Kate Bush topped ARIA’s singles chart for the first time in her career, with a song released 37 years ago.
Run down that hillfrom his 1985 album Love dogshe is, in fact, almost a decade older than pop star Harry Styles, the artist who now ranks second on the last list with his single. As it was.
It may seem strange that a 63-year-old art rocker can beat a global superstar like Styles without releasing any new music, but the news probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to popular culture over the past two weeks.
A new generation of fans has discovered Bush’s song after it was included in a key scene of the last season of Netflix’s hit. Strange things, and since then they have been smashing the track on Spotify, YouTube and TikTok.
According to Tokboard, a site that adds usage trends to the platform, Run down that hill is the third most popular song used on TikTok with over a billion views.
This increase in popularity is also seen in international charts. The song is also number one in New Zealand, Switzerland and Sweden, and is well on its way to other countries. Run down that hill It currently ranks number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK’s official singles chart.
This is the first time one of Bush’s singles has entered the top 10 in the US. And it is the best performance of the song in the UK, after reaching number three in 1985. (Previously it reached number six in Australia).
One of Bush’s most iconic songs, Wuthering Heights, was number one on the Kent Music Report (a forerunner of ARIA’s modern charts) for three weeks in 1978, but this is the first time in the ARIA era. once the singer has reached the milestone.