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'Stranger Things' lands Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' in the U.S. Top 10 Kate Bush's song Running Up That Hill peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 four decades ago. This week it became her first-ever U.S. Top 10 hit.

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1985 hit 'Running Up That Hill' sprints up the charts, thanks to 'Stranger Things'

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LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. In 1985, Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill" peaked at No. 30. This week, the same song gave Bush her biggest hit ever. It cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard chart thanks to a starring role in the latest season of "Stranger Things" on Netflix.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD)")

KATE BUSH: (Singing) Be running up that road, be running up that hill...

FADEL: Bush rarely gives permission for her songs to be used in other media but says she loves the show, and she's happy its young fans have given her work a new lease on life. It's MORNING EDITION.

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