Kate Bush

Cher congratulated Kate Bush for taking her record for being the oldest female to get number one in the UK.

‘By featuring Running Up That Hill in such a positive light, as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters), the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story. ‘I salute the Duffer Brothers for their courage – taking this new series into a much more adult and darker place. Running Up That Hill was originally released in 1985 and was featured in Stranger Things as the soundtrack to Max’s fight for survival.

In the UK, Bush is the oldest woman to top the singles chart, and her achievement of doing so after 37 years is the longest time a song has taken to get to No 1 ...

In the UK, Bush is the oldest woman to top the singles chart, and her achievement of doing so after 37 years is the longest time a song has taken to get to No 1. Today the revitalized track returned to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 30 some 37 years ago. Kate Bush has now broken three UK chart records by hitting No. 1.

The singer has become the oldest female artist ever to score a UK number one, overtaking Cher and her 1998 hit Believe.

The singer has also become the oldest female artist ever to score a UK number one, overtaking Cher and her 1998 hit Believe. "By featuring Running Up That Hill in such a positive light - as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters) - the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story. I believe the Duffer Brothers have touched people’s hearts in a special way, at a time that's incredibly difficult for everyone, especially younger people.

Thanks to the Netflix-hit series "Stranger Things," Kate Bush's chart performance both in the United States and the United Kingdom are at an all-time high.

Aside from the two feats, Kate Bush is now the oldest female artist ever to score a No. 1 hit on the charts. Bush also claims the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach Number 1 on the Official Singles Charts. The song peaked in the charts at #3 in 1985. The song climbed four spots after it placed #8 last week from oblivion.

He needed to collaborate with her if it was the last thing he did. Big ...

In an interview with Slate, Big Boi revealed that his album Big Sleepover acts like a key to a map to his collaboration with Bush. The rapper still hasn’t released the song. Big Boi said he has no specific plan to release the song. “Then I wrote my verse and my boy Go Dreamer wrote her parts and wrote the hook. In July 2010, Big Boi told the British GQ (per Spin) how hard it was to get in touch with Bush: “I’ve been trying for some years now. I talked to her on the phone, ‘Hello. Hello. So lovely.’ And so I came back and she’s like, ‘Let’s go to dinner.’ “So we went and she took me to dinner to this cool little pub place where I had almond cognac. She’ll make an album and retreat to that castle on the hill for years until she wants to make another album. When Big Boi became famous, he set out to collaborate with Bush. However, it was more complicated than he thought. Outkast’s Antwan “Big Boi” Patton has been obsessed with Kate Bush and her music for years. “It was just so weird, I mean the sounds and what she was talking about, it was just kinda crazy,” he said. “I’d sit and think and play her records for hours,” he said. She’s almost like Rapunzel but on the top of a hill somewhere on a castle, just desolate, playing a piano and wailing.

Kate Bush is back in the charts again with her 1985 single, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God). We take a deep dive into the song's production.

In addition, the way the vocal harmonies and overdubs are sequenced clearly defines each section of the song. In this case, the way the vocal performance builds the song up slowly into a climax is a central theme. To create a drone pad, simply loop the synth chord and ensure the length of the MIDI notes reach the end of the bar. The modulations in pitch that you can hear were created with a healthy dose of portamento. This is achieved through the careful use of stereo delay or tape echo, as well as reverb over the drums in their entirety. We’ve discussed the use of 1980s reverb previously, and here it is the key that gives this song its ethereal character.

It suddenly a big year for Kate Bush, with all the attention she's been getting for Running Up That Hill's appearance in Stranger Things leading to her ...

It sounds like a disaster in the making, especially since Bush, a shy and retiring type, limited her uninhibited extrovert behaviour to music videos and stage shows. The result is unique and strangely intimate. Her first big year had been 1978, when her debut single Wuthering Heights launched her career at light speed.

The singer-songwriter became the first female artist to gain a number one with a self-written and performed song in 'Wuthering Heights' in 1978. She's waited ...

The song was originally written for the American film, She’s Having a Baby in 1988 and was later released on Bush’s 1989 album The Sensual World. Astonishingly, the track only peaked at number 25 in the UK singles chart, despite being one of Bush’s most intense and ethereal compositions. Another track from Kate Bush’s seminal album Hounds of Love, the track is a bounding and beautiful affair that rarely provides room for breath. The fact that the song is gaining a huge wave of popularity from a streaming platform and the TikTok trends that naturally follow these days should bear no shadow over Bush’s best work. Most artists wouldn’t write such a long song about the building and mounting of a snowman, but then Kate Bush isn’t most artists. ‘Bertie’, a song written about her son, is a celebration of the love and clarity he had provided her life. The year welcomed Bush back into the music-making fold, and it seems only fitting that the best moment of her return would come with a song about why she left in the first place. The concept album provided a crystalline image of Bush’s creativity. Released as part of the 1980s effort Never for Ever, the album had a lot to live up to. ‘Hammer Horror’ is a track completely enraptured by the dark and light of life, effortlessly creating shadow theatre across the backdrop of pure Baroque pop. But, thereafter, Bush continued to develop her sound and transform her output from album to album, culminating in 50 Words For Snow which is one of the most spiritually enriching concept albums you’ll ever come across. The singer-songwriter became the first female artist to gain a number one with a self-written and performed song in ‘Wuthering Heights’ in 1978. Below, we’re giving you a taste of that uniqueness with our list of Kate Bush’s ten greatest songs of all time.

Kate Bush has thanked Stranger Things after her 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill” broke multiple records decades after its first release.

She continued: “By featuring Running Up That Hill in such a positive light – as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters) – the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story. “Thank you so very much for making the song a No 1 in such an unexpected way.” “Remember Back In The Day,When Women Had SHORT SELL BY DATES,” Cher wrote. She now replaces Cher who was 52 when her LGBTQ+ anthem “Believe” topped the charts in 1998. The previous record was held by Wham! who saw “Last Christmas” surge in popularity on the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release. Now, Kate Bush has broken three UK chart records by hitting number one with the eerie and beautiful ballad.

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Thank you so very much for making the song a number one in such an unexpected way”. “By featuring ‘Running Up That Hill’ in such a positive light – as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters) – the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story. “I salute the Duffer Brothers for their courage – taking this new series into a much more adult and darker place.

After a record-breaking ascent, Kate Bush is on track for a second week at Number 1 - but can high-flyers LF SYSTEM or new entry Drake stop her?

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Kate Bush in running for second week at Number 1 after record-breaking ascent - The Number One music magazine feat. band & artist news, reviews, interviews, ...

George Ezra recently claimed his third consecutive UK Number 1 album and Gold Rush Kid’s big single Green Green Grass could reach a new peak of Number 5 as a result. Japanese singer Joji’s big breakout single Glimpses Of Us is set to rocket up into the Top 20 for the first this week – currently at Number 19. George Ezra recently claimed his third consecutive UK Number 1 album and Gold Rush Kid’s big single Green Green Grass could reach a new peak of Number 5 as a result.

Joseph Quinn loves that 'Stranger Things' has propelled Kate Bush to chart success. The 29-year-old actor - who plays Eddie Munson in hit TV show - thinks it's "so cool" that 'Stranger Things' has helped 'Running Up That Hill' to top the UK charts, ...

Joseph Quinn loves that 'Stranger Things' has propelled Kate Bush to chart success. The 29-year-old actor - who plays Eddie Munson in hit TV show - thinks ...

I feel really moved by it all," Kate Bush enthuses. "Thank you so very much for making the song a No. 1 in such an unexpected way.”

With that feat, she eclipses Cher, who was 52 when “Believe” topped the survey in 1998. Elsewhere, “Running Up That Hill” locks-up a second consecutive week atop the ARIA Singles Chart, and it’s climbing in the U.S., rising 8-4 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a new career peak. The Hounds of Love track boasts the longest-ever gap between No. 1 singles in Official Chart history, with 44 years separating her 1978 career-launching leader “Wuthering Heights” and “Running Up That Hill,” which tops the chart for the week starting June 17.