Running Up That Hill was the UK song of the summer
Kate Bush's 1985 hit, Running Up That Hill, was the song of the summer é, says the Official Chart Company.
The song's unlikely but inspiring resurgence came after it was featured on TV show Stranger Things, bringing it to a new generation of fans.< /p>
They streamed it 86.6 million times between June and August, more than any other song.
Running Up That Hill was also the most downloaded song of the summer, with 42,000 sales.
The song originally appeared on Bush's acclaimed fifth album, Hounds Of Love.
On its first release, it peaked at number three on the charts - but the momentum of Stranger Things propelled it to number one in June, breaking three records in the process.
Bush, who is 63, has become the wife the oldest to top the UK Singles Chart, overtaking Cher, who was 52 when Believe reached number one in 1998, with 44 years since her debut, Wuthering Heights; and Running Up That Hill's 37-year run to the top was the longest in chart history.
Kate Bush's 1985 hit, Running Up That Hill, was the song of the summer é, says the Official Chart Company.
The song's unlikely but inspiring resurgence came after it was featured on TV show Stranger Things, bringing it to a new generation of fans.< /p>
They streamed it 86.6 million times between June and August, more than any other song.
Running Up That Hill was also the most downloaded song of the summer, with 42,000 sales.
The song originally appeared on Bush's acclaimed fifth album, Hounds Of Love.
On its first release, it peaked at number three on the charts - but the momentum of Stranger Things propelled it to number one in June, breaking three records in the process.
Bush, who is 63, has become the wife the oldest to top the UK Singles Chart, overtaking Cher, who was 52 when Believe reached number one in 1998, with 44 years since her debut, Wuthering Heights; and Running Up That Hill's 37-year run to the top was the longest in chart history.
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