听
Key Points:听
- Kate Bush鈥檚 1985听Running Up The Hill (A Deal With God)听is climbing charts internationally after appearing in Netflix鈥檚 Stranger Things.
- Stranger Things听is set in the 80s, so Bush鈥檚 song, about to overtake Harry Styles on the charts, helps set an authentic tone.
- Bush鈥檚 last studio album was in 2011.
听
For Kate Bush, we imagine the Strangest Thing to come out of Stranger Things鈥� fourth season was to wake up the morning after its release and see her August 1985 ballad, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), sprinting up the music charts.听
Stranger Things鈥� newest season, which has accumulated almost 800 million hours of viewership since its premiere on May 27th, featured Bush鈥檚 80s hit which, in its heyday, peaked at number three.
Since featuring during an emotionally charged and meticulously executed scene, where Max (Sadie Sink) is held emotionally captive by the supernatural monster Vecna, Bush鈥檚 masterpiece has been revived. When Max escaped the tight grips of Vecna thanks to the power of music as embodied by Running, she pants, relieved she鈥檚 survived, exclaiming 鈥業鈥檓 still here.鈥櫶�
听
More from News
- From Workouts To Managing Jetlag: The British Tech Scale-Up That Just Hit One Million Users Globally Appoints New CEO
- Hackers Tricked Instagram鈥檚 AI To Leak Your Log In Details 鈥� How Can Users Stay Protected?
- New Research Reveals The UK鈥檚 Top 10 鈥淔uture-Ready鈥� Cities
- New Research Shows How Elections Are Impacting The Job Market 鈥� Here鈥檚 How
- Is London Becoming The World鈥檚 Next AI Capital?
- Google鈥檚 AI Can鈥檛 Even Spell 鈥淕oogle鈥� 鈥� So Why Is It Replacing Search?
- Will AI Labels Actually Save YouTube From AI Slop?
- The Rise Of 鈥淣ew Brand鈥� Cybercrime Groups And The Business Of Ransomware
听
The 鈥業鈥檓 still here鈥� sentiment is one that Bush is now enjoying, acknowledging that 鈥榠t鈥檚 all so exciting!鈥�, 鈥榯he track is being discovered by a whole new audience鈥� due to being picked up by the award-winning show.听 The 63 year old who hasn鈥檛 released a studio album in eleven years perhaps made A Deal of her own With God, praying for revived success 37 years post-release.
If so, Bush is an exceptionally talented forward planner, who is topping charts worldwide as a result. She is even expected to overtake heartthrob Harry Styles in the UK charts, which would end his 10-week stint at Number 1 with As It Was.听
Perhaps Bush was simply confident upon Stranger Things鈥� inception in 2016. Perhaps Bush predicted that the show鈥檚 producers would opt for her music to contribute to their 1980s energy, explaining why she鈥檚 been so quiet over the past few years. Maybe she wasn鈥檛, maybe she just got lucky.
What is certain, though, is that groups of teens and twenty-somethings are about to adorn more graphic tees and baggy jumpers than they already have, while those in their forties revert back to their child-and-teenhood music taste, feeling a sense of nostalgia that they can only thank Stranger Things and Bush for.
At the same time, reams of has-been 80s stars will see Bush鈥檚 success and want it for themselves. Duran Duran was slightly ahead of the curve and is currently on tour. Now, it鈥檚 time for Joni Mitchell and Carole King songs to be picked up by Stranger-Things-Wannabes, and for Billy Idol to plan a 2022-friendly comeback, all while Kate Bush revels in her renewed royalty and royalties. Welcome to the 80s.听
听
