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The "Music Videos" section in the Wuthering Heights (song) wikipedia article needs a bit of a touch up.

The sentence I'd like to edit: "Bush created the choreography and dance moves to suggest her character is a ghost (as in this scene in the novel), without explicitly stating as much."

Since Kate Bush took inspiration from the T.V. show version of Wuthering Heights, I think it would be beneficial to expand on exactly how the dance may be related. As Kate Bush revealed in a BBC interview in 1978 she was inspired not by the novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë, but by 1967 BBC version of Wuthering Heights. She explained that she saw the last five minutes of the movie where Heathcliff, played by Ian McShane, had his hand sticking out a broken window and with blood pouring down his wrists and then she had someone explain to her the premise of the movie.

It is important to mention the different versions of the music videos and how they were presented. If you were to view "Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 1", you will see Kate Bush in her white dress with mist surrounding her. In BBC's 1967 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, there is a scene where Catherine Earnshaw is seen outside the window with wide eyes with snow surrounding her in complete darkness with a white hue around her face. She even says "I've come home" which matches Kate Bush's lyrics "It's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home. I'm so cold." These could be an entirely new section in the article since it is so detailed, but I do feel that the Wuthering Height's article should go into more detail about it in a way like this:

Music Videos

Version 1

Kate Bush's Version 1 video was heavily inspired by 1967 BBC version of Wuthering Heights. In Kate Bush's music video titled "Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 1" Kate Bush is seen in a white dress with deep, black eyeliner and mist surrounding her in a dark room. In BBC's 1967 adaptation of Wuthering Heights at the two and a half hour mark, there is a scene where Catherine Earnshaw is outside the window with wide eyes and snow surrounding her in complete darkness with a white hue around her face. The words that Catherine speaks are "I've come home" which matches Kate Bush's lyrics "It's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home. I'm so cold. Let me in-a-your-window."

The music videos also offer a different perspective when it comes to the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Nelly Dean narrates the entire story which leads to a skewed version of Heathcliff and Cathy's relationship. She is directly involved in many of the events, expressing the depths of certain situations, but continues to be an unreliable narrator due to her "insensitivity" and "emotional inadequacy" as she follows their romance. Kate Bush's song and music videos turn these important scenes into a first person point of view with lines such as “You had a temper, like my jealousy / too hot too greedy.” Because of this, Kate Bush's music videos are used by professors as a way to show the haunting themes in the novel Wuthering Heights.

Version 2

Version 2 of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" music video titled "Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2", Kate Bush is shown in a red dress dancing outside in a field. This music video has been influential in sparking events such as "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever". To imitate Kate Bush, the participants called "Cathy's" would wear a red dress with black accessories and red lipstick as the signature look. Though the music video was filmed in a grassy area called Salisbury Plain, this event has made its way to many other places and countries such as the United States. One of the first events in the US was located in James Madison Park in Wisconsin in 2016. This is how Kate Bush has expanded outside of the BBC adaptation and more into her own version of "Wuthering Heights" and the love story within.

Complete changes published altogether on the Wikipedia Website

Version 1 (Indoor Version)

There are two music videos with similar choreography were created to accompany "Wuthering Heights". Bush created the choreography and dance moves to suggest her character is a ghost (as in this scene in the novel), without explicitly stating as much. Kate Bush's Version 1 (indoor version) video was heavily inspired by 1967 BBC version of Wuthering Heights. In Kate Bush's music video titled "Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 1" Kate Bush is seen in a white dress with deep, black eyeliner and mist surrounding her in a dark room. In BBC's 1967 adaptation of Wuthering Heights at the two and a half hour mark, there is a scene where Catherine Earnshaw is outside the window with wide eyes and snow surrounding her in complete darkness with a white hue around her face. The words that Catherine speaks are "I've come home" which matches Kate Bush's lyrics "It's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home. I'm so cold. Let me in-a-your-window." Critics have described this video as a milestone in the history of music videos before the MTV era, with Pitchfork putting it on number three on the list of greatest music videos from the 70s.

The version 1 music video also offer a different perspective when it comes to the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Nelly Dean narrates the entire story which leads to a skewed version of Heathcliff and Cathy's relationship. She is directly involved in many of the events, expressing the depths of certain situations, but continues to be an unreliable narrator due to her "insensitivity" and "emotional inadequacy" as she follows their romance. Kate Bush's song and music videos turn these important scenes into a first person point of view with lines such as “You had a temper, like my jealousy / too hot too greedy.” Because of this, Kate Bush's music videos are used by professors as a way to show the haunting themes in the novel Wuthering Heights.

Version 2 (Outdoor Version)

In the outside version, Version 2 titled "Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2", Bush is shown dancing—'out in the wily, windy moors'—in a grassy area located on Salisbury Plain (inspired by the novel's moors) with Scots pine trees in the background, on an overcast day, while wearing a flowy red dress. The exact location is called "Baden's Clump" near Sidbury Hill, close to the town of Tidworth in Wiltshire. This video was filmed on the morning of 26 October 1977. The red dress has been referenced numerous times in popular culture.

This music video has been influential in sparking events such as "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever". To imitate Kate Bush, the participants called "Cathy's" would wear a red dress with black accessories and red lipstick as the signature look. Though the music video was filmed in the grassy area of Salisbury Plain, this event has made its way to many other places and countries such as the United States. One of the first events in the US was located in James Madison Park in Wisconsin in 2016. This is how Kate Bush has expanded outside of the BBC adaptation and more into her own version of "Wuthering Heights" and the love story within.