“I am overwhelmed by how much love and support the song receives,” Bush wrote on his website, continuing:
“I have to admit that I am affected. Thank you to all of you who made it number one in such an unexpected way.”
The reason for the renewed interest in the song is explained by the fact that it has a prominent role in the fourth season of the Netflix series “Stranger things”.
The fact that Kate Bush is now listed means that she sets a number of British records. The 63-year-old is the oldest female artist who has topped the list so far, she is the one who has the longest time between two lists (44 years have passed since “Wuthering heights” was number one) and the song is the melody that took the longest time to reach number one . When it was released, it never reached that high, reports Official Charts Company..
“Running up that hill” is also the first of Bush’s songs to make it to the US top ten list. There it is currently in place four.