Myn Jazeel, Senior Vice President, Rhino UK says : “It’s long overdue that Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by the truly amazing Kate Bush should finally top the UK charts. The way that a new generation of music fans have taken her classic track to their hearts really does cement Kate’s position as an all-time great, if that were at all necessary.” Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company, comments: “It has been fantastic to see the iconic Kate Bush climbing up the Official Singles Chart with Running Up That Hill - and to see her breaking a slew of records into the bargain.
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MORE: Kate Bush's full Official Charts history See the full list of the oldest artists ever to score an Official Number 1 single here. Kate now places fifth on the list of oldest artists to score a UK Number 1 single.
At 63 years and 11 months, she replaces Cher, who was 52 when Believe topped the Official Singles Chart in 1998. If that’s not enough record-smashing for one week, Kate today also becomes the oldest female artist ever to score a Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. See the full list of songs that've taken the longest time to reach Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart here. The record was previously held by Wham!, who saw Last Christmas top the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release. Running Up That Hill first entered the chart in August 1985 and now hits the top spot 37 years later. Moreover, Kate now claims the record of longest time taken for a single to reach Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. See the full list of longest gaps between Number 1 singles here.
With 44 years between her 1978 chart topper Wuthering Heights and 2022’s Running Up That Hill, she beats Tom Jones’s 42-year gap between Green Green Grass of Home and charity single (Barry) Islands in the Stream. Kate boasts the longest-ever gap between Number 1 singles in Official Chart history. The song’s popularity has exploded in previous weeks, becoming a zeitgeist-defining moment not just in the UK but around the world following its inclusion in the latest season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, introducing the warped New Wave track to a whole new generation of fans.īy landing at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, Kate Bush achieves three all-time Official Chart records simultaneously: Kate Bush tops this week’s Official Singles Chart with Running Up That Hill, 37 years after the song’s release, breaking a slew of Official Chart records in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
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