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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Amanda Whiting

Kate Bush fans irate as Stranger Things sends Running Up That Hill to Number 1

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Stranger Things continues to bring new audiences to artefacts of Eighties culture, like the iconic toy Lite-Brite and, more controversially, the Kate Bush hit “Running Up That Hill”.

Thanks to a very prominent feature in season four of Netflix’s fantasy juggernaut, the track has climbed to the top spot on the iTunes charts in the US and the UK. It peaked at Number 3 on the Official UK Charts when it was originally released in the summer of 1985.

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