Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush Shatters U.K. Records as ‘Running Up That Hill’ Reaches No. 1
Kate Bush has run a U.K. chart race like no other artist, as “Running Up That Hill” (via Fish People) completes its coronation 37 years after release. The veteran English singer’s 1985 hit lifts 2-1, powered by its use in season four of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. “I’m overwhelmed by the scale of affection and support the song is receiving and it’s all happening really fast, as if it’s being driven along by a kind of elemental force,” Bush comments on her official website. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I have to admit I feel really moved by it all. Thank you so very much for making the song a No. 1 in such an unexpected way.” According to the Official Charts Company, “Running” sets three new marks. The Hounds of Love track ...
Music Producers Are Flocking to Remix This “Stranger Things” Song: Listen to Our 5 Favorites
When Kate Bush released “Running Up That Hill” in 1985, we’d wager she didn’t expect the song to top the Billboard 200 chart 27 years after its release. But sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. After finding new life in Netflix’s hit sci-fi series Stranger Things, the persevering song’s meteoric rise has attracted a new faction of admiring music producers looking to put their spin on it. Read on to listen to five of our favorite remix interpretations of “Running Up That Hill.” Running Up That Hill (Lookas Remix) With his invigorating remix, Lookas aptly captures the spirit of the mysterious Stranger Things universe by pairing bellowing horns with curiously percolating synths. Running Up That Hill (A...
Why Were So Many Oldies Made Hits Again by New Syncs During One Five-Year Period — And Why Is It Finally Happening Again Now?
With all the attention this week surrounding Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill” re-entering the Billboard Hot 100 at a new No. 8 peak following its use in Netflix’s Stranger Things, we wrote this week about 10 times in the Hot 100’s history when a movie or TV sync brought a decade-plus-old song onto the chart. But if you look at the timeline of those 10 songs and their chart resurrection, a very obvious trend emerges — the majority of them happened over a five-year period from the late ’80s to the early ’90s. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The period starts in 1987, when use in two hit film comedies (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Back to School) the year before brought The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” back to the Hot 100 for the...
