Once you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
Posted on 07/05/2022 3:52:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Nearly 40 years after Kate Bush released "Running Up That Hill" in 1985, the song has found new life after being used in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The Netflix show boosted the track to the top of the charts and reportedly earned Bush millions of dollars in streaming revenue.
According to Luminate (formerly known as SoundScan), the resurgence of the song - — which has just entered its third week at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart — has brought roughly $2.3 million in streaming royalties, according to CBS News. Because Bush owns the copyright to her recordings, she is likely taking away at least 80% of those earnings.
"While we've seen a notable increase in catalog music streams in recent years — with an annual 20[%] growth alone in 2021 — the Kate Bush story has taken the phenomenon to a new level," Rob Jonas, CEO of Luminate, said in a statement to CBS.
Bush has been amazed by the song's traction, noting in a recent blog post that "I can’t believe it — No. 1 for the third week. We’re all so excited! In fact, it’s all starting to feel a bit surreal."
"Running Up That Hill," which peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released in 1985, has become Bush's first Top 5 in the U.S.
She's not the only artist to have work featured in Stranger Things. Metallica’s 1986 song “Master of Puppets” was recently used in the fourth-season finale, and tracks by the Police, the Clash, Duran Duran, Toto, Bon Jovi, Peter Gabriel, Journey and Kiss have appeared over the show's four seasons.
"I feel deeply honored that the song was chosen to become a part of their roller-coaster journey," Bush wrote. "I can’t imagine the amount of hard work that’s gone into making something on this scale. I am in awe. They’ve made something really spectacular."
Running up that hill, motivated us to go take the dogs on hikes in the woods. We were newly married and poor. It gave us cheap activity. The dogs eventually got conditioned to run outside and jump in the back of the truck every time that song played. (Who trains who?)
Turn of The Cards by Renaissance is a real masterpiece too. Early 70’s material like nothing else ever! Renaissance (Annie Haslam) combined world history, opera, rock, and classical music, all into one. Brilliant stuff.
good, she was great
Always loved This Woman’s Work.
I like Kate Bush but I never liked this song much. I like her song “The Sensual World.”
Tommy James of the Shondells wrote a book “Me, the Mob, and the Music” where he said his record company Roulette Records stole up to $40 million from him...
One of the guys that worked in the office in New York as an enforcer was found tied up and shot dead in Florida.
“I found out later on that Roulette was actually a front for the Genovese crime family and Levy was heavily connected. “
I wonder how much Kate Bush really made that she is not being told about?
Its a great song. Led Zeppelin is in my DNA but i always liked her (Kate Bush) sound.
Annther terrific band.
“Maybe you listened to too much disco,...”
Uhhh, no way.
I was at Texas A&M in the 80s, so I’d listen to Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Wills at the Chicken, then walk next door to Duddley’s Draw and hear Skynyrd and Zeppelin.
Never heard of her until today.
Was she related to George W or Poppy?
Literally never heard of her until today.
She’s breaking records in the UK. The longest time between two #1 hits, 44 years. The longest time for a single to reach #1, 37 years. The oldest woman with a #1 hit, 63.
I didn't listen to her in the 80s but in the summer of '90, a girlfriend gave me a mixed tape of her music and then it clicked.
Kate Bush is an acquired taste and to this day, there's some songs of hers that I absolutely love, and others that I just don't get.
Once you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
“Maybe you listened to too much disco,...”
Anytime you want to apologize, I’ll forgive you.
Kate Bush is the only SNL guest that kept me home on a Saturday night. She did Wuthering Heights.
That WAS a little rough.
Okay, please forgive me.
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