Strange things are happening on the music charts. This weekend, Kate Bush peaked at number one on the UK charts with a song from 37 years ago. Ever since “Running Up that Hill” appeared prominently in the fourth season of “Stranger Things,” fans of the series have listened to the 1984 song over and over again.
Thanks to this momentum, Kate Bush broke three records, becoming the oldest woman to reach the top of the UK singles chart, with the song taking the longest to reach No.
“Running Up That Hill” hit number 3 when it was originally released in the UK market, but wasn’t quite as successful in the US. At the time of the original single, the recording only peaked at number 30 on the Billboard chart.
That stance also changed dramatically with its rediscovery by “Stranger Things” fans. The song debuted again at number 8 in early June and is currently the 4th most listened to on the list of the greatest US hits.
In addition to “Stranger Things”, “Running Up That Hill” has also appeared in recent episodes of other series such as “Big Little Lies”, “On Becoming a God in Central”, “How to Get Away with Murder”, “GLOW” and “Pose”, without the same repercussion.
Having not released records in a decade, and practically out of the mainstream since the turn of the century, Kate Bush thanked “Stranger Things” fans for the rediscovery.
“You may have heard that the first part of the fantastic new series ‘Stranger Things’ was recently released on Netflix. It contains the song ‘Running Up That Hill’, which young fans who love the series are giving new life to – me too. I love it!” she wrote earlier this month. “For this reason, ‘Running Up That Hill’ is on the charts all over the world and has reached number 8 on the UK charts. It’s all very exciting! Thanks a lot to everyone who supported the song,” added the singer. “Can’t wait, breathless, that the rest of the series in July”.
“Stranger Things” fans particularly enjoyed the way “Running Up That Hill” fits into the story. A comment on Kate Bush’s official Instagram profile sums up the general sentiment: “Thank you for saving Max.”
In the plot, the song was responsible for bringing the character Max (Sadie Sink) out of the trance that would lead to her death.
Divided into two parts, “Stranger Things” had the first seven episodes of its fourth season available on May 27, while the second part, with two more chapters, will be released on July 1.
The creators of the Netflix attraction, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, have already said that Kate Bush’s song will return to play in an “epic moment” at the end of the season, which explains why the singer said to wait “with breath. suspended, for the rest of the series in July “.
Source: Terra
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