Running Up That Hill

2022 - 6 - 17

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Kate Bush reaches UK No 1 with Running Up That Hill after 37 years (The Guardian)

Singer breaks multiple records with Stranger Things-revived hit after 'manual reset' of streaming ratios.

“But even if more labels did start to request the reset, I can’t see us moving to a permanent change that would see the charts flooded with older tracks. “Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill has simply been manually reset this week, a process that is available to all artists and used often by record labels during fresh campaign periods and surges of this nature,” he said. So while a new song earns one “sale” for every 100 streams, older songs need to be streamed 200 times before a single “sale” is counted. The “accelerated decline” rule that applies to older songs was introduced in 2017. “It’s hard to take in the speed at which this has all been happening,” Bush, 63, said in a statement on her website earlier this week. A direct relationship between the shows and their audience and one that has stood completely outside of the music business.

Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill tops UK chart 37 years after being ... (Sky News)

Bush says it is "all so exciting", adding: "The track is being responded to in so many positive ways. I've never experienced anything quite like this before ...

Thank you so very much for making the song a No 1 in such an unexpected way." I've never experienced anything quite like this before!" Bush says it is "all so exciting", adding: "The track is being responded to in so many positive ways.

Kate Bush reaches Number One with 'Running Up That Hill', 37 ... (NME.com)

Last week, the song was the most streamed track on the planet and reached Number One on both the Spotify charts in the UK and the US after earning 57million ...

“I salute the Duffer Brothers for their courage – taking this new series into a much more adult and darker place. The song was also recently used in It’s A Sin, the award-winning TV series by Russell T Davies. “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.

What kept Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill from number one in ... (Metro)

Which songs kept Kate Bush's song Running Up That Hill from the number one spot when it was first released in August 1985?

She added: ‘Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song. Kate Bush’s number one hit Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) may have finally earned the top spot in the charts, but it took 37 years. In the summer of 1985 there was a lot of competition for the top spot in the UK charts.

Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' reaches No 1 in UK chart 37 ... (The Independent)

Kate Bush's “Running Up That Hill” has smashed records as it topped the UK charts 37 years after the song was first released.

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Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" Hits #1 In The UK (Stereogum)

Thanks to a change in chart rules, Kate Bush now has her second UK #1 hit.

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. In unusual circumstances like this, labels can request a “manual reset.” Now, streams “Running Up That Hill” will count the same as any other new single’s. As a result, Bush just scored her first #1 hit in the UK since 1978’s “Wuthering Heights.” “Running Up That Hill” is now the song that has taken the longest to reach #1, its 37 years surpassing the 36 years it took Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” She is also the oldest female to ever score a #1 single on the chart — she’s 63 now, and the previous record holder was Cher, who was 52 when “Believe” hit #1 in 1998. But over in her native UK, “Running Up That Hill” has now hit the coveted #1 spot. It’s the first time I’ve had a top ten single over there and now it’s in the top 5!” Bush wrote in her most recent statement. In case you have somehow missed all of this, “Running Up That Hill” has been having a moment thanks to being a prominent plot point in the new season of Stranger Things. While the song was already iconic, it’s now had a different level of mainstream crossover than ever before, climbing the charts around the world.