Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

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It's a good thing they're not shying away from mimed performances in this, otherwise they'd have to end it already. I was trying to work it out, I think that RUTH at the Secret Policeman's Ball is the last televised Kate performance with an actual live vocal.
 
Oh, this clip show is so old that it just referred to Before The Dawn in future tense! BBC budget cuts WHO?!
 
Well that was marvellous fun, next up it's The Kate Bush Story. Is this new? I have no idea, but it's the least she deserves!
 
You don't realise just how few of her hits she actually performed on the BBC. Imagine all of the brilliance that could have been!
 
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I don't remember seeing these clips of Elton John and Steve Coogan, so this is new TO ME at least.
 
"It was like b*nsh** music"

Okay folks, Neil Gaiman said it - rename the relevant forum quick!
 
Did Del Palmer work with Kate after The Red Shoes, or was that the end of their professional relationship as well?
 
The 1979 Christmas special now, I feel like I watched this too recently and of course the highlight was already in the earlier programme 👰
 
Thought this list from UK Mix was interesting. Kate wouldn't have been in the top 40 a few months ago.

Most streamed 80's female solo acts songs on Spotify
1.Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody - 826,982,602
2.Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun - 721,527,793
3.Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - 588,784,558
4.Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart - 515,853,821
5. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - 502,611,737
6.Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - 486,691,470
7.Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 - 396,101,130
8.Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It - 329,573,851
9.Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth - 323,883,419
10.Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero - 287,747,195
11.Madonna - Material Girl - 271,412,405
12.Diana Ross - Endless Love (with Lionel Richie) - 254,421,898
13.Dolly Parton - Island in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers) - 246,942,783
14.Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes - 244,163,109
15.Whitney Houston - How Will I Know - 227,831,717
16.Madonna - Like a Prayer - 227,785,940
17.Madonna - La Isla Bonita - 222,619,584
18.Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You - 217,246,595
19.Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody - 213,622,188
20.Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time - 211,895,114
21.Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out - 205,785,975
22.Sade - Smooth Operator - 193,369,969
23.Madonna - Like a Virgin - 188,585,746
24.Cyndi Lauper - True Colors - 179,660,630
25.Laura Branigan - Self Control - 178,991,860
26.Irene Cara - What A Feeling (Radio Edit) - 177,215,048
27.Tina Turner - The Best (Edit) - 164,100,528
28.Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now - 161,700,790
29.Irene Cara - What A Feeling - 160,580,986
30.Tina Turner - The Best - 160,340,446
31.Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart - 156,477,005
32.Diana Ross - Upside Down - 135,225,549
33. Kim Wilde - Kids in America 134,938,321
34.Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All - 134,713,163
35.Laura Branigan - Gloria - 131,172,970
36.Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revoulation - 128,987,237
37.Sade - Your Love is King - 120,237,934
38.Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love - 119,482,128
39.Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You - 113,636,050
40.Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For - 110,239,636
 
Yeah it's currently gaining approx. 5m streams per day. It will slow down but should get there in 6 months if not less. Cyndi is averaging 10% of its streams (500k+ streams) per day, and Whitney is doing less.
 
Yeah it's currently gaining approx. 5m streams per day. It will slow down but should get there in 6 months if not less. Cyndi is averaging 10% of its streams (500k+ streams) per day, and Whitney is doing less.

You think it’ll take that long? It picked up 400m in a few months!
 
You think it’ll take that long? It picked up 400m in a few months!
I guess I was assuming it will slow down considerably in 1-2 months. But yeah it could very well get there by October if it sustains momentum.
 
Oh. She would have been 10th before Kate did her thing wouldn’t she.
Well, not quite. Whoever compiled the list separated Tina’s “The Best” and Irene Cara’s “What a Feeling”, which would be top ten had they been combined.
 
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Surely one of the biggest hits ever!
 

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