His piece Running Up That Hillheard in the first episode of the most recent season of Stranger Thingsexperienced a sudden surge in popularity.
This song, which appeared in 1985 on the album Hounds of Love of Kate Bush, had never reached a position higher than the 30th place of the famous Billboard charts.
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However, for the past few days, his rise in the Spotify ranking has been meteoric.
Thanks to the character of Max (played by Sadie Sink) who listens to the song in his Walkman during the first episode of season 4 and for whom it becomes a recurring theme, millions of viewers have discovered or rediscovered it.
On Spotify, between May 26 (the day before the broadcast of the new season of Stranger Things) and this Monday, May 30, the song saw its number of listens increase by 8700% globally and 9900% in the United States alone.
In just a few days, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [son nom complet] rose to #2 in the US Top 50 and #4 in the World Top 200.
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“It’s amazing to see iconic songs being rediscovered and becoming global phenomena with new listeners,” Jeremy Erlich, global head of music at Spotify, told Billboard.
«Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) is one such example of a ‘perfect storm’. It’s a classic song that was introduced to a wide audience and has now taken on a whole new meaning.”
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