Disney Influences The Kate Bush Song

The Peter Pan narrative by Disney has inspired numerous bands. Everyone from Metallica to Celine Dion has drawn inspiration from the legend, while Kate Bush went one step further by calling a song “In Search of Peter Pan,” which eventually featured on her Lionheart album.

The song was released in 1978 when Bush was only 20 years old but still yearned for youth. In a songwriting sense, Bush has always been wise ahead of her years and unafraid to explore societal issues that most writers would run away from. While on the surface, ‘In Search Of Peter Pan’ might seem like there’s not a dearth of weight to the song, the truth is a different story.

Although the track features Peter Pan in the title, the content is not directly about his story. Instead, Bush wrote from the perspective of a young boy going through difficult times, but a newspaper clipping of Peter Pan is her prized belonging and inspires her to keep up the fight.