Gender swap song is number 1 in the UK

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Due to Netflix series Stranger Things. Kate Bush is number ne in the UK charts with Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).
The sort of trans/gender swap line that is repeated in this song is

"I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places,"

Kate said; "It's about a relationship between a man and a woman. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way. It creates insecurities. It's saying if the man could be the woman and the woman the man, if they could make a deal with God, to change places, that they'd understand what it's like to be the other person and perhaps it would clear up misunderstandings. You know, all the little problems; there would be no problem."

Great dancing in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

Another song that takes this theme even further is an old 1986 Bonnie Tyler song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOo67DtZAY

How's it feel to be a woman
How's it feel to be a man
Are we really that different
Tell me where you stand
I look at you, you look away
Why do you say we're night and day
I'd like to try another way
Oh baby for just one day
If you were a woman and I was a man
Would it be so hard to understand
That a heart's a heart and we do what we can
If you were a woman and I was a man
If you were a woman and I was a man
How's it feel to be the hunter
How's it feel to be the prey
Is there really a reason
For this game we play
I look at you, you look away
Why do you say we're night and day
I'd like to try another day
Oh darling, just one day
If you were a woman and I was a man

Would it be so hard to understand
That a heart's a heart and we do what we can
If you were a woman and I was a man
If you were a woman and I was a man
Hey, we're just two people trying to love

Oh but how, how can we love
With this wall between us, holding us back
If you were a woman and I was a man
Would it be so hard to understand

That a hearts a heart and we do what we can
If you were a woman and I was a man
If you were a woman and I was a man
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Desmond Child

It sounds a lot like another one by Desmond Child. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

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