Kate Bush has broken the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach number one - after she landed in the top spot with Running Up That Hill 37 years on from its release. The new-wave track originally came out in 1985 as the lead track on her Hounds Of Love album but has had global resurgence in popularity after it was featured in the fourth series of Netflix hit Stranger Things.
The title for the longest-running sleeper hit in the UK was previously held by Wham!, who saw Last Christmas top the Official Singles Chart in 2021, 36 years after its release. Running Up That Hill is also currently sitting in the number one spot in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland, and has achieved a new peak in the US charts at number four.
It originally reached number three in the UK on its release and it charted again in 12th place in 2012. The British singer-songwriter has also secured the title of the longest gap between number one singles, as her only other chart-topping moment was 44 years ago with her debut single, Wuthering Heights, in 1978.
