Kate Bush

“This song is very much about two people who are in love, and how the power of love is almost too big for them,” said Bush of the song in a 1985 interview. “It ...

“This video is about transformation,” said Myers. “Jo Roy, the director, and I were inspired to express in this video that we can change our story we’ve been living when we follow our hearts and our intuition, our guts. “Running Up That Hill” simmers and boils around the lyrics in Placebo’s stirring rendition with Brian Molko meticulously quavering through each verse as if it were his last. “The impact of the inclusion of ‘Running Up That Hill’ on the soundtrack of ‘Stranger Things,’ season 4 on Netflix has been momentous,” read a statement on Bush’s official Facebook page. In 2021, Care Seat Headrest released two EPs MADLO: Influences and MADLO: Remixes, containing covers and remixes of tracks from their 2019 Making a Door Less Open (MADLO), respectively. And really the only way I could think it could be done was either… “It leaves them very insecure and in fear of losing each other.

After Bush's 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill” featured in an episode of “Stranger Things,” it brought the British musician a new generation of fans—and not a ...

Seeing Bush, who trained in contemporary dance, twirl and wave her arms through a spectral white mist in a floaty batwing dress, her eyes wide with urgency, I was mesmerized. A disclaimer: Anyone who knows me knows that I have a borderline pathological obsession with Bush and her music. “How could you not know about the genius of Kate Bush already?” appeared to be the consensus from many on Twitter.

This in turn leads to an exchange in a subsequent episode in which Max asks Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) “Will it still work? Or will Kate Bush lose her magic power ...

Stranger things have happened! This in turn leads to an exchange in a subsequent episode in which Max asks Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) “Will it still work? Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” Is Having Another Moment Thanks To Stranger Things Plot Point

"Stranger Things" gave Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" a push on global music charts after being featured twice in season four.

"Running Up That Hill" peaked at 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was first released. A few episodes later, it plays as Max faces a major struggle. Netflix series "Stranger Things" propelled Kate Bush's 1985 hit "Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)" to the top of charts after the season four premiere on Friday.

Kate Bush is topping the charts and dominating the internet thanks to the Stranger Things soundtrack and one very important moment in the series.

I've also for the last seven years been dropping hints on set, wearing my Kate Bush T-shirts. That is, until now, thanks to a drop of her whimsical 1985 hit Running Up That Hill (lifted from Hounds Of Love) in the latest season of horror pop-culture phenomenon Stranger Things. Originally, when the track was released in 1985, it entered the UK Singles Chart at number nine and eventually peaked at number three.

Streams of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' have increased by 153per cent after the song appeared on the latest season of Stranger Things.

The first part of the full soundtrack, which you can listen to above, was released on May 27. 2LP 12″ vinyl pressings of the album are also slated for release later this year. “We do have an end.

Kate Bush is currently the most streamed song on iTunes after the singer's iconic single "Running Up That Hill" was featured in an episode of "Stranger ...

The theme song from 1984 fantasy flick “NeverEnding Story,” for instance, could be heard across multiple episodes of Season 3. The hit was the first single released off of Bush’s “Hounds of Love” album, which came out the same year. Bush, 63, has remained active through the decades, releasing her most recent album, “50 Words For Snow,” in 2011.

Kate Bush is one of the most enigmatic musicians The UK has ever produced. More than four decades years after the extraordinary Wuthering Heights launched ...

More than four decades years after the extraordinary Wuthering Heights launched her, apparently fully-formed, into a world that clearly wasn't quite ready, Kate Bush occupies a unique position in music. Here Bush declared her thirst for enlightenment and forging into the new, thanking teachers such as Russian philosopher George Gurdjieff and Jesus for ‘rolling the ball’ of knowledge, declaring that ‘every one of us has a heaven inside’. For those arriving late at the party, drawn into the magical world of Kate Bush via the inclusion of Running Up That Hill in Netflix's Stranger Things, here are 10 lesser-known songs that laid the foundation of her legend.

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Last season, "Stranger Things" did something similar by putting " The NeverEnding Story" theme by Limahal back on the map and boosting its YouTube searches by 800%. "Running Up That Hill" was Kate Bush's biggest hit of the 1980s, and earned her nominations for Best British Female and Best British Single at the 1986 Brit Awards. The song was originally titled "A Deal With God," but the record label feared the title would earn backlash from religious groups and countries and changed the title. Without any spoilers, "Running Up That Hill" is a song that saves lives — but any Kate Bush fan could have told you that without any help from the Upside Down. Stranger Things" catches a lot of heat from time to time due to its insistence on wearing its nostalgic influences not just on its sleeve, but tattooed across the middle of its face.

Her 1985 song is sitting at the peak of the iTunes charts after featuring in the Netflix hit show.

Also contributing: The fact the song is a timeless banger. Running Up That Hill has also cracked the top tracks of Spotify. Running Up That Hill is currently sitting at No. 13 on Spotify's Top 200 and at 18 on the Viral 50. It's played frequently throughout the entire season, which could have contributed to the song going so viral.

Kate Bush proved that she was a true pop powerhouse when she released the lead single from her fifth album Hounds of Love in 1985.

But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the religious countries, Italy wouldn't play it, France wouldn't play it, and Australia wouldn't play it! The dance is intercut with surreal sequences of Kate and Hervieu searching through crowds of masked strangers. Kate also spoke about the song has been misinterpreted, saying: "I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can't understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And I thought, 'well, no, why not a deal with God!' You know, because in a way it's so much more powerful the whole idea of asking God to make a deal with you. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way. Kate Bush explained in 1985: "It's about a relationship between a man and a woman.

David Gilmour – who discovered Kate Bush when she was a teen – performed alongside the British vocalist for a rendition of her 1985 hit.

As for their main collaborations, Gilmour produced Bush's debut album, The Kick Inside, as well as her 1978 release Lionheart, Never For Ever in 1980, The Dreaming two years later, and, of course, Hounds of Love, featuring Running Up That Hill, in 1985. While Bush was still at school as a teen, her family produced a demo tape with over 50 of her compositions. The latter saw Bush join Gilmour again for another rendition, this time to sing Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb at the Royal Festival Hall.

Kate Bush's 1985 single "Running Up That Hill" was played during Max's (Sadie Sink) storyline in the season four premiere of "Stranger Things."

The fourth season of "Stranger Things" released its first volume of seven episodes on Friday. The second volume, which includes episodes eight and nine, will be released on July 1. The English singer's 1985 single is ranked no. 1 on iTunes and in Spotify's top five as of Tuesday after being featured in the season four premiere of Netflix's hit series "Stranger Things."

Find out everything you need to know about Kate Bush, whose song 'Running Up That Hill' hit number one after being in 'Stranger Things 4.'

But of course, by the time I got to the end of what was The Dreaming album, it had gone off on a slight tilt, because I’d become so much more involved in the recording process,” she told The Independent. “So I started to veer away from the thing of being a live performing artist, to one of being a recording artist with attached visuals.” She returned to the stage once more in 2014 for a residency at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, called “Before The Dawn.” She opened up about what it was like to get back out there in a 2016 interview with The Independent. “I was very nervous about going onstage and performing. With the release of Stranger Things 4, Kate’s classic 80s song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” is featured heavily in the first volume of the new season, and it definitely got stuck in a few people’s heads. He was also a member of the 70s group Bandit. While Kate famously began her career with David Gilmour, she’s had plenty of other classic rock icons that she’s gotten a chance to play with. While “Running Up That Hill” didn’t come out until 1985, Kate started her career much earlier!

Kate Bush's 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" has made a resurgence after last Friday's premiere of Stranger Things.

The hit series returned to Netflix last Friday, with the season 4 premiere episode featuring Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)," released 1985. Google-search traffic for the track is also up after the premiere, peaking on Saturday night. Released on her 1985 record Hounds of Love, "Running Up That Hill" hit No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was first released and peaked at No. 3 in the U.K. The track trended again when Meg Meyers' covered it in 2019, sending it to No. 1 on Billboard's Rock Airplay Chart.

Thanks to the Netflix show Stranger Things, the 80s classic Running Up That Hill has found a new audience. And it's not the only 40-year-old hit the show ...

It plays on the Walkman of one character, and reappears in other key scenes. Running Up The Hill’s lyrics – “If only I could make a deal with God, I’d get him to swap our places” – are apposite and illustrate the power of music as a therapeutic reviving force. Stranger things, if you can excuse the pun, have happened, but not many.

After Kate Bush's 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill” featured in an episode of “Stranger Things,” it brought the British musician a new generation of fans ...

Seeing Bush, who trained in contemporary dance, twirl and wave her arms through a spectral white mist in a floaty batwing dress, her eyes wide with urgency, I was mesmerised. A disclaimer: Anyone who knows me knows that I have a borderline pathological obsession with Bush and her music. “How could you not know about the genius of Kate Bush already?” appeared to be the consensus from many on Twitter.

“It's incredible to watch iconic songs get rediscovered and have global moments with new listeners,” says Jeremy Erlich, Spotify's global head of music, in a ...

“Running Up That Hill” currently sits at No. 2 on Spotify’s top 50 U.S. chart and No. 4 on its top 200 global chart. Upon its 1985 release, “Running Up That Hill” became the highest-charting Hot 100 single of Bush’s career, reaching No. 30 on the tally. “It’s incredible to watch iconic songs get rediscovered and have global moments with new listeners,” says Jeremy Erlich, Spotify’s global head of music, in a statement to Billboard. “‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) ‘ is one of those ‘perfect storm’ examples. Max / Sadie Sink and the Stranger Things crew have great taste!” Per Spotify, Bush’s full catalog has seen a 1,600% uptick in global streams since the Stranger Things premiere. “More than ever, Stranger Things is a cultural phenomenon that resonates with fans all over the world,” says Alexandra Patsavas, Netflix’s director of music/creative production for series, in a statement.

In the premiere episode for 'Stranger Things' season 4, Kate Bush's 1985 pop single, 'Running Up That Hill,' becomes a huge part of Max's storyline.

“The gap should be quite a bit shorter this time, due to the fact that we already have an initial outline, and we can’t imagine there will be another six-month forced hiatus,” they said. Better yet, audiences won’t have to wait too long for Stranger Things season five to debut. In 1978, she topped the U.K. single chart for four consecutive weeks with her debut song, “Wuthering Heights.” At the age of 19, Bush became the first female artist to achieve a U.K. number one with a self-written song. The second part will most likely pick up where the previous one left off, with Nancy (played by Natalia Dyer) in Vecna’s lair. Bush made her musical return in 2005, with her eighth studio album titled Aerial. Ever since then, she has been living in South Devon, England, with her family. She welcomed her son, Albert, in 1998.

A song from the 1980s is making a resurgence thanks to its use in 'Stranger Things' season 4. Here's everything to know about Kate Bush and her song.

Those included "The Man with the Child in His Eyes," "Babooshka," "Running Up That Hill," "Don't Give Up,” and "King of the Mountain.” She was the first female artist to have a self-written song to hit No. 1 on that chart, per Yahoo! Life. It’s a song that would have been playing on the radio around the same time as Max’s fight with Vecna, so it also definitely fits the time period. The song also appears at the beginning of the season when Max listens to it while walking down the hallway at school. Vecna gets into the person's minds and then kills them, until the Stranger Things stars discover that playing a person’s favorite song can wake someone up and prevent Vecna from killing them. Stranger Things is back for a fourth season with all kinds of new drama—and some pretty amazing throwback music—to explore.