, Pete Murray and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) covered the track in 2014 as the collective Hope for Isla and Jude, in support of Sydney siblings who suffer from the rare disease Sanfilippo syndrome. The cover reached number 79 on the Australian Singles Chart In December 2014 the English singer-songwriter Megan Henwood released a cover of the song as a charity download, with all proceeds going to Médecins Sans Frontières South Sudan In 2015, the South Korean singer-songwriter Kim Jonghyun of SHINee sang cover of the song on MBC Music’s Picnic Live The song was sung during the Judges Houses stage of the 12th season of The X Factor UK, by contestant Seann Miley Moore It was performed by Theo Llewellyn and Jordan Gray in The Battle round of The Voice UK In March 2016 Gary Lutton an acoustic guitarist for Belfast Northern Ireland and the winner of Sky Arts Guitar Star arranged a unique solo version for acoustic guitar I consider myself a man’s man and don’t consider myself a “wimp” but 8 whenever I hear this song or see the video, I feel like I’m going to cry I can’t even watch the whole video without getting that lump in my throat I like how the crescendo of choirs breaks in at the climax of the song Very poignant There was a film called She’s Having A Baby And John Hughes the director, rung up and said that he had a sequence in the film that he really wanted a song to be written for And the film’s very light: it’s a lovely comedy. His films are very human, and it’s just about this young guy-- falls in love with a girl marries her He’s still very much a kid. She gets pregnant and it’s all still very light and child-like until she’s just about to have the baby and the nurse comes up to him and says it’s a in a breech position and they don’t know what the situation will be. So while she’s in the operating room he has to sit and wait in the waiting room and 9 it’s a very powerful piece of film where he’s just sitting, thinking, and this is actually the moment in the film where he has to grow up He has no choice. There he is; he’s not a kid any more; you can see he’s in a very grown-up situation And he starts, in his head, going back to the times they were together There are clips of film of them laughing together and doing up their flat and all this kind of thing That’s the sequence I had to write the song about, and it’s really very moving him in the waiting room, having flashbacks of his wife and him going for walks decorating... He’d been such a Wally up to this point And in a way, there was a sense that the whole film built up to this moment. And it was a very easy song to write. It was very quick. And just kind of came, like a lot of songs do. Even if you struggle for months, in the end, they just kind of go - BLAH! You know? I believe this song was also played at the ending of a Miami Vice episode in 1987 called 10 “Baby Blues” Absolutely beautiful! Well, you believe wrong, Wendy from Louisville, Kentucky, because the song wasn’t released until 1988 There’s Maxwell’s version along with a wonderful music video. I love the image of the man drowning in the street and having to swim across the street. It captures the helpless feeling all us men have during the time of childbirth. No matter how tough and strong we think we are, we just feel so powerless at that miraculous time This song was also used in the 2nd episode of Alias when Sydney finally begins to take in all that has happened since she told Danny about her life An amazing song to fit that amazing TV show! This song was also used in the BBC documentary commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Dunblane School Massacre This song was also used on a Party Of Five episode when Baily is looking at Sarah in the hospital bed after the accident that he caused driving drunk I heard this song in an episode of Chasing Life and have been looking for it...I finally found it and it’s better than I remembered… 11 it’s so beautiful. Thank you Maxwell’s is way better Kate did it best!!!! Both Kate and Maxwell have done amazing jobs singing this song. Kate Bush is an amazing artist and singer I would say she is a better artist than Maxwell But Maxwell is an infinitely better singer than she is His cover version of this is just absolutely amazing for me singing standpoint alone This is garbage she has no melody... everyone who’s saying this version is better than Maxwell’s is really lost Who cares who made it? I guess since I heard Maxwell’s version first I just feel like it’s his song lol but they both add different styles to the song which is just beautiful Can we all just enjoy the freaking music?!?! wipes tears 12 Listen to the lyrics make up with your loved one if you’re in a patchy place love them enjoy them There will be a day they wouldn’t be there anymore You’re the Worst brought me here Seann Miley Moore got me here!!! Searched for this song after hearing it on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia God It’s so beautiful I felt that... although up until this point I’ve only heard Maxwell’s cover which I think is exceptional Kate Bush gave me a better understanding I like Greg Laswell’s cover Still hurts my heart. I’ve been listening to this song for what 30 years? so. so painfully good 13 “Straight Up” Battle: American Idol vs. The X Factor It’s British Invasion Week on The X Factor, which seems odd because I thought X Factor was already a British Invasion. Anyway, one of the contestants took on “This Woman’s Work,” which was originally sung by Kate Bush and later re-released by Maxwell. And as soon as they revealed that this song would be performed, I immediately had flashbacks to a very memorable moment from season 9 of American Idol, so I’m going to start from there. “This Woman’s Work” is a very raw and emotional song that Bush wrote for the movie She’s Having a Baby. In that film, Jake’s wife is giving birth and the song plays during a scene when he finds out there might be some complications that could affect both his wife and baby. The lyrics of the song truly reflect this part of the storyline.