After "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" gave Kate Bush after her appearance on "Stranger Things" her first No. 1 single in the UK since 1978 and her first appearance in the Top 10 in the US , the 63-year-old British singer gave her first official interview in six years.
Kate Bush spoke to Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour" and commented on the recent success of her 37-year-old classic song, which was used in the first part of the fourth season of "Stranger Things". .
"(" Stranger Things ") is such a great series that I thought the song would get a little attention. "But I never imagined that would happen," Kate Bush admitted at the beginning of the discussion. "It's so exciting. But it's really quite shocking, isn't it? "Everyone has gone crazy."
Following the premiere of the fourth season of the Netflix science fiction series, "Running Up That Hill" became the highest-selling and most streamed song in the United States.
Kate Bush posted a rare statement on her website shortly afterwards, revealing her love for "Stranger Things", which takes place in the 1980s.
Looking back on that time, Kate Bush told Emma Barnett that those years were a "great time" with "great music", but added: "It's incredibly exciting the time we are in now," referring to the evolution of technology and in the fact that a new generation discovered its song.
In an inadvertently comedic moment of the interview, Barnett stood in the footsteps of Kate Bush on TikTok. "Do you know about WitchTok, a subset of TikTok? It's inspired by "Babooshka" and your appearance in that video. There are many people who are very devoted to you in this area. "Do you know that?" The singer asked.
Amidst the loud laughter, Kate Bush replied: "No, I do not know. It sounds ridiculous. "
With the revival of the classic song "Running Up That Hill", originally released in 1985, Kate Bush has become popular with younger listeners.
This "probably (has made older listeners) feel quite protective at the moment," Barnett said. "Especially when one of their kids says, 'Have you heard of Kate Bush?' and they answer: "Yes, very much".
"I really like people listening to a song and getting what they want from it," Kate Bush replied.
But initially ("Running Up That Hill") was written with the idea of a man and a woman changing positions between them. "Just to feel how it is, on the other hand," he explained.
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Kate Bush also revealed that her record company was worried that the original title of the song ("A Deal With God") would provoke reactions, so she changed it to "Running Up That Hill".
The British singer said she rarely listens to her older songs and said she had not heard "Running Up That Hill" for "a long time", but acknowledged to the Duffer brothers, the creators of "Stranger Things", that they took her song and they gave him a new life.
"I think they put it in a really special place. The Duffer brothers created the series and, in fact, we've been watching it since the first season, so I was already familiar with it. And I thought what a wonderful way to screw people over and get their day started. "And yes, I think it 's really moving."
Kate Bush then likened "Stranger Things" to "Harry Potter" movies.
"In those early films, they were just little kids, and then as the movies progressed, they got heavier and darker. And these little kids are turning into really talented, young, adult actors. And you have a different relationship with something that has moved over the years, having really watched (the kids) grow up. "
Kate Bush also talked about how her life is today and said that "gardening is my occupation now".
