To 37 years since its release Run up that hill is more popular than ever, an extraordinary phenomenon due to Netflix ch stranger things 4where the song is used inside from the fourth episode – and of the whole series, now that volume 2 is available. A crucial use, very far from an underline or an accompaniment, related to Max (Sadie Sink) that in one of the moments the most important of the season, is saved from Vecna thanks to the Walkman’s headphones firing Kate Bush. Her favorite song.
Kate Bush and the boom of Run up that hill
The comparison with the back in 2012 – sixth place in the standings; It was there London Olympics theme song -, today’s return Functioning is a real hangover, with the 3-week track at number one on the UK charts, the risk of a fourth, and an average of 7.3 million audio and video streams per week. Not to mention the Spotify and the TikTok Global Chart.
Exceptional results that above all reward Kate Bush’s intuition who, after reading the Duffer brothers’ script, gave permission to use the play. For the beauty of the story and the non-trivial trick where to insert it, and certainly for a reflection on a certain return to the image and the passage in streaming. ” I knew the song would get attention, but I never imagined something like that,” Kate – a notorious recluse – told BBC Radio 4.
“It’s just amazing. It’s exciting and quite shocking too, I must say. It’s like they’re all crazy« .
Kate Bush en 1983. (Getty Images)
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How much money does Kate make? A figure set to grow
The question that at this point intrigues fans – and not only – is precisely how much does Kate earn from the hundreds of streams and views of Functioning?
According to CBS News, a month after the release of stranger things 4 the British singer earned an estimated $2.3 million in royalties. A staggering figure, destined to climb now that the fourth season finale is available on Netflix. Plus, you earn this for Bush all stay in the family, because as a total artist he owns the copyright of his recordings.
Cher’s Compliments
The success of Run up that hill this gave Bush an important record. IS oldest singer-songwriter to climb the UK charts. Record stolen from Cher, who won it in 1998 with To believeat 52 ans. Bush is almost 64 (he will play them on July 30). Despite the loss of the record, Cher showed sportsmanship from the start, congratulating her colleague on her extraordinary achievement.
“Well done Kate! Records are made to be broken”, he writes. “Do you remember when in the past female artists had short lives?! We had to fight to break through the testosterone wall and we succeeded. So that the women who came after us can sing all they want« .
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