Songfacts®:

• Many Kate Bush songs are inspired by works of literature and can be interpreted through those stories. This one is more opaque.
  
  Bush was raised Catholic and sometimes incorporates religious imagery into her songs, most famously on "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)." In "Why Should I Love You?" she mentions the Sacred Heart, the ghost (holy ghost, perhaps?), and Jesus ("Have you ever seen a picture of Jesus laughing?). The big question she asks in the song is, "Of all the people in the world, why should I love you?" It's possible she's asking that question of God, but she may also be addressing a mere mortal. If that's the case, the likely suspect is Del Palmer, a musician she dated for many years before their split in the early '90s.
• This song is a collaboration with Prince. They met when Bush went to one of his shows at Wembley Arena in 1990. Prince was a big fan, and they agreed to work together. Logistics made this a long-distance working relationship, with Bush in England and Prince in Minnesota. She sent him her demo of "Why Should I Love You?" and he sent back a completely reimagined version of the song that Bush spend quite a while deconstructing, doing her best to keep some of his work while retaining the essence of her original. In end, some of Prince's keyboards, guitar, bass and vocals stayed on the track, and he's credited as a co-arranger. Bush returned the favor by contributing vocals to his 1996 song "My Computer."
• You'd think landing Prince on your song would tap it for release as a single, but Kate Bush left "Why Should I Love You?" as an album cut from The Red Shoes. She has never performed the song live, but that's not unusual - she rarely plays concerts.
• The male vocals, as you can probably tell, aren't by a trained singer. They're from Lenny Henry, a British comedian who is friends with Bush.
• Prince isn't the only big name on the credits to The Red Shoes. The album also has contributions from Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Gary Brooker of Procol Harum. At the time, Bush was taking about three years between albums, but she didn't put out another until 2005 when she returned with Aerial.