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RUNNING UP THAT HILL
by KATE BUSH
Running Up That Hill is the enigmatic centrepiece of Kate Bush's magnum opus, Hounds Of Love. Written around the concept that if a man and woman swapped places for a day, they would understand each other more, RUTH initially only reached Number 3 upon its original release in 1985, and re-peaked at Number 6 after it was featured during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012.
After a resurgence of interest following the song’s use in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things in 2022, Running Up That Hill started to gain traction through streaming, and re-entered the Official UK Singles Chart in June 2022, climbing to Number 1 and staying there for three weeks.
This marked an extraordinary array of records broken: the longest ever gap between Number 1 singles in Official Chart history, with 44 years between Kate's 1978 chart-topper Wuthering Heights and 2022’s Running Up That Hill (beating the previously held record by Tom Jones); the longest time taken, 37 years, for a single to reach Number 1 (beating Wham!’s Last Christmas by a year); and aged 63 years and 11 months, she became the oldest female artist ever to score a Number 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart, beating Cher who previously held the claim at the age of 52. Running Up That Hill ended up as the sixth biggest song of 2022.
Official Singles Chart
Official Singles Chart
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- Peak position1
- LabelEMI
- Catalogue numberKB1
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 3No1
- 16Top 10
- 20Top 20
- 30Top 40
- 43Top 75
- 52Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 19/05/2012
1 week - 16/03/2023
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Official Singles Chart Update
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Chart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelFISH PEOPLE
- Catalogue numberGBCNR8500002
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 3No1
- 9Top 10
- 11Top 20
- 19Top 40
- 28Top 75
- 37Top 100
Chart run
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Official Singles Sales Chart
Official Singles Sales ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelFISH PEOPLE
- Catalogue numberGBCNR8500002
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 2No1
- 10Top 10
- 14Top 20
- 19Top 40
- 36Top 75
- 46Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 11/02/2021
1 week - 27/04/2023
1 week - 15/06/2023
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Official Singles Downloads Chart
Official Singles Downloads ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelEMI
- Catalogue numberGBCNR8500025
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 3No1
- 11Top 10
- 15Top 20
- 23Top 40
- 41Top 75
- 55Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 19/05/2012
1 week - 11/02/2021
1 week - 25/05/2023
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Official Physical Singles Chart
Official Physical Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position3
- LabelFISH PEOPLE
- Catalogue numberGBCNR8500002
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 1Top 10
- 2Top 20
- 3Top 40
- 8Top 75
- 9Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 08/06/2013
1 week - 28/06/2014
1 week - 23/08/2014
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End of Year Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position6
- LabelFISH PEOPLE
- Catalogue numberGBCNR8500002
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 1Top 10
- 1Top 20
- 1Top 40
- 1Top 75
- 1Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 31/12/2022
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Official Independent Singles Chart
Official Independent Singles Chart
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