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Shane Jarvis

How a Kate Bush song topped the charts 38 years after its original release

In the strange world of Tik Tok, viral overnight successes and streaming culture, an old rock song that is nearly 40 years old might be surprised to find itself topping the music charts.

It's a song called Running Up That Hill from the 1985 album Hounds of Love and although the singer-songwriter has maintained a hardcore of fans for decades, she has suddenly found herself with an army of new fans thanks to a sci-fi horror series on Netflix called Stranger Things.

The fourth series broke the streaming giant's record for the biggest-ever premiere weekend for an English-language series and 63-year-old Kate Bush's single featured in the first episode. When first released it made number 3 in the UK charts and failed to hit the number 1 spot anywhere in the world.

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