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 - Babooshka - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 15:12)on July 26, 2024 at 9:52 am
KATE BUSH Babooshka (1980 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre and picture label, also including Ran Tan Waltz, plain black die-cut paper sleeve EMI5085)
- Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $64.50, €59.50 (New Item) (arrived 11-Jul-2024 18:09)on July 26, 2024 at 9:52 am
KATE BUSH The Kick Inside (1978 UK first pressing 13-track LP, including the classics The Man With The Child In His Eyes & Wuthering Heights, with 'Remember Yourself!' etched in the side one run-out, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl looks barely played. A fantastic copy of this classic album! EMC3223)
- Kate Bush - Experiment IV - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 09:16)on July 26, 2024 at 9:52 am
KATE BUSH Experiment IV (1986 UK 3-track 12" single taken from 'The Whole Story' album, including the 12" Mix of the title track, the timeless classic Wuthering Heights [New Vocal] and December Will Be Magic Again, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with minor edge scuffing and light creasing at the corners & the vinyl remains in great condition with few signs of play 12KB5)
- Kate Bush - Before The Dawn - UK - 3-CD set - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 13:41)on July 26, 2024 at 9:52 am
KATE BUSH Before The Dawn (2016 UK 29-track triple CD album recorded during the incredible run of twenty-two sold-out shows performed by Kate at London's Eventim Apollo [Hammersmith Apollo] in 2014, including live versions of Hounds Of Love, Running Up That Hill, The Ninth Wave, Cloudbusting and more. All three discs are housed within a 4-panel digipak with 24-page booklet)
- Kate Bush - Remastered In Vinyl III - UK - vinyl box set - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 05-Jul-2024 14:55)on July 26, 2024 at 9:52 am
KATE BUSH Remastered In Vinyl III (2018 UK limited edition FOUR LP audiophile box set [the third of four], pressed on 180gram Vinyl & comprising remastered editions of her Aerial , Director's Cut & 50 Words For Snow double albums, witheach LP in its own deluxe gatefold picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork, all housed within a fantastic outer picture slipcase. Near 'as new')
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