how old was kate bush when she wrote running up that hill

Kate Bush was about 25 years old when she wrote “Running Up That Hill.”

How that age is calculated

• Kate Bush was born on 30 July 1958.

• “Running Up That Hill” was reportedly written in one evening in the summer of 1983, during the early work on her fifth album Hounds of Love.

• In summer 1983, she would have been 24 turning 25, so she was roughly 24–25 years old at the time of writing.

Extra context for fans

• The song became the lead single from Hounds of Love , released in August 1985 and originally peaked at number three in the UK.

• Decades later, it surged back into charts worldwide after featuring in Stranger Things , introducing a new generation to Bush’s work and sparking fresh forum discussions and “latest news” pieces about the track.

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