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4 Years Ago, a Huge Netflix Series Breathed New Life Into an Unappreciated ‘80s Song and Made It a Top 10 Hit

Kate Bush surged to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after giving Stranger Things permission to use her music.

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In 1985, Kate Bush released a little album called Hounds of Love. On it was a little song called “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”. At the time, the single only reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. But in 2022, with help from a little Netflix series called Stranger Things, Kate Bush broke the Top 10 for the first time with a song she released almost four decades earlier.

On May 27, 2022, Stranger Things season four premiered, with “Running Up That Hill” playing a major role on the soundtrack. It served as the song that kept the character Max grounded in reality, bringing her back from the brink of total mind control. The song showed up multiple........

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