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 - On Stage - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.40, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 30, 2025 at 4:16 pm
KATE BUSH On Stage (1979 UK 4-track 33RPM 7" EP with four prong centre, including live versions of Them Heavy People, Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake, James & The Cold Gun & L'Amour Looks Something Like You, single pocket picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light wear with a bit of edge scuffing & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play MIEP2991)
- Kate Bush - Kate: Inside The Rainbow - UK - book - £35.00, $43.40, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jan-2025 09:51)on January 30, 2025 at 4:16 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 - The Kick Inside - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.00, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jan-2025 11:54)on January 30, 2025 at 4:16 pm
KATE BUSH The Kick Inside (1978 UK first press 13-track 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 shows light general shelfwear & slight laminate lift, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play EMC3223)
- Kate Bush - Lionheart - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.40, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jan-2025 11:58)on January 30, 2025 at 4:16 pm
KATE BUSH Lionheart (1978 UK 10-track LP, with the developing songstress delivering Symphony In Blue, In Search Of Peter Pan & Hammer Horror with instrumental input from Francis Monkman of Curved Air, embossed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve, graded Very Good reveals a little minor shelf wear & reasing to the back of the sleeve, whilst the vinyl shows odd faint sign of play, however still looks excellent condition wise EMA787)
- Kate Bush - Lionheart - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.40, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 30, 2025 at 4:16 pm
KATE BUSH Lionheart (1978 UK 10-track LP, with the developing songstress delivering Symphony In Blue, In Search Of Peter Pan & Hammer Horror with instrumental input from Francis Monkman of Curved Air, embossed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve, graded Very Good reveals a little minor shelf wear & reasing to the back of the sleeve, whilst the vinyl shows odd faint sign of play, however still looks excellent condition wise EMA787)
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