Almost 40 years after its release, Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill has topped the UK charts – and broken three chart records in the process
From Loudersound.
It seemed inevitable, and yet it’s still a quite frankly astonishing show of the power of the good ol’ TV music sync…almost 40 years on from its original release way back in 1985, Kate Bush‘s unstoppable anthem Running Up That Hill has officially been crowned the UK number 1 single.
It was reported earlier in the week that the smash hit from 85’s Hounds Of Love album could be in line for the top spot of the UK single charts following a change to a previous rule that was designed to prevent old songs dominating the charts through streaming. Now, sure enough, it’s been confirmed that Running Up That Hill has knocked pop megastar Harry Styles’ recent single As It Was from the very top of the Top 40.
Not only that, but the landmark moment also means Kate Bush has broken three records in the official UK single charts – the longest gap between Number 1 singles (her last being 1978’s Wuthering Heights), the longest time taken for a song to reach number one (thirty seven years) and the oldest female artist ever to ever land a UK number 1.
The unprecedented renewed hype for Running Up That Hill comes off the back of its star turn in the latest season of Stranger Things, with Bush herself even breaking her media silence to acknowledge the amazing amount of love currently being shown for the song.
“You might’ve heard that the first part of the fantastic, gripping new series of Stranger Things has recently been released on Netflix,” she wrote on her website. “It features the song, Running Up That Hill which is being given a whole new lease of life by the young fans who love the show – I love it too!”
“Because of this, Running Up That Hill is charting around the world and has entered the UK chart…it’s all really exciting! Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song.”
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- Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.60, €18.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 2, 2025 at 12:44 pm
KATE BUSH The Kick Inside (1978 UK first press 13-track vinyl LP with 'Remember Yourself' etched in the side one run-out, the debut studio album including the classics The Man With The Child In His Eyes & Wuthering Heights, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve is Very Good and shows some marks and laminate creasing to the edges. The vinyl is Excellent with just a few light signs of play EMC3223)
- Kate Bush - Eat The Music - White Vinyl UV Picture Record - RSD 2024 - UK - 10" vinyl - £29.99, $37.19, €35.99 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 10:12)on February 2, 2025 at 12:44 pm
KATE BUSH Eat The Music (Record Store Day 2024 UK/EU limited edition RSD White Vinyl one-sided 10" featuring a vivid UV-printed full colour image on the non-playing side. Featuring Kate's preferred tracklist of Eat The Music, Lily and Big Stripey Lie. Housed inside a clear PVC sleeve with hype sticker. Recommended)
- Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love + Merch Insert - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $43.40, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 2, 2025 at 12:44 pm
KATE BUSH Hounds Of Love (1985 UK first press 12-track LP, Kate's all-time masterpiece & arguably one of the finest recordings of the eighties [or ever!], picture sleeve complete with illustrated lyric inner & rare catalogue/ merchandise insert. The mostly white sleeve shows a little discolouration and the vinyl grades VG+ with a few faint hairlines, not affecting play. Overall a respectable copy KAB1) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Kate Bush - Kate: Inside The Rainbow - UK - book - £35.00, $43.40, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jan-2025 09:51)on February 2, 2025 at 12:44 pm
KATE BUSH Kate: Inside The Rainbow (2015 UK 288-page 11" x 9½" hardback book by John Carder Bush [Kate's brother]. A must-have colleciton of rare and previously unseen photographs of Kate, with original essays by John. Includes outtakes from classic album shoots and never-before-seen photographs from The Dreaming and Hounds of Love sessions, rare candid studio shots and behind-the-scenes stills from video sets, including Army Dreamers and Running Up that Hill. With silver embossedcolour picture cover. There are slight signs of shelfwear to the spine area, otherwise this copy is near as new)
- Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - EMI 100 - 180gm - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $117.80, €114.00 (New Item) (arrived 27-Jan-2025 12:08)on February 2, 2025 at 12:44 pm
KATE BUSH Hounds Of Love (Limited Edition 1997 UK EMI 100 series audiophile issue of the classic 1985 12-track LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, an analogue cutting direct from the original analogue tapes. Comes housed in a deluxe picture sleeve with the silver hype sticker attached & a 'Not For Sale' sticker on the back for review ahead of release, complete with the lyric inner. From the personal archive of a retired senior engineer with more than 25 years of service at the world famous EMI manufacturing plants in Blyth Road & Uxbridge Road, Middlesex, the sleeve is Near Mint & the vinyl is Mint & unplayed LPCENT34) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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