Kate Bush reflects on ‘Running That Hill’ in rare radio interview

Kate Bushwho considers “Running Up That Hill” to be the real star of Weird thingsSeason 4, gave a rare radio interview about the song and her love for the show. Chat with Emma Barnett of BBC Radio 4, on women’s watchfollowing Bush’s series of refreshing comments about her 1985 song, which climbed to number one in the UK and topped the US top ten for the first time.

“It’s a great series, I thought the track would get some attention,” Bush said of Weird things placement. “But I never imagined it would be anything like that. It’s so exciting. But it’s really shocking, isn’t it? I mean, the whole world has gone crazy.” She added, “What’s really cool, I guess. Is this a completely new audience that, in many cases, has never heard of me and I love it. The idea that all these guys are hearing the song for the first time and figuring it out… well, I think it’s special. very “.

While the song has no specific meaning, Bush wrote it about “the idea of ​​a man and woman exchanging for each other. Just to feel what it was like, from the other side.” She originally called it “A Deal With God,” and says she still prefers that moniker. “I suspect [the record company] She was just worried, she explained, ‘It wouldn’t be played on the radio. To make people feel that it is a sensitive title.”

Bush praised this way Weird things The creators of The Duffer Brothers used the song, as a recurring source of escape for the tomboy character Max. “I think they put it in a really special place,” she said. “I was already familiar with the series. And I thought, What a great way to use the song in such a positive way. You know, as a kind of talisman for Max. I think it’s very touching.”

Elsewhere, Bush said that despite some nostalgia for the ’80s, she finds modern life “incredibly exciting”: “It’s a horrific time on so many levels for people, very difficult,” she said. “But it is also a time when incredible things happen. Technology is advancing at such an amazing rate. It is really overwhelming. But, you know, there are a lot of advances in medicine and there are positive things. You just have to look a lot harder to find them right now.” But this does not include watching TikTok. “It sounds ridiculous,” she said with a laugh.

Yesterday, the trailer for the second volume of . was released Weird thingsFourth season. The sound was recorded by a copy of The theme of the show is broken down with “Running down that hill”.