Kate Bushhas become an overnight phenomenon almost four decades after bringing her unique and influential style and music into the world, all thanks to the inclusion of her songRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)being used inStranger Things’ fourth season. As one of the stars of the series,Sadie Sinkhas revealed that, like many younger fans of the show, she had never heard of the song or Kate Bush before she shot the latest season, but as the song hit number 1 in the U.K. singles chart and climbed to #4 in the U.S. Billboard Chart, the actress, like many others, has found it becoming a bit of an obsession.
In the last week, Kate Bush has found herself breaking a number of long-standing chart records, becoming the oldest female artist to reach #1 in the U.K. charts — beating Cher, who recently congratulated Bush on the achievement — and also having the longest period between a song being released and hitting the top of the U.K. chart. While speaking toVanity Fair, Sink explained how the song has now led her to discover more of the private singer’s work. She said:
“I did not know Kate Bush beforehand, but then I immediately skimmed through her work and then became increasingly more obsessed, and then I was listening to her all the time. Knowing the emotional connection that she has to that song and how it’s kind of her anthem, played into it," Sink said. “It’s something about the energy of the song, the synth and the lyrics and everything. It’s so perfect. They could not have picked a more perfect song.”
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Could Another Song Make a Chart Comeback Due toStranger Things?
Over the last decade, the ability to influence not only the music charts but the movie and TV show’s success has leveled up in a big way thanks to the internet. Whether it is older songs gaining a new lease of life due to being available on streaming services and sales being included in the singles charts when a track features heavily in popular shows, or movies being demanded by huge volumes of fans on social media, in the entertainment world has become impossible to predict what will become the next big hit.
WithStranger Thingshaving already brought one old song to a new audience, fans of the show are now asking whether it could happen again in the final two episodes, thanks to a clip that was originally seen in the first trailer for the new season. Newcomer Eddie (Joseph Quinn) is seen for a brief moment on top of his trailer home belting out a song on a guitar, and fans are desperate to know which classic 80s anthem that song will be. It is now less than two weeks until we discover this, and the other secrets are to be revealed in thefinal near-four hours of the seasonwhen season 4 part 2 arrives on Netflix on July 1.
