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| "Running Up That Hill" | ||||
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| Single by Kate Bush | ||||
| from the album Hounds of Love | ||||
| B-side | "Under the Ivy" | |||
| Released | 5 August 1985 | |||
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| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kate Bush | |||
| Producer(s) | Kate Bush | |||
| Kate Bush singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Running Up That Hill" on YouTube | ||||
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"Running Up That Hill", on some releases titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", is a song by the English singer and songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in the United Kingdom as the lead single from Bush's fifth studio album Hounds of Love on 5 August 1985 by EMI Records.[6]
The single was a critical and commercial success in 1985. It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Bush's highest chart position since her number one single "Wuthering Heights" in 1978. The song has had two further periods of success: in 2012 it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart after a remix with re-recorded vocals was used during that year's Summer Olympics closing ceremony, and in 2022 it reached number one in eight countries, including the UK, after being featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.[7][8] The song is Bush's only US top 40 hit, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1985 and number three in 2022.[9]
The lyrics imagine a scenario in which a man and a woman make "a deal with God" to exchange places. Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine.
The music video for the single is Bush performing an interpretive dance with dancer Misha Hervieu. Bush first performed the song live in 1987 at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball, accompanied by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd; she did not perform it again until her 2014 Before the Dawn concerts. The single's original cover art shows Bush drawing an arrow.
- ^ Campbell, Erica (2 June 2022). "Kate Bush granted 'Stranger Things' permission to use 'Running Up That Hill' because she's a fan". NME. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Partridge, Kenneth (15 June 2022). "Kate Bush's Haunting "Running Up That Hill" Has Been Connecting With New Generations for Nearly 40 Years". Mental Floss. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Abed, Cyrus (12 April 2022). "33 Best New Wave Songs In The World". Music Industry How To. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Bop Shop: Kate Bush Edition". MTV. 10 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Kate Bush Running Up that Hill". Storyofsong. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Strickland, Andy (3 August 1985). "News". Record Mirror. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (29 May 2022). "'Stranger Things' Pushes Kate Bush's 1985 Single 'Running Up That Hill' To No. 1 On iTunes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "The 'Stranger Things' Season 4 Soundtrack Is the Ultimate Love Letter to the 1980s". Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Trust, Gary (25 July 2022). "Lizzo's 'About Damn Time' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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