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Jessica Sansome

ITV Coronation Street's Sam star Jude Riordan tells Stranger Things fans soap 'did Kate Bush first'

Coronation Street star Jude Riordan has pointed out that Stranger Things weren't the first to use Kate Bush in a moment of need. The Sam Blakeman actor took to social media to remind fans that he was involved in a scene on the ITV soap that included one of the icon singer's songs.

Last week Kate Bush broke a trio of chart records as one of her most memorable songs claimed the top spot. One of those broken was the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach number one after Running Up That Hill raced up the charts 37 years after it was released.

Originally released in 1985 as the lead track on her Hounds Of Love album, the new-wave track has had a global resurgence in popularity after it was featured in the fourth series of Stranger Things. It originally reached number three in the UK on its release and it charted again in 12th place in 2012.

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