Kate Bush reportedly earned a remarkable £8 million after her 1985 classic Running Up That Hill returned to the top of the charts last year, 37 years after it was first released.
The track enjoyed a record-breaking resurgence and climbed to number one in the UK following its prominent use in the fourth season of Netflix’s supernatural hit Stranger Things.
Written by Bush for her acclaimed Hounds of Love album, the song also topped the charts in Australia and reached number one on the US iTunes chart.
The renewed success is said to have tripled Kate’s net worth, while the single went on to secure three Guinness World Records.
Bush was recognised as the oldest female artist to reach number one on the UK Official Singles Chart. Running Up That Hill also set records for the longest time taken by a track to reach number one on the chart and the longest gap between UK number one singles for an artist.
Kate Bush reportedly earned an impressive £8 million after her 1985 song Running Up That Hill topped the charts last year, 37 years after its original release (pictured in 2014)
Her previous UK number one came with her debut single Wuthering Heights in 1978, creating a 44-year gap between chart-topping hits.
Running Up That Hill originally peaked at number three in the UK charts when it was released in 1985.
Kate’s company Noble & Brite Ltd brought in on £8.8million in 2022 and, even after £2.5m was paid to creditors, £6m was kept in net assets.
Her total equity tripled from £2m in May 2022 to £6.3m in May this year.
She paid more than £2.4m out in tax, according to her accounts filed with Companies House.
In the show, Running Up That Hill was grieving teen Max Mayfield’s (Sadie Sink) favourite song, and it unexpectedly saved her life in episode four.
The song reached the top of the UK charts in June last year after it appeared in the popular Netflix science fiction series and went viral on TikTok.
It was also the first time Kate had a number one in Australia since 1978, when her debut single Wuthering Heights claimed the top spot.
The singer’s 1985 track broke records and hit number one in the UK after its appearance in the fourth series of the Netflix supernatural thriller Stranger Things (Kate pictured in the 1985 music video for the song)
The singer-songwriter told BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour last year of the renewed interest in her music: ‘It’s so exciting, it’s quite shocking really, isn’t it?
‘The whole world’s gone mad!’
She added: ‘The thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it is, well, I think it’s very special.’
The songstress also admitted that she hadn’t listened to her track in quite a while as she doesn’t tend to replay her ‘old stuff’.
In Stranger Things season four, Running Up That Hill was grieving teen Max Mayfield’s (Sadie Sink) favourite song, and it unexpectedly saved her life in episode four
