Kate Bush - Running up that Hill (A Deal With God)

UK 12" maxi single, 1985. Contents A Deal with God The music video Recordings, performances & interviews Commentaries References -------------------- 1. A Deal with God One of the writer's favourite Kate Bush live performances is of the 1985 hit Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) from London during March 1987, and featuring David Gilmour of Pink Floyd on guitar. It is a powerful, enthusiastic rendition, with slide guitar replicating the original synthesized refrain. Thirty seven years after the song's release, it achieved world-wide hit status and became Bush's first US Top 10 single as a result of its inclusion in the 2022 soundtrack of the Netflix series Stranger Things . During that year it went on to top Spotify charts with on average 6 million hits per day over a number of weeks (Picci 2022, Doyle 2024). Presented below are various versions of the song, both by Bush and other artists, alongside contemporary promotional materia...