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"'''Running Up That Hill'''" (also titled "'''Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)'''") is a song by the English singer-songwriter [[Kate Bush]]. It was released in the UK as the [[lead single]] from Bush's fifth studio album, ''[[Hounds of Love]]'', on 5 August 1985 by [[EMI Records]].
"'''Running Up That Hill'''" is a song by English singer and songwriter [[Kate Bush]] from her fifth studio [[album]], ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' (1985). Written and produced by Bush, the song was released in the United Kingdom as the [[lead single]] from ''Hounds of Love'' on 5 August 1985 through [[EMI Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Strickland|first=Andy|date=3 August 1985|title=News|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=4}}</ref> The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the 7-inch single contains the song, "Under the Ivy". The 12-inch single, Bush's first release in that format, contains an extended [[remix]] and an [[instrumental]] version of "Running Up That Hill", as well as "Under the Ivy". A limited 7-inch single [[gatefold]] sleeve edition was also released. The song's title on the ''Hounds of Love'' album and all subsequent releases was "'''Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)'''".


Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a [[Fairlight CMI]] synthesiser and a [[LinnDrum]] drum machine. The lyrics imagine a man and a woman who make "a deal with God" to exchange places. The music video features Bush performing an [[interpretive dance]]; Bush wanted to create a serious work, feeling dance had been trivialised in other videos.
Upon its original 1985 release, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and number 30 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the United States, and was Bush's first Top 40 hit in the latter country. Bush performed the song live for the first time in 1987 at [[The Secret Policeman's Balls#1987–2001 shows|The Secret Policeman's Third Ball]] event accompanied by [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]]. This was the only time the song was performed live until 2014 [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] series of concerts. All other appearances from 1985 were promotional [[lip sync]] performances on television, which were common at the time.


In 1985, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the [[UK singles chart]], Bush's highest position since her number-one 1978 single "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]". It was named among the year's best tracks by ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]] at the [[1986 Brit Awards]]. In 2012, a remix used in that year's [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Summer Olympics closing ceremony]] reached number six. In 2022, after it was featured in the [[Stranger Things (season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]],'' "Running Up That Hill" reached number one in eight countries, including the UK. It is Bush's only US top-40 hit, reaching number 30 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1985 and number three in 2022. In 2023, it reached a billion streams on [[Spotify]].
The song was featured as the main theme song for the 1986 [[BBC One|BBC 1]] children's drama serial, ''[[Running Scared (TV series)|Running Scared]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=6195|title=TV Cream Will Return|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> In 2012, a remix featuring newly recorded vocals premiered during that year's [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Summer Olympics closing ceremony]], and entered the UK top 10 for one week, at number six. In 2022, "Running Up That Hill" received renewed attention when it was prominently featured in the [[Stranger Things (season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]''. Its appearance led to the song's resurgence on charts around the world,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a40081405/stranger-things-season-4-soundtrack/|title=The 'Stranger Things' Season 4 Soundtrack Is the Ultimate Love Letter to the 1980s|access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2022/05/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-no-1-itunes-1235035334/ | title = 'Stranger Things' Pushes Kate Bush's 1985 Single 'Running Up That Hill' To No. 1 On iTunes | first = Rosy | last = Cordero | date = May 29, 2022 | access-date = May 29, 2022 | work = [[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> reaching the top three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topping the charts in eight countries, including the United Kingdom for three consecutive weeks, Ireland for seven weeks <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bush-makes-it-a-sixth-week-at-number-1-in-ireland-with-running-up-that-hill__36956/|title=Kate Bush makes it a sixth week at Number 1 in Ireland with Running Up That Hill|website=Official Charts|last=Ainsley|first=Helen|date=22 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> and in Australia for seven non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |title=Kate Bush Extends Australian Chart Run, as Central Cee Cracks Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-week-7-australia-chart-1235119661/ |website=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>


Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the [[BBC One]] talk show ''[[Wogan]]''. She performed it in 1987 at [[The Secret Policeman's Balls#1987–2001 shows|the Secret Policeman's Third Ball]], accompanied by the [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]], and in 2014 at her [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] concerts. It has been covered by acts including [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Within Temptation]], [[St. Vincent (musician)|St Vincent]], [[Chromatics (band)|Chromatics]] and [[Meg Myers]]. In 2021, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' placed "Running Up That Hill" at number 60 in its updated list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]].
In 2021, the song was listed at number 60 in [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|''Rolling Stone'''s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-30065/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message-30508/ |title=Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 'The Message' |publisher=Rolling Stone Australia |date=2021-09-16 |accessdate=2022-07-17}}</ref>


==Background and title==
== Music and lyrics ==
"Running Up That Hill" features synthesisers, guitar, bass, a driving drum beat and the [[balalaika]], a Russian string instrument.<ref name="Macdonald-2022">{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Kate |date=22 June 2022 |title=The genius harmonic sequence that gives Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' its emotional power |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/music-theory/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-analysis/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website= |publisher=[[Classic FM (UK)]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] described its mood as "passionate and pleading", with uncertainty and a longing for emotional resolution.<ref name="Macdonald-2022" />
"Running Up That Hill" was the first song Bush composed for the ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' album, originally titled "A Deal with God". It began life as a rough 8-track recording done at her then recently upgraded home studio in Summer 1983 using a [[LinnDrum]], [[Fairlight CMI]] and piano.<ref name=Uncut>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/this-girl-is-very-very-tough-the-untold-story-of-kate-bush-s-hounds-of-love-4812/|title="This girl is very, very tough..." The untold story of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love|first=Graeme|last=Thompson|date=August 26, 2014|magazine=Uncut|access-date=June 5, 2022}}</ref> Like other songs on the album, work continued on the original 8-track, which was transferred to two [[Multitrack recording|24-track]] master tapes for further overdubs. For this song, time was spent working the Fairlight hook but the rest of the song ideas and elements were already in place, including the LinnDrum part programmed by [[Del Palmer]], the opening "wind train" sound and Bush's guide vocal.<ref name=Uncut/>


"Running Up That Hill" uses the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[C minor]], with a vocal melody focusing on the [[minor seventh]], creating a sense of pending resolution and "lingering harmonic tension and instability".<ref name="Macdonald-2022" /> On the word "could", Bush sings the [[major seventh]] of [[A-flat major]], using [[Dissonance (music)|dissonance]] to create more tension.<ref name="Macdonald-2022" />
Representatives at [[EMI Records]] were hesitant to release the song with its original title of "A Deal with God" owing to possible negative reception in more [[religion by country|religious countries]] because of its use of the word "[[God]]".<ref name="duplicateURL">[http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html Radio 1 Classic Albums interview with Richard Skinner aired 26 January 1992]</ref> Bush relented and changed the title. However, the album version of the song is listed as '''"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)'''". EMI executives initially wanted to release another song, "[[Cloudbusting]]", as the [[lead single]] from ''Hounds of Love''. Bush persuaded them to release "Running Up That Hill" first, claiming that it was the first song written for the album, and felt that it better represented the broader feel for the album.


The drummer, [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]], said: "The tension in that track is just remarkable. Every step of the way, there's a little twist and turn that's different from the previous verse — an extra line or one line less, or a repeat just in the perfect places. There's absolutely no dead space ... It's just so deceptively simple."<ref name="Doyle-2022" />
The song itself has often been misinterpreted. Bush herself has said,

<blockquote>I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can't understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And if we could actually swap each other's roles, if we could actually be in each other's place for a while, I think we'd both be very surprised! [Laughs] And I think it would lead to a greater understanding. And really the only way I could think it could be done was either... you know, I thought a [[deal with the devil]], you know. And I thought, 'well, no, why not a deal with God!' You know, because in a way it's so much more powerful the whole idea of asking God to make a deal with you. You see, for me it is still called "Deal With God", that was its title. But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the religious countries, Italy wouldn't play it, France wouldn't play it, and Australia wouldn't play it! Ireland wouldn't play it, and that generally we might get it blocked purely because it had God in the title.<ref name="duplicateURL" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Whatley |first=Jack |title=The Story Behind The Song: 'Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)' Kate Bush's bargain |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-story-behind-song/ |website=Far Out|date=11 October 2020 }}</ref></blockquote>
Bush said the lyrics address the inability of men and women to understand each other. She imagined that by making "a deal with God", they could exchange places and reach a greater understanding.<ref>{{cite web |last=Whatley |first=Jack |date=11 October 2020 |title=The Story Behind The Song: 'Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)' Kate Bush's bargain |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-story-behind-song/ |website=Far Out}}</ref> The song was originally titled "A Deal with God", but her record label, [[EMI Records]], felt this was a sensitive title and could limit its radio play. Bush agreed to change it as she had not had a hit song in some time and wanted to "give the album a chance".<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> It was titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" on ''Hounds of Love''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |date=2022-06-02 |title=Everything you always wanted to know about Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill'' |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Super Deluxe Edition |language=en-US}}</ref> Bush said in 2022 that she thought of the song with that title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=Kate Bush says she prefers original 'Running Up That Hill' song title |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kate-bush-2022-running-up-that-hill-title-b2107455.html |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Recording==
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In 1983, Bush had not had a successful single for several years.<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> That year, she moved from London to rural [[Sevenoaks]], where she set up a songwriting room with a piano, a [[Fairlight CMI]] synthesiser and an [[Multitrack recording|eight-track recorder]].<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> "Running Up That Hill" was the first song Bush composed for her fifth album, ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' (1985).<ref name="Uncut">{{cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Graeme |date=August 26, 2014 |title='This girl is very, very tough...' The untold story of Kate Bush's ''Hounds of Love'' |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/this-girl-is-very-very-tough-the-untold-story-of-kate-bush-s-hounds-of-love-4812/ |access-date=June 5, 2022 |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]}}</ref> She wrote it in a single evening,<ref name="Uncut" /> and recorded a demo.<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> According to Bush, the song began with the Fairlight riff.<ref name="IMRW">{{cite magazine |last=Horkins |first=Tony |date=October 1985 |title=What Katy did |url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/what-katy-did/12683 |magazine=International Musician & Recording World |page=85}}</ref> She sang a drum pattern to her boyfriend and recording engineer, [[Del Palmer]], who programmed it into a [[LinnDrum]] drum machine.<ref name="IMRW" /> She said the lyrics for the first verse "came straight away".<ref name="IMRW" />

In early 1984, Bush moved to her new studio at East Wickham Farm in her childhood home of [[Welling]], [[Kent]], where she recorded the final version of "Running Up That Hill".<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> Bush and Palmer recorded the first version onto [[Multitrack recording|8-track]] using the Fairlight, and used this to build the vocal.<ref name="Uncut" /><ref name="IMRW" /> Palmer added a "pulsing" bassline.<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> After transferring the song to 24-track, Bush, Palmer and the engineers [[Paul Hardiman]] and [[Haydn Bendall]] developed the final song, spending particular time on the Fairlight parts.<ref name="Uncut" />

The main riff was played on the Fairlight using its [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] cello sound. This replaced an earlier harp sound, which Bush found too noisy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogerson |first=Ben |date=2022-06-10 |title=The synth and drum machine that powered Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-synth-drum-machine |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=[[MusicRadar]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="IMRW" /> The drone part was developed by "freezing" a chord into a [[Quantec]] digital [[Reverb effect|reverb]].<ref name="IMRW" /> The drummer, [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]], [[overdubbed]] a [[Snare drum|snare]] to strengthen the Linndrum, and added [[Fill (music)|fills]] at the end combined with sounds from the Fairlight.<ref name="IMRW" /> [[Alan Murphy]] overdubbed guitar for the ending.<ref name="Horsley-2022">{{Cite web |last1=Horsley |first1=Jonathan |last2=Roche |first2=Sam |last3=Maxwell |first3=Jackson |last4=Parker |first4=Sam |date=2022-06-27 |title=7 guitar-led covers of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-guitar-covers |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[Guitar World]] |language=en}}</ref> Bush's brother, Paddy Bush, performed balalaika.<ref name="Doyle-2022" />


==Music video==
==Music video==
The [[music video]] features Bush performing an [[interpretive dance]] with dancer Michael Hervieu. The video was directed by David Garfath while the dance routines were [[choreography|choreographed]] by Diane Grey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html|title=Cloudbusting / Music / Running Up That Hill|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> Bush and Hervieu are shown wearing grey Japanese [[hakama]]s.<ref>[http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html Choreographer and Costume interview]</ref> Bush wanted the dancing in "Running Up That Hill" to be more of a classical performance. She stated that dance in music videos was "being used quite trivially, it was being exploited: haphazard images, busy, lots of dances, without really the serious expression, and wonderful expression, that dance can give. So we felt how interesting it would be to make a very simple routine between two people, almost classic, and very simply filmed. So that's what we tried, really, to do a serious piece of dance."<ref name="gaffa.org">http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html Dance comments</ref>
The music video was directed by David Garfath and [[choreographed]] by Diane Grey.<ref name="Spangler-2022">{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-07-17 |title=Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' tops 100 million YouTube views |url=https://au.variety.com/2022/digital/news/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-youtube-views-stranger-things-4288/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=[[Variety Australia]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Aston-2022">{{Cite news |last=Aston |first=Martin |date=October 2022 |title='I cracked her rib!' |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=347}}</ref> It features Bush performing an [[interpretive dance]] with the dancer Misha Hervieu.<ref name="Spangler-2022" /> Bush felt that dance in music videos was "being used quite trivially, it was being exploited: haphazard images, busy, lots of dances, without really the serious expression, and wonderful expression, that dance can give". Instead, she wanted to create a "serious piece of dance" comprising a simple routine between two people.<ref name="Aston-2022" /> In the video, Bush mimics an archer pulling a bow, an idea she reused for the single cover.<ref name="Aston-2022" />


Hervieu said she was cast as she was not following the trends of dance in pop music at the time.<ref name="Aston-2022" /> As Hervieu was much taller than Bush, they discovered Bush could wrap around her body "like a snake" and incorporated this into the dance.<ref name="Aston-2022" /> To evade [[Equity (British trade union)|Equity]] union rules against [[Side job|moonlighting]], Hervieu said she could not appear in the [[West End theatre|West End]] musical [[Barnum (musical)|''Barnum'']] because of illness, for which she was fired from the play.<ref name="Aston-2022" /> In July 2022, the music video reached 100 million views on [[YouTube]].<ref name="Spangler-2022" />
The choreography draws upon [[contemporary dance]] with a repeated gesture suggestive of drawing a bow and arrow (the gesture was made literal on the cover for the single in which Bush poses with a real bow and arrow), intercut with surreal sequences of Bush and Hervieu searching through crowds of masked strangers. At the climax of the song, Bush's partner withdraws from her and the two are then swept away from each other and down a long hall in opposite directions by an endless stream of anonymous figures wearing masks made from pictures of Bush and Hervieu's faces. [[MTV]] chose not to show this video (at the time of its original release) and instead used a playback "live" performance of the song recorded at a promotional appearance on the [[BBC]] TV show ''[[Wogan]]''. According to [[Paddy Bush]], "MTV weren't particularly interested in broadcasting videos that didn't have synchronized lip movements in them. They liked the idea of people singing songs."<ref name="gaffa.org"/>


==2012 remix==
== Release ==
Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the [[BBC One]] talk show ''[[Wogan]],'' to an estimated audience of nine million.<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> She performed from behind a lectern, backed by a band including Palmer and Paddy Bush. The performers wore coats similar to [[Religious habit|religious habits]] and were accompanied by standard-bearers waving "billowing" flags. ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' wrote later: "Particularly in the context of a cosy mainstream show, there was something distinctly ritualistic about the whole affair, certainly in keeping with the song's magickal theme."<ref name="Doyle-2022" /> Bush also performed it on the West German show ''Peter's Pop Show''.<ref name="Sheffield-2024">{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=2024-04-24 |title=Why Kate Bush still sounds ahead of her time with 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-500-greatest-songs-podcast-1235009334/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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"Hounds of Love" was released in the UK as the [[lead single]] from ''Hounds of Love'' on 5 August 1985 by [[EMI Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Strickland |first=Andy |date=3 August 1985 |title=News |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |page=4 |issn=0144-5804}}</ref> It reached number three on the [[UK singles chart]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=2022-06-03 |title=Kate Bush's ''Running Up That Hill'' races back into UK top 10 thanks to ''Stranger Things'' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/03/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-uk-top-10-stranger-things |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Bush's highest position since her number-one 1978 single "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]".{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
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==2012 Olympics remix==
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A remix of "Running Up That Hill" was used during the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Jenny |date=2012-08-13 |title=Kate Bush praises 'brilliant' Olympic closing ceremony |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-25-1256167 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The remix is included in the soundtrack album for the 2012 Olympics, ''[[A Symphony of British Music (album)|A Symphony of British Music]]''. It reached number six on the UK singles chart on 19 August, becoming Bush's first top-ten single since "[[King of the Mountain (Kate Bush song)|King of the Mountain]]" in 2005.<ref name="2012remixchart">{{cite news |date=19 August 2012 |title=Olympic gigs prompt chart success |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19313392 |access-date=20 August 2012 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
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== 2022 revival and ''Stranger Things'' ==
| album = [[A Symphony of British Music (album)|A Symphony of British Music]]
"Running Up That Hill" gained renewed attention in May 2022 after it featured in the [[Stranger Things (season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=31 May 2022 |title=The strangest thing? Why Kate Bush is back at the top of the charts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2022/may/31/the-strangest-thing-why-kate-bush-is-back-at-the-top-of-the-charts |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Winona Ryder]], who plays [[Joyce Byers]]'','' said she had pushed to include the song and had been a fan of Bush since childhood.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Korin |date=31 May 2022 |title=What is Kate Bush's song 'Running Up That Hill' doing in ''Stranger Things''? Everything about the old '80s tune |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/about/a40154549/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611150950/https://www.womenshealthmag.com/about/a40154549/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things/ |archive-date=11 June 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=[[Women's Health (magazine)|Women's Health]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bush rarely licenses her songs but agreed because she is a fan of the show.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tangjay |first=Jazz |date=June 1, 2022 |title=How 'Stranger Things' Landed Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-hill-1235282576/ |access-date=June 1, 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The composer, [[Rob Simonsen]], created an orchestral remix recorded in [[Air Studios]], London.<ref name="Tangcay-2022">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2022-07-12 |title=''Stranger Things'': How an orchestral version of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' made the most of Max's moment |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-instrumental-music-1235314066/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> To create the feeling of a lullaby, he added a choir, combined with the "juggernaut" of a full orchestra.<ref name="Tangcay-2022" /> The remix appears as a motif throughout the series and in a pivotal scene.<ref name="Tangcay-2022" /><ref name="Cain-2022">{{cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=6 June 2022 |title=Kate Bush thanks ''Stranger Things'' fans as 'Running Up That Hill' climbs charts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/06/kate-bush-thanks-stranger-things-fans-as-running-up-that-hill-climbs-charts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606192742/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/06/kate-bush-thanks-stranger-things-fans-as-running-up-that-hill-climbs-charts |archive-date=6 June 2022 |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>
| released = 12 August 2012

| recorded =
After it was used in ''Stranger Things'', "Running Up That Hill" became the most streamed song on [[Spotify]] in the UK and the US.<ref name="Cain-2022" /> It reached number one in the UK,<ref name="uknoone2" /> Australia,<ref>{{cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-06-13 |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Belgium Songs, Retrieved 2022/06/18. |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/belgium-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |date=17 June 2022 |title=Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]}}</ref> Lithuania,<ref>{{cite web |date=10 June 2022 |title=2022 23-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s23/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |language=lt}}</ref> Luxembourg,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Luxembourg Songs: Week of June 18, 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/luxembourg-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2022-06-10 |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]}}</ref> Sweden,<ref>{{cite web |title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=23 |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]}}</ref> and Switzerland.<ref name="uknoone2">{{cite web |title=Kate Bush becomes 3 x Official Charts Record Breaker as Running Up That Hill lands at Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-is-official-charts-number-1-single-singer-becomes-3-x-official-charts-record-breaker-with-stranger-things-success__36605/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en}}</ref> It was Bush's second UK number-one single after "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" in 1978, making her the solo artist with the longest gap between two number-one UK singles and the oldest female artist to achieve a UK number one. The 37-year gap between the single's release and the time it took to reach number one was also a record.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-05 |title='Running Up That Hill' was the UK's song of the summer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62799443 |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 1 September, "Running Up That Hill" was issued as a [[CD single]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=1 September 2022 |title=Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' to be released as CD single. |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-to-be-released-as-cd-single-3302816 |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=NME}}</ref> The song sold 1,077,284 copies in the UK in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2023 |title=ERA Yearbook 2023 |url=https://eraltd.org/media/72554/2023-era-yrbk_120323.pdf |website= |publisher=Entertainment Retailers Association}}</ref>
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 5:31
| label = Fish People<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27937/kate-bush/ | title=Kate Bush &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>
| writer = Kate Bush
| producer = Kate Bush
| prev_title = [[Wild Man (Kate Bush song)|Wild Man]]
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = '''Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)'''<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-radio-service/ | title=Kate Bush's 'Running up That Hill' Reserviced to Radio Amid 'Stranger Things' Buzz | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>
| next_year = '''2022'''
}}


In the US, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, bettering its 1985 peak of number 30, Bush's highest previous placement on the chart.<ref name="trust1">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=6 June 2022 |title=Harry Styles Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100 With 'As It Was,' Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-kate-bush-hot-100-top-10-1235082217/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=13 June 2022 |title=Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Keeps Atop Billboard Hot 100, Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top Five |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-sixth-week-hot-100-kate-bush-top-five-1235086411/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> It also charted on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' rock and [[Alternative Airplay]] charts and reached number one on both Hot Alternative Songs and [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=13 June 2022 |title=Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Climbs to No. 1 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-tops-rock-alternative-songs-chart-1235086560/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> "Running Up That Hill" became popular with [[Generation Z]], who were not born when the song was released, and it appeared in videos on the social media platform [[TikTok]].<ref name="Cain-2022" /> Bush described the renewed interest as extraordinary and touching.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=2022-06-22 |title='The whole world's gone mad!' Kate Bush on Running Up That Hill's success |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/22/the-whole-worlds-gone-mad-kate-bush-on-running-up-that-hills-success |access-date=2023-11-04 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
On 12 August 2012, Bush released a new version of the song "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" via her Fish People label.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ | title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> Subtitled '2012 Remix', it uses the backing track of the extended version of the 1985 12-inch single, over which new lead vocals were recorded. The track was transposed down a semitone to fit Bush's current lower vocal range. The new version was premiered during the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]]. Bush did not appear herself, but the recording was featured in a section of the closing ceremony, after the entry of athletes and prior to the presentation of the medals for the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]. The track set the theme to a dance performance, where a 'hill' or pyramid was gradually assembled by the dancers from giant white blocks, representing each of the Olympic events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2012/08/2012-remix-of-running-up-that-hill-featured-in-olympics-closing-ceremony/|title=2012 Remix of Running Up That Hill Featured in Olympics closing ceremony -|date=12 August 2012 |access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> The performance was not shown in the United States [[NBC Olympics#2012 Closing Ceremony|NBC]] coverage due to time constraints and tape delay issues.<ref>{{cite news | first = Chelsea | last = Carter | title = Viewers outraged after NBC cuts away from Olympics closing ceremony | date = 13 August 2012 | publisher = Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/13/sport/olympics-nbc-fail | work = CNN.com | access-date = 24 August 2012}}</ref>


By 17 July 2022, views of the music video on YouTube had doubled.<ref name="Spangler-2022" /> On 22 June 2023, "Running Up That Hill" reached one billion streams on Spotify. 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."<ref>{{cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=22 June 2023 |title=Kate Bush thanks fans as 'Running Up That Hill' hits "impossibly astonishing" one billion streams |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-thanks-fans-as-running-up-that-hill-hits-impossibly-astonishing-one-billion-streams-3459353 |access-date=23 June 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>
The track is included in the official soundtrack album of the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony ''[[A Symphony of British Music (album)|A Symphony of British Music: Music for the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''. On 19 August the remix entered the UK charts at number 6. It was Bush's return to the top ten after nearly seven years, following "[[King of the Mountain (Kate Bush song)|King of the Mountain]]" in 2005.<ref name=2012remixchart>{{cite news|title=Olympic gigs prompt chart success|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19313392|work=BBC News|access-date=20 August 2012|date=19 August 2012}}</ref>


==Impact and legacy==
==Critical response==
In 1985, ''[[Smash Hits]]'' named "Running Up That Hill" its "single of the fortnight" and praised its "melodic strength" and "coolly restrained performance".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cranna |first=Ian |date=27 August 1985 |title=Singles – Running Up That Hill |page=21 |pages= |work=[[Smash Hits]] |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Smash-Hits/1985/Smash-Hits-1985-08-14.pdf}}</ref> It was described as "nice" in an otherwise negative review in the ''[[Record Mirror]].''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rochefort |first=Damon |date=10 August 1985 |title=Singles: Running Up That Hill |page=16 |work=[[Record Mirror]] |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/85/Record-Mirror-1985-08-10.pdf |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref> [[Savage Pencil|Edwin Pouncey]] of ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' said he was "seduced by the sheer strangeness of Ms Bush's dramatic return".<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Singles |last=Pouncey |first=Edwin |author-link=Savage Pencil |date=10 August 1985 |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |page=15}}</ref> It was named the year's second-best track by ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and the third-best by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Law |first=Marshall |date=21–28 December 1985 |title=Singles of the year |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |page=43}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=2018 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1985-2-1045389 |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> At the [[1986 Brit Awards]], "Running Up That Hill" was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-14 |title=The BRITs 1986 {{!}} The BRIT Awards 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014053139/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1986 | url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1986 | archive-date=2012-10-14 | access-date=2023-11-16 |website=[[Brit Awards]] | url-status=live}}</ref>
The song was ranked number 3 among the "Tracks of the Year" for 1985 by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1985-2-1045389 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |date=2018 |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=8 September 2018 }}</ref> It was featured in the [[Pilot (Pose)|pilot episode]] of the 2018 drama series ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Wesley |title=How One Great Song Can Transform a Love Scene |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/23/arts/pose-soundtrack.html |access-date=7 June 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Malone |first=Chris |title=The 20 Best Songs Featured on FX's 'Pose' (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/pose-20-best-songs-8526059/amp/ |access-date=2 June 2022|magazine=Billboard |date=5 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Winchester |first=Beth |title="Pose" Music Breakdown: Episode One, "Pilot"|url=https://www.theyoungfolks.com/review/122122/pose-music-breakdown-episode-one-pilot/ |access-date=2 June 2022|work=The Young Folks|date=20 June 2018}}</ref> In 2022, the song was included in the list "The story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) seminal songs", at number 25.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Beaumont |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |title=The Story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) Seminal Songs |publisher=NME |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307110139/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2014, ''NME'' named "Running Up That Hill" the 108th-greatest song of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Emily |date=2014-01-31 |title=The 500 greatest songs of all time — 200—101 |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-200-101-1421780 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> That year, ''NME'' included it at number 25 in its "Story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) seminal songs", with [[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] writing that Bush was "a totemic figure in sneaking left field ideas into the heart of the charts".<ref>{{cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |date=7 March 2022 |title=The story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) seminal songs |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307110139/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=[[NME]] |publisher=}}</ref> Reviewing ''Hounds of Love'' in 2016, the ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' critic Barry Walters wrote that "Running Up That Hill" had "brought to the mainstream gender-equality issues that female-led post-punk acts like [[Au Pairs]] had been thrashing out for years in the underground".<ref name="Pitchforkloveee">{{cite web |last=Walters |first=Barry |date=12 June 2016 |title=Kate Bush: ''Hounds of Love'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21964-hounds-of-love/ |access-date=12 June 2016 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> He connected its lyrics, Bush's performance and the [[Pitch shifting|pitch-shifting]] effect on her vocals to gender issues: "As if trying to escape her body, sex, and consciousness ... Armed with equally advanced machines and melodies, Bush now creatively trumped nearly every mid-'80s rocker."<ref name="Pitchforkloveee" /> The [[AllMusic]] journalist Amy Hanson wrote: "Always adept at emotion and beautifully able to manipulate even the most bitter of hearts, rarely has Bush penned such a brutally truthful, painfully sensual song."<ref>{{cite web |last=Hanson |first=Amy |title=Running Up That Hill — Kate Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/running-up-that-hill-mt0008847327 |access-date=18 November 2016 |website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
The single had sold 771,568 copies in the United Kingdom after 1994, with 165,762 of those sales in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/how-kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-became-a-no-1-contender-inside-the-biggest-chart-story-of-2022/086012|title=How Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill became a No.1 contender: Inside the biggest chart story of 2022|website=Music Week|last=Paine|first=Andre|date=16 June 2022|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>


"Running Up That Hill" was named the best Kate Bush song by ''[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=The 10 best Kate Bush songs of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-best-kate-bush-songs/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> and the third-best by ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Kate Bush's 50 Greatest Songs Ranked! |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/the-mojo-list/kate-bushs-50-greatest-tracks/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Mojo |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' named it Bush's best UK single.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2018-11-23 |title=Kate Bush – every UK single ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/23/kate-bush-every-uk-single-ranked |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' placed "Running Up That Hill" at number 60 in its updated list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-30065/?list_page=9#list-item-100/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |publisher=Rolling Stone Australia}}</ref> It was nominated for Favourite Rock Song at the [[American Music Awards of 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Nominees |url=https://www.theamas.com/nominees/2022-nominees/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=American Music Awards |language=en}}</ref> That year, ''Mojo'' described it as "timeless and unique ... barely a whiff of anachronism arises from its dated technology... Both lyrically and musically, it remains an outstanding example of how innovative, catchy and weird pop music can be."<ref name="Doyle-2022">{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=October 2022 |title=Magickal thinking |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=347}}</ref> In 2024, the ''Rolling Stone'' journalist [[Rob Sheffield]] wrote: "Her classic synth-goth anthem sounded ahead of its time in the eighties. But only Kate Bush could make it a song that ''still'' sounds ahead of its time nearly 40 years later ... It became a timeless pop standard, without losing its spooky sense of dread."<ref name="Sheffield-2024" />
"Running Up That Hill" has been critically acclaimed.{{cn|date=June 2022}} In a retrospective review, [[AllMusic]] journalist Amy Hanson wrote: "Always adept at emotion and beautifully able to manipulate even the most bitter of hearts, rarely has Bush penned such a brutally truthful, painfully sensual song."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/running-up-that-hill-mt0008847327|title=Runnin up That Hill - Kate Bush|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>


== Live performances ==
== ''Stranger Things'' usage and 2022 chart resurgence ==
Bush performed "Running Up That Hill" in 1987 at [[The Secret Policeman's Balls#1987–2001 shows|the Secret Policeman's Third Ball]], accompanied by the [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]] and [[Tony Franklin (musician)|Tony Franklin]] on [[fretless bass]].<ref name="Horsley-2022" /> ''[[Guitar World]]'' wrote in 2022 that the performance was "immaculate ... The material brings out the best in Gilmour. Bush's voice defies the cardiovascular reality of performing onstage. Tony Franklin ... is godlike."<ref name="Horsley-2022" /> Bush performed "Running Up That Hill" at her [[Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)|Before the Dawn]] concerts in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2014-08-26 |editor-link=Alexis Petridis |title=Kate Bush: Before the Dawn review – a lithe grace and note-perfect vocals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/26/kate-bush-before-the-dawn-eventim-apollo-review |access-date=2024-09-01 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
"Running Up That Hill" gained renewed attention in May 2022 after it was featured in the [[Stranger Things (season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]'', including as a key [[Diegetic music|diegetic piece]] used during a dramatic scene, being an important element in the plot, and as a recurring fixture of the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2022/may/31/the-strangest-thing-why-kate-bush-is-back-at-the-top-of-the-charts|title=The strangest thing? Why Kate Bush is back at the top of the charts. Thanks to the Netflix show Stranger Things, the 80s classic Running Up That Hill has found a new audience. And it's not the only 40-year-old hit the show could revive|website=The Guardian|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=31 May 2022|access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> Bush had rarely allowed her songs to be licensed, but agreed because she was a fan of the show.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2022/music/news/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-hill-1235282576/ | title = How 'Stranger Things' Landed Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' | first = Jazz | last = Tangjay | date = June 1, 2022 | access-date = June 1, 2022 | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> Following the premiere, Spotify revealed streams for the song increased by 9,900% in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2022 |title=Get Ready For 'Stranger Things 4' Volume 2 With Our Upside Down Playlist Made Just For You |url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-06-29/get-ready-for-stranger-things-4-volume-2-with-our-upside-down-playlist-made-just-for-you/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705175935/https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-06-29/get-ready-for-stranger-things-4-volume-2-with-our-upside-down-playlist-made-just-for-you/ |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=5 July 2022 |website=Spotify}}</ref>


==Cover versions==
On the [[UK Singles Chart]] dated 3 June 2022, the single re-entered the top 10 at number eight,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ | title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://chart-watch.uk/week-ending-june-9th-2022 | title=Week Ending June 9th 2022 }}</ref> reaching number two the following week. Chart analyst [[James Masterton]] of Chart Watch opined that "Running Up That Hill" could reach number one, but because it was an older song re-entering the chart, the [[Official Charts Company]]'s accelerated chart ratio (ACR) rule meant that its 700,000 per day streams were halved when factored in for the chart and counted for less than the 400,000 streams per day for that week's number one, "[[As It Was]]" by [[Harry Styles]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Masterton |first=James |title=Week Ending June 16th 2022 |url=https://chart-watch.uk/week-ending-june-16th-2022 |website=James Masterton's Chart Watch UK |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref> Bush's record label EMI made an official request to suspend the ACR rule for "Running Up That Hill" given the song's continued popularity and sales on streaming charts, which was enacted by the Chart Supervisory Committee over the weekend of 11 June 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61797012 | title = Kate Bush heading to number one after chart rule reset | first = Mark | last =Savage | date = 14 June 2022 | access-date = 14 June 2022 | work = [[BBC News]] }}</ref> "Running Up That Hill" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart dated 17 June 2022 and was Bush's first number one since "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" in 1978.<ref name="uknoone">{{cite web |title=Kate Bush becomes 3 x Official Charts Record Breaker as Running Up That Hill lands at Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-is-official-charts-number-1-single-singer-becomes-3-x-official-charts-record-breaker-with-stranger-things-success__36605/ |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> On 1 July 2022, the song charted at number one for a third week in Ireland and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bush-fends-off-competition-from-beyoncé-to-land-third-week-at-number-1-on-irish-singles-chart-__36755/|title=Kate Bush fends off competition from Beyoncé to land third week at Number 1 on Irish Singles Chart|website=Official Charts|date=1 July 2022|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-claims-a-second-week-at-number-1-on-official-uk-singles-chart__36698/|title=Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill claims a second week at Number 1 on Official UK Singles Chart|website=Official Charts|date=24 June 2022|access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> The song also reached number one in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-06-13|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=13 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/belgium-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Belgium Songs, Retrieved 2022/06/18.|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Ireland,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/|title=Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=17 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Lithuania,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s23/|title=2022 23-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=lt|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=10 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Luxembourg,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/luxembourg-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Luxembourg Songs: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=5343|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=13 June 2022|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> Sweden,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=23|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> and Switzerland.
The American singer-songwriter [[Tori Amos]] has occasionally incorporated "Running Up That Hill" into her performances since the 1990s, often as part of a medley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatfield |first=Amanda |date=August 26, 2022 |title=Watch Tori Amos cover Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' in a medley with 'Bliss' |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-tori-amos-cover-kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-in-a-medley-with-bliss/ |website=[[BrooklynVegan]]}}</ref> The English actor and comedian [[Steve Coogan]], performing as the comedy character [[Alan Partridge]], performed "Running Up That Hill" as part of a medley of Bush songs for the charity [[Comic Relief]] in 1999.<ref name="Skinner-2022">{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=2022-08-22 |title=Coldplay cover 'Running Up That Hill' with Alan Partridge in London |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/coldplay-cover-running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-with-alan-partridge-in-london-watch-footage-21676/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[Rolling Stone UK]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 20 August, 2022, Partridge joined the British rock band [[Coldplay]] to perform "Running Up That Hill" at [[Wembley Stadium]], London.<ref name="Skinner-2022" /> The American rock band [[Faith and the Muse]] included a [[Gothic rock|goth]]-style cover of "Running Up That Hill" on the 2001 compilation album ''[[Vera Causa]].<ref name="Benitez-Eves-2022">{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=2022-05-30 |title=5 Covers of 'Running Up That Hill' by Kate Bush |url=https://americansongwriter.com/5-distinct-covers-of-running-up-that-hill-by-kate-bush/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[American Songwriter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>''
[[File:FestivalSudoeste2001.jpg|right|thumb|Placebo (pictured in 2001) released a cover of "Running Up That Hill" in 2003.]]
The British rock band [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] included a version of "Running Up That Hill" on their 2003 compilation album ''[[Covers (Placebo album)|Covers]]'',<ref name="Aniftos-2022">{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=2022-06-20 |title=6 best covers of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-best-covers/halsey/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> which reached number 44 on the UK singles chart.<ref name="Benitez-Eves-2022" /><ref>{{cite web |title=PLACEBO &#124; Artist |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/placebo/ |access-date=12 April 2012 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> ''Guitar World'' said Placebo's version is often credited as "defining" cover, describing it as a "glistening ‘00s update" with a "pulsating heartbeat bassline" and "quivering vocal" that "evokes the sense of a protagonist on life support, bargaining with supernatural forces".<ref name="Horsley-2022" /> In the same year, a cover by the Dutch [[Melodic metalcore|symphonic metal]] band [[Within Temptation]], featuring an orchestral section and choir, reached the top 10 of the [[Dutch Single Top 100]] chart.<ref name="Horsley-2022" />


In the United States, "Running Up That Hill" re-entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the chart dated 11 June 2022 at number eight, an improvement on the single's initial 1985 peak of number 30 and also becoming Bush's highest charting single on the Hot 100 to date. The song reached number four the following week, becoming Bush’s first single to reach the American top five and has since peaked at number three.<ref name="trust1">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Harry Styles Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100 With 'As It Was,' Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-kate-bush-hot-100-top-10-1235082217/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 June 2022 |date=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=13 June 2022 |title=Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Keeps Atop Billboard Hot 100, Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Hits Top Five |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-sixth-week-hot-100-kate-bush-top-five-1235086411/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The song also charted on ''Billboard''<nowiki/>'s rock charts, and peaked at number one on both Hot Alternative Songs and [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs]] and debuted at number 26 on the [[Alternative Airplay]] chart, Bush's first entry on the latter chart since "[[Rubberband Girl]]" in January 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |title=Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Climbs to No. 1 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-tops-rock-alternative-songs-chart-1235086560/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=13 June 2022 |date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
In 2007, the American electronic band [[Chromatics (band)|Chromatics]] released a "menacing" version on their album [[Night Drive (album)|''Night Drive'']].<ref name="Benitez-Eves-2022" /> The Swedish band [[First Aid Kit (band)|First Aid Kit]] performed an acoustic version at the 2018 [[Rock Werchter]] festival.<ref name="Horsley-2022" /> A version by the American musician [[Meg Myers]] reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Rock Airplay chart and the [[Alternative Songs]] chart in January 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=22 January 2020 |title=Meg Myers Earns First Career Billboard No. 1 With 'Running Up That Hill' Remake |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8548661/meg-myers-running-up-that-hill-tops-rock-airplay |access-date=24 January 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=2 January 2013 |title=Alternative Songs: February 1, 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/2020-02-01 |access-date=28 January 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The American singer [[Emma Ruth Rundle]] and members of the bands [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Yob (band)|Yob]] and [[Old Man Gloom]] performed a version on [[YouTube]] during the 2020 [[COVID-19 lockdowns]].<ref name="Horsley-2022" /> In 2021, the American rock band [[Car Seat Headrest]] released a "lower fi, measured" cover.<ref name="Benitez-Eves-2022" />


Bush described a version performed in 2022 by the Australian choir [[Pub Choir]], arranged by [[Astrid Jorgensen]], as "utterly wonderful".<ref>{{cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=14 July 2022 |title=Kate Bush praises Brisbane choir's 'utterly wonderful' 'Running Up That Hill' cover |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/14/kate-bush-praises-brisbane-choirs-utterly-wonderful-running-up-that-hill-cover |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The German singer [[Kim Petras]] recorded a cover for [[Amazon Music]]'s playlist for 2022 [[Pride Month]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2022-06-01 |title=Kim Petras Covers Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kim-petras-covers-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-listen/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US}}</ref> It reached number 100 on the UK singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/54404/kim-petras/ |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref> The American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] performed "Running Up That Hill" at the [[Governors Ball Music Festival]] in New York City that year, saying "truly wish I wrote this song more than anything in the world".<ref name="Aniftos-2022" /> The British singer [[Raye]] performed a stripped-back version for [[BBC Radio 1]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=2022-09-08 |title=Check out Raye's haunting cover of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/raye-covers-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-radio-1-live-lounge-month-watch-listen-nme-radar-3306599 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 3 November, 2023, the American musician [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]] performed "Running Up That Hill" at Bush's induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], which Bush did not attend.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lindert |first=Hattie |date=2023-11-04 |title=St. Vincent Covers 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)' at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023: Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-covers-running-up-that-hill-a-deal-with-god-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-watch/ |accessdate=2023-11-04 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
An orchestral remix of the song that interpolated the series' main theme was used in a trailer for the second part of the fourth season,<ref>{{citation |title=Stranger Things 4 {{!}} Volume 2 Trailer {{!}} Netflix |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl_dTUsrU9s |publisher=YouTube |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref> as well as in the season finale "[[Stranger Things (season 4)#ep34|The Piggyback]]".


==Track listing and formats==
==Track listing and formats==
All tracks written and produced by Kate Bush.
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = UK 7-inch 1985 single and limited edition 2022 CD single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.rhino.com/en/running-up-that-hill-cd-single/5054197305122.html|title=RUNNING UP THAT HILL (CD SINGLE)|website=Rhino Store|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
| headline = UK 7-inch single
| all_writing = Kate Bush
| title1 = Running Up That Hill
| title1 = Running Up That Hill
| length1 = 4:58
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = UK 12-inch maxi single
| headline = UK 12-inch 1985 maxi single
| all_writing =
| title1 = Running Up That Hill
| title1 = Running Up That Hill
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Kate Bush – vocals, [[Fairlight CMI]]
* Kate Bush – vocals, [[Fairlight CMI]]
* [[Alan Murphy]] – guitar
* [[Alan Murphy]] – electric guitar
* [[Del Palmer]] – bass guitar, [[LinnDrum]] programming
* [[Del Palmer]] – bass guitar, [[LinnDrum]] programming
* [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] – drums
* [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] – drums
* [[Paddy Bush]] – [[balalaika]]
* Paddy Bush – [[balalaika]]


==Charts==
==Charts==
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|16|chartid=0608|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2022}}
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0608&type=2&interval=50&PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0| title=RPM 100 Singles, December 7 1985 |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Top 100 Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1985/M&M-1985-09-30.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=2|issue=39|page=4|date=30 September 1985|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Top 100 Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1985/M&M-1985-09-30.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=2|issue=39|page=4|date=30 September 1985|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=40|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Kate Bush|page=40|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|language=fi}}</ref>
{{single chart|France|24|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=11 June 2022}}
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{{single chart|France|24|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2022}}
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{{single chart|Ireland2|4|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|4|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|26|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|26|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2022}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
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{{single chart|UK|3|date=19850825|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
{{single chart|UK|3|date=19850825|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022|refname=uk3}}
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!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="trust1"/><!--This source is for the 1985 peak.-->
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|<!-- 2022 peak is below -->30|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2022}}
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!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996]]|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996]]|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/running-up-that-hill/|title=Running Up That Hill|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
! scope="row"| [[UK singles chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/running-up-that-hill/|title=Running Up That Hill|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|47|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| Argentina ([[Billboard Argentina|Argentina Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://billboard.com.ar/chart/2022-07-24/|title=Billboard Argentina Hot 100: Semana del 24 de julio|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Bush&titel=Running+Up+That+Hill+%28A+Deal+With+God%29+%5B2012+Remix%5D&cat=s|title=Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [2012 Remix]|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=German|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Bush&titel=Running+Up+That+Hill+%28A+Deal+With+God%29+%5B2012+Remix%5D&cat=s|title=Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [2012 Remix]|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=German|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgium (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/belgium-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Belgium Songs, Retrieved 2022/06/18.|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Belgium (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i28|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Belgium Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Brazil (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/brazil-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Brazil Songs: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| [[Brazil Songs|Brazil]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i26/|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Brazil Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Canada|2|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2022-06-18/|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|34|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canada AC|AC]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-ac/2022-07-23/|url-access=subscription|title=Canada AC: Week of July 23, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|37|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canada CHR/Top 40|CHR/Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-chr-top-40/2022-07-16/|url-access=subscription|title=Canada CHR/Top 40: Week of July 16, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|24|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canada Hot AC|Hot AC]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-hot-ac/2022-07-30/|url-access=subscription|title=Canada Hot AC: Week of July 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|47|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2023}}
! scope="row"| [[Croatia Songs|Croatia]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="croatiabillboard">{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=14 June 2022 |title=Croatia Songs (Week of June 18, 2022) |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/croatia-songs-hotw/2022-06-18 |access-date=14 June 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Croatia Songs|Croatia]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="croatiabillboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i32|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Croatia Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Czechdigital|2|year=2022|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=13 June 2022}}
{{single chart|Czechdigital|2|year=2022|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=13 June 2022}}
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{{single chart|Denmark|6|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022}}
! scope="row"| Denmark ([[Tracklisten]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=23&y=2022&list=t40|title=Track Top-40 Uge 23, 2022|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Finland|6|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 27, 2022}}
! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/singlet/2022/23/|title=Singlet 23/2022|publisher=[[Musiikkituottajat]]|language=fi|access-date=12 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|France|3|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022|refname=fra-2022}}
! scope="row"| France ([[SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=23?&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Singles|title=Top Singles (Week 23, 2022)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Germany|4|songid=1324|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2022|refname=ger-2022}}
{{single chart|Germany|4|songid=1324|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2022|refname=ger-2022}}
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{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|1|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1536411829152403457|title=The Global 200 top 10 (chart dated June 18, 2022)|date=13 June 2022|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 22/2022|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613082930/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=13 June 2022|access-date=13 June 2022|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Greece International ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 22/2022|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613082930/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=13 June 2022|access-date=13 June 2022|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Hungarystream|6|year=2022|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
{{single chart|Hungarystream|6|year=2022|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
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! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=[[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]]|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628031603/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|archive-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Tónlistinn]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=Plötutíðindi|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628031603/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|archive-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| India ([[IMI International Top 20 Singles|IMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imicharts.com/|title=IMI International Top 20 Singles for week ending 11th July 2022 Week 27 of 52|publisher=[[IFPI]]|access-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711133136/https://imicharts.com/|archive-date=11 July 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="row"| [[IMI International Top 20 Singles|India International Singles]] ([[Indian Music Industry|IMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imicharts.com/|title=IMI International Top 20 Singles for week ending 11th July 2022 Week 27 of 52|publisher=[[IFPI]]|access-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711133136/https://imicharts.com/|archive-date=11 July 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Ireland4|1|date=20220617|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
{{single chart|Ireland4|1|date=20220617|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
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{{single chart|Italy|18|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022}}
! scope="row"| Italy ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2022/23|title=Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 23|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of 22 June 2022|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2022&month=06&day=27|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row" | Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of 22 June 2022|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2022&month=06&day=27|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Latvia ([[European Hit Radio|EHR]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=EHR TOP 40 – 15.07.2022 |url=https://www.ehrhiti.lv/arhivs/ehr-top-40?airDate=2022.07.15 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=ehrhiti.lv |language=lv}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711150734/https://pieci.lv/lv/lr5/top40/ Latvijas Top 40]</ref>
! scope="row"| Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711150734/https://pieci.lv/lv/lr5/top40/ Latvijas Top 40]</ref>
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! scope="row"| Luxembourg (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/luxembourg-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Luxembourg Songs: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Luxembourg (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i12|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Luxembourg Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Mexico (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/mexico-songs-hotw/2022-07-16/|title=Mexico Songs: Week of July 16, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Mexico (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i11|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Mexico Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2022|refname=nl100-2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2022|refname=nl100-2022}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022|refname=nz-2022}}
! scope="row"| New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=5343|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=13 June 2022|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2022-w23/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2022-23|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2022-w23/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2022-23|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Philippines Songs|Philippines]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="phbillboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/philippines-songs-hotw/2022-07-16|title=Philippines Songs (Week of July 16, 2022)|magazine=Billboard|date=12 July 2022|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| [[Philippines Songs|Philippines]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="phbillboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i42|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Philippines Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Poland (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/poland-songs-hotw/2022-07-16/|title=Poland Songs: Week of July 16, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Poland (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i07|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Poland Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Portugal|4|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
{{single chart|Portugal|4|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022}}
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! scope="row"| Romania (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/romania-songs-hotw/2022-06-18/|title=Romania Songs: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Romania (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/i36|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Romania Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|South Africa2|6|year=2022|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2024}}
! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Recording Industry of South Africa|RISA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theofficialsacharts.co.za/charts/local-international-streaming-chart-top-100-week-23-2022/|title=Local & International Streaming Chart Top 100 Week 23-2022|website=[[The Official South African Charts]]|publisher=[[Recording Industry of South Africa]]|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Spain|48|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022}}
! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2022/23|title=Top 100 Songs Weekly — Year 2022 — Week 23|access-date=15 June 2022|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2022}}
! scope="row"| Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=23|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2022|refname=swi-2022}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Kate Bush|song=Running Up That Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2022|refname=swi-2022}}
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{{single chart|UK|1|date=20220617|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2022|refname=UK2022}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lizzo-about-damn-time-hits-number-one-billboard-hot-100-1235117548/|title=Lizzo's 'About Damn Time' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=25 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|9|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2022-07-30/|title=Adult Pop Airplay: Week of July 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=26 July 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|5|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
! scope="row"| US [[Adult Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/2022-07-30/|title=Adult Pop Airplay: Week of July 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=26 July 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|1|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=13 June 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|1|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=13 June 2022}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|2|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2023}}
! scope="row"| US [[Mainstream Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/2022-07-30/|title=Pop Airplay: Week of July 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|5|artist=Kate Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2023}}
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! scope="row"| Vietnam ([[Billboard Vietnam Hot 100|Vietnam Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Billboard Vietnam Hot 100, CHART DATE 2022-06-16|url=https://billboardvn.vn/billboard-vietnam-hot-100/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616153635/https://billboardvn.vn/billboard-vietnam-hot-100/|archive-date=16 June 2022|access-date=16 June 2022|website=Billboard Việt Nam|language=vi}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Vietnam ([[Billboard Vietnam Hot 100|Vietnam Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kate-bush/chart-history/vtm|title=Kate Bush Chart History (Billboard Vietnam Hot 100)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|UK|55|date=20230112|rowheader=true|access-date=24 June 2023}}
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1985|title=Jaaroverzichten 1985|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1985|title=Jaaroverzichten 1985|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1985|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1985|language=de|website=Offizielle Charts|access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1985|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1985|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1985|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1985|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-01-18.pdf|magazine=[[Music Week]]|title=Top 100 Singles (January 5–December 28, 1985)|date=18 January 1986|page=10|access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref>
!scope="row"|UK singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-01-18.pdf|magazine=[[Music Week]]|title=Top 100 Singles (January 5–December 28, 1985)|date=18 January 1986|page=10|access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1985|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1985|language=de|website=Offizielle Charts|access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2022/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart for 2022|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|title=Ö3-Austria Top40 Single-Jahrescharts 2022|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|access-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102170841/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|archive-date=2 January 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2022|title=Jaaroverzichten 2022|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2022|title=Rapports annuels 2022|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Brazil ([[Pro-Música Brasil]])<ref>{{Cite web |year=2023 |title=Top 200 Streaming 2022 |url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mercado-Brasileiro-em-2022-Chart-top-200.pptx.pdf |publisher=[[Pro-Música Brasil]]}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Kate Bush|title=Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)|id=12249|award=Platinum|certyear=2023|access-date=23 March 2023}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Kate Bush|title=Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)|id=10157|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|access-date=3 October 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Kate Bush|title=Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1985|id=2022-07-15|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2022}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kate Bush|title=Running Up That Hill|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=5647-1990-1|note=Digital sales since 2004|access-date=29 July 2022|refname=ukdigital}}
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==Cover versions and remixes==

===Elastic Band remix===
Trance and [[house music]] act Elastic Band's version reached number one on ''RPM'''s Canadian Dance Chart in September 1994.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2594&type=1&interval=24 RPM: issue date 19 September 1994] {{dead link|date=May 2020}}</ref>

===Within Temptation version===
"Running Up That Hill" was covered by Dutch [[symphonic metal]] band [[Within Temptation]] in 2003. The song debuted at number 9 on the Dutch charts on 17 May 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hung |first=Steffen |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2003&date=20030517 |title=Dutch charts portal |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |date=17 May 2003 |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> It peaked at number 7 a week later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=Running+Up+That+Hill&cat=s|title=Within Temptation – "Running Up That Hill"|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> This version of the song also managed to enter the charts in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Switizerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=Running+Up+That+Hill&cat=s|title=Within Temptation – Running Up That Hill|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>

===Placebo version===
In 2003, "Running Up That Hill" was covered by British [[alternative rock]] band [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] as the first track on their ''[[Covers (Placebo album)|Covers]]'' album. After being used for the fourth-season premiere of ''[[The O.C.]]'', the song received much attention in both the US and the UK, peaking at No. 44 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/placebo/ |title=PLACEBO &#124; Artist |publisher=Official Charts |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>

=== Chromatics version ===
In 2007 the American [[Electronic music|electronic]] band [[Chromatics (band)|Chromatics]] released a dark, synth-wave cover of the song on their album [[Night Drive (album)|''Night Drive'']].<ref>{{cite web|last=Olinger|first=Sandra Burciaga|date=19 March 2020|title=5 Bands that Did Kate Bush Right with Their Covers of "Running Up That Hill"|url=https://www.grimygoods.com/2020/03/19/5-best-covers-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill/|access-date=17 July 2022|website=Grimy Goods}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McNeal|first=Bria|title='Running Up That Hill' Covers Just As Good As The Original|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-covers|access-date=17 July 2022|website=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Potter|first=Jordan|date=2 June 2022|title=Five incredible covers of Kate Bush 'Running up That Hill'|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-covers-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill/|access-date=17 July 2022|website=[[Far Out Magazine]]}}</ref>

===Meg Myers version and Anyma remix===
American alternative music artist [[Meg Myers]] released a cover of the song on 6 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.megmyers.com/news/meg-myers-shares-powerful-new-cover-of-kate-bush-s-running-up-that-hill-/|title=Meg Myers Shares Powerful New Cover Of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill"|publisher=Meg Myers' official website|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>
Her cover reached number one on both the ''Billboard'' Rock Airplay chart and the [[Alternative Songs]] chart in January 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8548661/meg-myers-running-up-that-hill-tops-rock-airplay |title=Meg Myers Earns First Career Billboard No. 1 With 'Running Up That Hill' Remake |first=Kevin |last=Rutherford |date=22 January 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/2020-02-01 |title=Alternative Songs: February 1, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> Myers performed her cover on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' on 20 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKNalVx3F5I|title = - YouTube|via = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>

Italian techno producer and DJ Matteo Milleri from [[Tale of Us (DJs)|Tale of Us]] under his stage name Anyma released a version of "Running Up That Hill" simply titled "Running" on 8 December 2021, which is based on Myers' recording of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findyoursounds.com/anyma-unveils-two-track-running-ep-accompanied-by-eva-0-nft|title=Anyma unveils two-track 'Running' EP accompanied by Eva 0 NFT|publisher=FindYourSounds|date=December 9, 2021|access-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref>

=== Pub Choir version ===
In 2022, [[Astrid Jorgensen]] arranged "Running Up That Hill" for [[Pub Choir]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Pub Choir sings 'Running Up That Hill' (Kate Bush) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxWKjv_mc2Q |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Choir |first=Source: Pub |date=14 July 2022|title=Running Up That Hill: Watch Brisbane choir's rendition of Kate Bush classic – video |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2022/jul/14/running-up-that-hill-watch-brisbane-choirs-rendition-of-kate-bush-classic-video |access-date=16 July 2022 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The cover was praised by [[Kate Bush]] as "utterly, utterly wonderful!".<ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2022 |title=Kate Bush praises Brisbane choir's 'utterly wonderful' Running Up That Hill cover |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/14/kate-bush-praises-brisbane-choirs-utterly-wonderful-running-up-that-hill-cover |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=the Guardian}}</ref>

=== Kim Petras version ===
The German singer [[Kim Petras]] released a cover for [[Amazon Music]]'s "Proud" playlist, made for [[Pride Month]] in June 2022. Her cover has been called more overtly 80s and less sultry than the Chromatics version.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2022 |title=Kim Petras Covers Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/kim-petras-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill/ |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=UPROXX}}</ref> Kim’s version charted at #100 on the [[UK Singles chart]].


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"Running Up That Hill"
Kate Bush drawing an arrow
Single by Kate Bush
from the album Hounds of Love
B-side"Under the Ivy"
Released5 August 1985 (1985-08-05)
Genre
Length4:58
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Kate Bush
Producer(s)Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Night of the Swallow"
(1983)
"Running Up That Hill"
(1985)
"Cloudbusting"
(1985)
Music video
"Running Up That Hill" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Running Up That Hill" (also titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)") is a song by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in the UK as the lead single from Bush's fifth studio album, Hounds of Love, on 5 August 1985 by EMI Records.

Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine. The lyrics imagine a man and a woman who make "a deal with God" to exchange places. The music video features Bush performing an interpretive dance; Bush wanted to create a serious work, feeling dance had been trivialised in other videos.

In 1985, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the UK singles chart, Bush's highest position since her number-one 1978 single "Wuthering Heights". It was named among the year's best tracks by Melody Maker and was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 1986 Brit Awards. In 2012, a remix used in that year's Summer Olympics closing ceremony reached number six. In 2022, after it was featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, "Running Up That Hill" reached number one in eight countries, including the UK. It is Bush's only US top-40 hit, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1985 and number three in 2022. In 2023, it reached a billion streams on Spotify.

Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the BBC One talk show Wogan. She performed it in 1987 at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball, accompanied by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, and in 2014 at her Before the Dawn concerts. It has been covered by acts including Placebo, Within Temptation, St Vincent, Chromatics and Meg Myers. In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Running Up That Hill" at number 60 in its updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Music and lyrics

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"Running Up That Hill" features synthesisers, guitar, bass, a driving drum beat and the balalaika, a Russian string instrument.[6] Classic FM described its mood as "passionate and pleading", with uncertainty and a longing for emotional resolution.[6]

"Running Up That Hill" uses the key of C minor, with a vocal melody focusing on the minor seventh, creating a sense of pending resolution and "lingering harmonic tension and instability".[6] On the word "could", Bush sings the major seventh of A-flat major, using dissonance to create more tension.[6]

The drummer, Stuart Elliott, said: "The tension in that track is just remarkable. Every step of the way, there's a little twist and turn that's different from the previous verse — an extra line or one line less, or a repeat just in the perfect places. There's absolutely no dead space ... It's just so deceptively simple."[7]

Bush said the lyrics address the inability of men and women to understand each other. She imagined that by making "a deal with God", they could exchange places and reach a greater understanding.[8] The song was originally titled "A Deal with God", but her record label, EMI Records, felt this was a sensitive title and could limit its radio play. Bush agreed to change it as she had not had a hit song in some time and wanted to "give the album a chance".[7] It was titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" on Hounds of Love.[9] Bush said in 2022 that she thought of the song with that title.[10]

Recording

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The Fairlight CMI synthesiser
The LinnDrum drum machine

In 1983, Bush had not had a successful single for several years.[7] That year, she moved from London to rural Sevenoaks, where she set up a songwriting room with a piano, a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and an eight-track recorder.[7] "Running Up That Hill" was the first song Bush composed for her fifth album, Hounds of Love (1985).[11] She wrote it in a single evening,[11] and recorded a demo.[7] According to Bush, the song began with the Fairlight riff.[12] She sang a drum pattern to her boyfriend and recording engineer, Del Palmer, who programmed it into a LinnDrum drum machine.[12] She said the lyrics for the first verse "came straight away".[12]

In early 1984, Bush moved to her new studio at East Wickham Farm in her childhood home of Welling, Kent, where she recorded the final version of "Running Up That Hill".[7] Bush and Palmer recorded the first version onto 8-track using the Fairlight, and used this to build the vocal.[11][12] Palmer added a "pulsing" bassline.[7] After transferring the song to 24-track, Bush, Palmer and the engineers Paul Hardiman and Haydn Bendall developed the final song, spending particular time on the Fairlight parts.[11]

The main riff was played on the Fairlight using its sampled cello sound. This replaced an earlier harp sound, which Bush found too noisy.[13][12] The drone part was developed by "freezing" a chord into a Quantec digital reverb.[12] The drummer, Stuart Elliott, overdubbed a snare to strengthen the Linndrum, and added fills at the end combined with sounds from the Fairlight.[12] Alan Murphy overdubbed guitar for the ending.[14] Bush's brother, Paddy Bush, performed balalaika.[7]

Music video

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The music video was directed by David Garfath and choreographed by Diane Grey.[15][16] It features Bush performing an interpretive dance with the dancer Misha Hervieu.[15] Bush felt that dance in music videos was "being used quite trivially, it was being exploited: haphazard images, busy, lots of dances, without really the serious expression, and wonderful expression, that dance can give". Instead, she wanted to create a "serious piece of dance" comprising a simple routine between two people.[16] In the video, Bush mimics an archer pulling a bow, an idea she reused for the single cover.[16]

Hervieu said she was cast as she was not following the trends of dance in pop music at the time.[16] As Hervieu was much taller than Bush, they discovered Bush could wrap around her body "like a snake" and incorporated this into the dance.[16] To evade Equity union rules against moonlighting, Hervieu said she could not appear in the West End musical Barnum because of illness, for which she was fired from the play.[16] In July 2022, the music video reached 100 million views on YouTube.[15]

Release

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Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the BBC One talk show Wogan, to an estimated audience of nine million.[7] She performed from behind a lectern, backed by a band including Palmer and Paddy Bush. The performers wore coats similar to religious habits and were accompanied by standard-bearers waving "billowing" flags. Mojo wrote later: "Particularly in the context of a cosy mainstream show, there was something distinctly ritualistic about the whole affair, certainly in keeping with the song's magickal theme."[7] Bush also performed it on the West German show Peter's Pop Show.[17]

"Hounds of Love" was released in the UK as the lead single from Hounds of Love on 5 August 1985 by EMI Records.[18] It reached number three on the UK singles chart,[19] Bush's highest position since her number-one 1978 single "Wuthering Heights".[citation needed]

2012 Olympics remix

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A remix of "Running Up That Hill" was used during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[20] The remix is included in the soundtrack album for the 2012 Olympics, A Symphony of British Music. It reached number six on the UK singles chart on 19 August, becoming Bush's first top-ten single since "King of the Mountain" in 2005.[21]

2022 revival and Stranger Things

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"Running Up That Hill" gained renewed attention in May 2022 after it featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.[22] Winona Ryder, who plays Joyce Byers, said she had pushed to include the song and had been a fan of Bush since childhood.[23] Bush rarely licenses her songs but agreed because she is a fan of the show.[24] The composer, Rob Simonsen, created an orchestral remix recorded in Air Studios, London.[25] To create the feeling of a lullaby, he added a choir, combined with the "juggernaut" of a full orchestra.[25] The remix appears as a motif throughout the series and in a pivotal scene.[25][26]

After it was used in Stranger Things, "Running Up That Hill" became the most streamed song on Spotify in the UK and the US.[26] It reached number one in the UK,[27] Australia,[28] Belgium,[29] Ireland,[30] Lithuania,[31] Luxembourg,[32] New Zealand,[33] Sweden,[34] and Switzerland.[27] It was Bush's second UK number-one single after "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, making her the solo artist with the longest gap between two number-one UK singles and the oldest female artist to achieve a UK number one. The 37-year gap between the single's release and the time it took to reach number one was also a record.[35] On 1 September, "Running Up That Hill" was issued as a CD single for the first time.[36] The song sold 1,077,284 copies in the UK in 2022.[37]

In the US, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, bettering its 1985 peak of number 30, Bush's highest previous placement on the chart.[38][39] It also charted on the Billboard rock and Alternative Airplay charts and reached number one on both Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.[40] "Running Up That Hill" became popular with Generation Z, who were not born when the song was released, and it appeared in videos on the social media platform TikTok.[26] Bush described the renewed interest as extraordinary and touching.[41]

By 17 July 2022, views of the music video on YouTube had doubled.[15] On 22 June 2023, "Running Up That Hill" reached one billion streams on Spotify. 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]

Critical response

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In 1985, Smash Hits named "Running Up That Hill" its "single of the fortnight" and praised its "melodic strength" and "coolly restrained performance".[43] It was described as "nice" in an otherwise negative review in the Record Mirror.[44] Edwin Pouncey of Sounds said he was "seduced by the sheer strangeness of Ms Bush's dramatic return".[45] It was named the year's second-best track by Melody Maker and the third-best by NME.[46][47] At the 1986 Brit Awards, "Running Up That Hill" was nominated for British Single of the Year.[48]

In 2014, NME named "Running Up That Hill" the 108th-greatest song of all time.[49] That year, NME included it at number 25 in its "Story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs", with Mark Beaumont writing that Bush was "a totemic figure in sneaking left field ideas into the heart of the charts".[50] Reviewing Hounds of Love in 2016, the Pitchfork critic Barry Walters wrote that "Running Up That Hill" had "brought to the mainstream gender-equality issues that female-led post-punk acts like Au Pairs had been thrashing out for years in the underground".[51] He connected its lyrics, Bush's performance and the pitch-shifting effect on her vocals to gender issues: "As if trying to escape her body, sex, and consciousness ... Armed with equally advanced machines and melodies, Bush now creatively trumped nearly every mid-'80s rocker."[51] The AllMusic journalist Amy Hanson wrote: "Always adept at emotion and beautifully able to manipulate even the most bitter of hearts, rarely has Bush penned such a brutally truthful, painfully sensual song."[52]

"Running Up That Hill" was named the best Kate Bush song by Far Out[53] and the third-best by Mojo.[54] The Guardian named it Bush's best UK single.[55] In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Running Up That Hill" at number 60 in its updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[56] It was nominated for Favourite Rock Song at the American Music Awards of 2022.[57] That year, Mojo described it as "timeless and unique ... barely a whiff of anachronism arises from its dated technology... Both lyrically and musically, it remains an outstanding example of how innovative, catchy and weird pop music can be."[7] In 2024, the Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield wrote: "Her classic synth-goth anthem sounded ahead of its time in the eighties. But only Kate Bush could make it a song that still sounds ahead of its time nearly 40 years later ... It became a timeless pop standard, without losing its spooky sense of dread."[17]

Live performances

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Bush performed "Running Up That Hill" in 1987 at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball, accompanied by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Tony Franklin on fretless bass.[14] Guitar World wrote in 2022 that the performance was "immaculate ... The material brings out the best in Gilmour. Bush's voice defies the cardiovascular reality of performing onstage. Tony Franklin ... is godlike."[14] Bush performed "Running Up That Hill" at her Before the Dawn concerts in 2014.[58]

Cover versions

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The American singer-songwriter Tori Amos has occasionally incorporated "Running Up That Hill" into her performances since the 1990s, often as part of a medley.[59] The English actor and comedian Steve Coogan, performing as the comedy character Alan Partridge, performed "Running Up That Hill" as part of a medley of Bush songs for the charity Comic Relief in 1999.[60] On 20 August, 2022, Partridge joined the British rock band Coldplay to perform "Running Up That Hill" at Wembley Stadium, London.[60] The American rock band Faith and the Muse included a goth-style cover of "Running Up That Hill" on the 2001 compilation album Vera Causa.[61]

Placebo (pictured in 2001) released a cover of "Running Up That Hill" in 2003.

The British rock band Placebo included a version of "Running Up That Hill" on their 2003 compilation album Covers,[62] which reached number 44 on the UK singles chart.[61][63] Guitar World said Placebo's version is often credited as "defining" cover, describing it as a "glistening ‘00s update" with a "pulsating heartbeat bassline" and "quivering vocal" that "evokes the sense of a protagonist on life support, bargaining with supernatural forces".[14] In the same year, a cover by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, featuring an orchestral section and choir, reached the top 10 of the Dutch Single Top 100 chart.[14]

In 2007, the American electronic band Chromatics released a "menacing" version on their album Night Drive.[61] The Swedish band First Aid Kit performed an acoustic version at the 2018 Rock Werchter festival.[14] A version by the American musician Meg Myers reached number one on the Billboard Rock Airplay chart and the Alternative Songs chart in January 2020.[64][65] The American singer Emma Ruth Rundle and members of the bands Mastodon, Yob and Old Man Gloom performed a version on YouTube during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns.[14] In 2021, the American rock band Car Seat Headrest released a "lower fi, measured" cover.[61]

Bush described a version performed in 2022 by the Australian choir Pub Choir, arranged by Astrid Jorgensen, as "utterly wonderful".[66] The German singer Kim Petras recorded a cover for Amazon Music's playlist for 2022 Pride Month.[67] It reached number 100 on the UK singles chart.[68] The American singer Halsey performed "Running Up That Hill" at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City that year, saying "truly wish I wrote this song more than anything in the world".[62] The British singer Raye performed a stripped-back version for BBC Radio 1.[69] On 3 November, 2023, the American musician St. Vincent performed "Running Up That Hill" at Bush's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which Bush did not attend.[70]

Track listing and formats

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All tracks written and produced by Kate Bush.

UK 7-inch 1985 single and limited edition 2022 CD single[71]
No.TitleLength
1."Running Up That Hill"4:58
2."Under the Ivy"2:07
UK 12-inch 1985 maxi single
No.TitleLength
1."Running Up That Hill" (Extended Version)5:43
2."Under the Ivy"2:07
3."Running Up That Hill" (Instrumental)4:54

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Running Up That Hill"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[177] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[178] Platinum 90,000
Germany (BVMI)[179] Gold 250,000
Italy (FIMI)[180] Platinum 100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[181] Platinum 30,000
Portugal (AFP)[182] Platinum 40,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[183] Platinum 60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[184]
Physical 1985 sales
Silver 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[185]
Digital sales since 2004
3× Platinum 1,800,000
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[186] Platinum 8,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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