This Woman's Work

"This Woman's Work" is a song written and performed by the British singer Kate Bush. It was initially featured on the soundtrack of the American film She's Having a Baby (1988). The song was released as the second single from her album The Sensual World in 1989 and peaked at 25 in the UK Singles Chart. Song information "This Woman's Work" lyric is about being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during childbirth. Written for the film She's Having a Baby, director John Hughes used the song during the film's dramatic climax when Jake (Kevin Bacon) learns that the lives of his wife, Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern), and their unborn child are in danger. As the song plays, a montage sequence of flashbacks shows the couple in happier times, intercut with shots of him waiting for news of Kristy and their baby's condition. Bush wrote the song specifically for the sequence, writing from a man's (Jake's) viewpoint and matching the words to the visuals which had already been filmed. Tarquin Gotch, who was music supervisor of She’s Having A Baby, says that the temp track for the scene was This Mortal Coil’s cover of “Song to the Siren” by Tim Buckley, but they were unable to obtain legal rights to use the song. The version of the song featured on The Sensual World was re-edited from the original version featured on the film's soundtrack. The version released as a single was a third, slightly alternate mix.