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Running Up That Hill
1985 single by Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill
"Running Up That Hill" (also titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)") is a song by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, released as the lead single from her fifth studio album, Hounds of Love, on 5 August 1985 by EMI Records. Bush wrote and produced it using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine. The lyrics imagine a man and a woman who make "a deal with God" to exchange places. Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the BBC One chat show Wogan. The music video features Bush performing an interpretive dance. On its first release, it reached number three on the UK singles chart, Bush's highest position since her number-one single "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, and number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was named among the year's best tracks by Melody Maker and NME, and nominated for British Single of the Year at the 1986 Brit Awards. Rolling Stone placed it at number 60 in its 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". "Running...
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