Running Up That Hill / Under the Ivy [7" Vinyl]

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The single was a critical and commercial success in 1985. It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Bush's highest chart position since her number one single " Wuthering Heights" in 1978. The song has had two further periods of success: in 2012 it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart after a remix with re-recorded vocals was used during that year's Summer Olympics closing ceremony, and in 2022 it reached number one in eight countries, including the UK, after being featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things. [7] [8] The song is Bush's only US top 40 hit, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1985 and number three in 2022. [9] Running Up That Hill was the UK's song of the summer". BBC News. 5 September 2022 . Retrieved 16 November 2023.

British single certifications – Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 June 2020. ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 June 2022. The albums, many of which have been unavailable on vinyl for a decade, have been remastered by Kate and James Guthrie. Kate’s 10 studio albums are spread over 3 vinyl boxes, whilst the 4th box contains many rarities previously unavailable on vinyl, including a whole disc of cover versions. The total number of vinyl discs is 18. Danish single certifications – Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved 23 March 2023. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (22 June 2022). " 'The whole world's gone mad!' Kate Bush on Running Up That Hill's success". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 November 2023.Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Kate Bush; 'Running Up That Hill ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 28 August 2022. Kate Bush becomes 3 x Official Charts Record Breaker as Running Up That Hill lands at Number 1". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 17 June 2022. European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.2, no.39. 30 September 1985. p.4 . Retrieved 7 June 2022. Running Up That Hill", titled " Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" on some releases, is a song by the British singer and songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in the United Kingdom as the lead single from Bush's album Hounds of Love on 5 August 1985 by EMI Records. [6] The lyrics imagine a scenario in which a man and a woman make "a deal with God" to exchange places with each other. Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine. Kate congratulates Bo Bruce after performing Running Up That Hill on 'The Voice UK' | Kate Bush News". 5 May 2012 . Retrieved 16 November 2023.Trust, Gary (13 June 2022). "Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Keeps Atop Billboard Hot 100, Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top Five". Billboard . Retrieved 13 June 2022.

Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [2012 Remix]" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved 22 June 2022. Following the Stranger Things premiere, Spotify revealed that streams of the song increased by 9,900% in the United States, [41] and on 22 June 2023 it reached one billion total streams on the platform. In response, Bush wrote "I have an image of a river that suddenly floods and becomes many, many tributaries — a billion streams — on their way to the sea. Each one of these streams is one of you. Thank you so much for sending this song on such an impossibly astonishing journey. I’m blown away." [42] [43] On 1 September 2022 "Running Up That Hill" was issued as a CD single for the first time, using its original vinyl single artwork and including the B-side "Under the Ivy". [44] [45] The song ultimately sold 1,077,284 units in the UK in 2022. [46] Critical response [ edit ] Top 20 Most Streamed International Singles In Malaysia Week 23 (03/06/2022-09/06/2022)". RIM. 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 18 June 2022– via Facebook. ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart for 2022". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 4 January 2023.IRMA Singles chart". IRMA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 August 2012. Cat# SPRO-9464/9465 appears on the sleeve front & rear, separate cat#s SPRO-9464, SPRO-9465 appear on side A & B, respectively.

a b c d Thompson, Graeme (26 August 2014). " "This girl is very, very tough..." The untold story of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love". Uncut . Retrieved 5 June 2022.Rutherford, Kevin (22 January 2020). "Meg Myers Earns First Career Billboard No. 1 With 'Running Up That Hill' Remake". Billboard . Retrieved 24 January 2020. Single Top 100 – eladási darabszám alapján – 2022" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023 . Retrieved 3 February 2023. Partridge, Kenneth (15 June 2022). "Kate Bush's Haunting "Running Up That Hill" Has Been Connecting With New Generations for Nearly 40 Years". Mental Floss . Retrieved 19 July 2022. Richards, Will (22 June 2023). "Kate Bush thanks fans as 'Running Up That Hill' hits "impossibly astonishing" one billion streams". NME . Retrieved 23 June 2023.