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

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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 ] British single certifications – Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 24 March 2023. New Zealand single certifications – Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 16 July 2022. The vinyl albums – all Kate’s studio work – will be released in 4 separate boxes, the first two on November 16 and the latter two on November 30. The CD boxes will be staggered on the same dates. The live album ‘Before The Dawn’ is included in CD Box 2 in its original mastered form.

Remix of Running Up That Hill Featured in Olympics closing ceremony -". 12 August 2012 . Retrieved 18 November 2016. 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. 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. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 'The Message' ". Rolling Stone Australia. 16 September 2021 . Retrieved 17 July 2022.British single certifications – Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 June 2020. Griffiths, George (17 June 2022). "Long gaps between Number 1s on the UK's Official Singles Chart". Official Charts . Retrieved 16 November 2023. Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved August 27, 2022. IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 202223 into search. Retrieved 13 June 2022. Kate Bush – Chart History (Argentina Hot 100)" Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Singles for Kate Bush. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 June 2022. Running Up That Hill was the UK's song of the summer". BBC News. 5 September 2022 . Retrieved 16 November 2023. RIAS Top Charts Week 23 (3 - 9 Jun 2022)". RIAS. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022 . Retrieved 14 June 2022.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] 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. 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. 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.

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