

The documentary is part of three hours of Kate Bush coverage on BBC2, with the station also revisiting her live performances either side of the programme.Īdele fans fume as tickets for new Las Vegas residency shows soar to £33k It features interviews with Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the guitarist who discovered her, as well as Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Stephen Fry, Outkast's Big Boi and Steve Coogan. Originally released in 2014, the hour-long programme explores the singer-songwriter's career and music, from her 1978 debut single Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow. Saturday will see BBC2 air the documentary The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill. She said it was “really wonderful” that so many young people were “hearing the song for the first time” and confessed that she was loving being discovered again. “But I just never imagined that it would be anything like this. I mean, you know, it’s such a great series, I thought that the track would get some attention. The English singer told BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour: “It’s just extraordinary. Kate Bush said she thought the “whole world’s gone mad” after Running Up That Hill was sent soaring back up the charts 37 years after its initial release. Kate Bush is enjoying reaching new younger fans (Image: ZIK Images/United Archives via Getty Images) What has Kate Bush said about her Stranger Things success?
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Metallica’s eight-minute thrash metal masterpiece Master of Puppets also rocketed up the streaming charts after volume two of series four used the epic during a key fight scene. The track featured on the artist’s fifth studio album Hounds Of Love and peaked at number three when released as a single.īush is not the only 80s act to benefit from exposure to the Stranger Things fan base and the programme’s homage to the decade of big hair and leg warmers. The song is having greater chart success in 2022 than it did upon its original release. Bush first performed it live in 1987 at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball, accompanied by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour she did not perform it again until her 2014 Before the Dawn concerts.

