Kate Bush produced "Running Up That Hill" by herself, as well.It's only the 30th top 10 hit of the last decade to be written by one person, and it's the first top 10 hit to be written by one woman since "Dance Monkey" by Tones & I in 2020. Meanwhile, "Running Up That Hill" was written by Kate Bush alone.Here's a thread (written by yours truly) on other older songs that have been reactivated at radio, including "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. By reactivating "Running Up That Hill," the record company is indicating its faith that the song is going to outlast this first wave of attention. That's incredibly rare, because labels want listeners to focus on what's new. That means Bush's record company is pushing the song like it's a brand new hit, and it's looking for airplay on stations that play current tunes instead of stations that only play classic rock. "Running Up That Hill" is also being re-promoted to radio.(These days when you hear about an older song charting, it's almost always because of streaming, since that component is weighted so heavily on the Hot 100.) So far, "Running Up That Hill" has been number one on Spotify for the last six days, suggesting its popularity could last longer than the initial buzz created by the show's release. Bush is doing great streaming numbers as well, arriving at number six on the streaming chart with almost 18 million streams. Along with sales, the Hot 100 incorporates streams and airplay to determine where a song will chart.It's remarkable that a song this old, which so many people already own, is selling so well. That's a solid number, considering that last week, Lizzo was number one on the sales chart with just under 12,000 copies. Let's talk about how Kate Bush got this high on the Hot 100: Thanks to Stranger Things, "Running Up That Hill" is #1 on this week's digital sales chart, with 18,300 copies sold.It's hard enough for an alt rock artist to crack the top of the Hot 100, but it's unprecedented for a legacy alt rocker to make her first top 10 appearance after so many years. (She's had several in her native U.K.) After decades as a beloved alternative artist, she's suddenly in the mainstream alongside Harry Styles and Lizzo. This is also Kate Bush's first-ever top 10 hit in America. That is the longest-ever gap between a song's debut and its first appearance in the top 10.
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