“Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” by Kate Bush was released as a single on 5 August 1985.

Quick Scoop

  • The song was released in the UK on 5 August 1985 as the lead single from Kate Bush’s album Hounds of Love.
  • It was written earlier, around the early 1980s, and then recorded for that fifth studio album cycle.
  • The track later surged back into charts worldwide in the early 2020s after being featured prominently in the Netflix series Stranger Things , introducing it to a new generation of listeners.

Extra tidbit

  • The song is also known by its fuller title “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”, but the shorter form was often used for marketing and radio.
  • Its renewed popularity decades after 1985 is often cited as a prime example of older songs going viral again through streaming and TV placements.

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