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Running Up That Hill
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<p>"Running Up That Hill" (also titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)") is a song by the English singer-songwriter <a href="/facts/Kate_Bush/gkBP9bD9">Kate Bush</a>. It was released in the UK as the <a href="/facts/Lead_single/E2tl6YFB">lead single</a> from Bush's fifth studio album, <i><a href="/facts/Hounds_of_Love/7EIrw5sd">Hounds of Love</a></i>, on 5 August 1985 by <a href="/facts/EMI_Records/VdArVfrM">EMI Records</a>. Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a <a href="/facts/Fairlight_CMI/RzeKLXHU">Fairlight CMI</a> synthesiser and a <a href="/facts/LinnDrum/MQY6bYs8">LinnDrum</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Interpretive_dance/oPP6VuGp">interpretive dance</a>. </p><p>Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the <a href="/facts/BBC1/t4SaSm6X">BBC1</a> talk show <i><a href="/facts/Wogan/l9fG3XJt">Wogan</a></i>. On its first release, "Running Up That Hill" reached number three on the <a href="/facts/UK_singles_chart/s2yyGUlD">UK singles chart</a>, Bush's highest position since her number-one 1978 single "<a href="/facts/Wuthering_Heights_(song)/Qh2yUXfC">Wuthering Heights</a>". It was named among the year's best tracks by <i><a href="/facts/Melody_Maker/dKcDEXEj">Melody Maker</a></i> and was nominated for <a href="/facts/Brit_Award_for_British_Single_of_the_Year/bxtQ4aR2">British Single of the Year</a> at the <a href="/facts/1986_Brit_Awards/bxtQ4aR2">1986 Brit Awards</a>. A remix used in the <a href="/facts/2012_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony/GGHWQ60C">2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony</a> reached number six. </p><p>In 2022, after it was featured in the <a href="/facts/Stranger_Things_(season_4)/4fGFLFrQ">fourth season</a> of the <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Stranger_Things/nNFByTRv">Stranger Things</a>,</i> "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 <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart in 1985 and number three in 2022. In 2023, it reached a billion streams on <a href="/facts/Spotify/wsTSvDD8">Spotify</a>. </p><p>"Running Up That Hill" has been covered by acts including <a href="/facts/Placebo_(band)/qVrDT0cK">Placebo</a>, <a href="/facts/Within_Temptation/8m0WVunk">Within Temptation</a>, <a href="/facts/St._Vincent_(musician)/BQHkyNdv">St Vincent</a>, <a href="/facts/Chromatics_(band)/aHU6zqXT">Chromatics</a> and <a href="/facts/Meg_Myers/Fv9palgJ">Meg Myers</a>. In 2021, <i><a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone/HhCFoJ9F">Rolling Stone</a></i> included it at number 60 in its updated list of the "<a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone%2527s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time/GEJnGkat">500 Greatest Songs of All Time"</a>. </p>