Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Is there a greater story spotlighting the impact of our modern cultural habits on a track's trajectory than the earth-shattering success of one of the biggest songs in the world, "Running Up That Hill"? When the inimitable Kate Bush wrote and recorded the track as the lead single from her fifth studio album Hounds of Love in 1985, little did she know that she had created a monster. In the best possible way. Thanks to its appearance in season four of Netflix's blockbuster horror sci-fi series Stranger Things – which literally crashed the streaming platform due to its excessively high volume of viewers – the song gave Kate Bush her first-ever US top ten in 2022 while also becoming her first UK number one on the UK Singles Charts since the epic "Wuthering Heights" in 1978. Not bad for a tune that began life as an 8-track recording captured at home using a range of analogue weaponry, including a LinnDrum, Fairlight CMI, and piano.