Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Kate Bush Running Up That Hill gets a new life thanks to the TV series Stranger Things


Created in honour of Stranger Things Season 4

That is the line of text below the short edit of the 1985 hit Running Up That Hill published today on Kate Bush YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/SzcZGuj5Hdg

The background is the Netflix series Stranger Things using the song Running Up That Hill causing it to get popular 27 years after it was released and a hit.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things/

https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-makes-rare-statement-on-stranger-things-use-of-running-up-that-hill/

The popularity resulted in the song becoming Kate Bush first top 10 in the USA as well as making it back into the top five in the UK.

Radio Dupree has still to see one episode of Stranger Things, but are happy for all the new people discovering kate Bush. We've also heard good things about Stranger Things. It is just that we're a bit slow and behind. Catching up can be a good thing...

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