So while a new song earns one “sale” for every 100 streams, older songs need to be streamed 200 times before a single “sale” is counted. With the evolution of streaming – and following a seemingly endless 15-week run at No 1 for Drake in 2016 – measures were put in place to help new tracks get their moment of glory in the charts. The “accelerated decline” rule that applies to older songs was introduced in 2017. That’s the true game-changer, as it lays down a precedent for other classics to do the same if circumstances merit.” “The Kate Bush song has become a genuine sustained smash hit, and for that reason it is appropriate that the rules are waived so it joins contemporary releases on a level playing field. While football anthem Three Lions hit No 1 again during 2018’s European Championship, “it was gone from our lives a week later as a passing fad”, Masterton added. “This is the first time in the streaming era that a back-catalogue track has not only been spontaneously resurrected but has maintained its popularity over an extended period.”

“Running Up That Hill has itself changed things as we know it,” pop chart analyst James Masterton told the Guardian. The UK chart success of Running Up That Hill – currently achieving about 575,000 plays a day on Spotify in the UK and more than 6m a day on the platform globally – was aided by the waiver last weekend of a rule that determines how streams for older songs are tallied, sparking speculation that Bush has opened the gates for more vintage songs to return. We’ve all been astounded to watch the track explode!” The song is currently at No 4 in the US, her highest-ever placing there. A direct relationship between the shows and their audience and one that has stood completely outside of the music business. “The response to Running Up That Hill is something that has had its own energy and volition. “So many young people who love the show discovering the song for the first time. “It’s hard to take in the speed at which this has all been happening,” Bush, 63, said in a statement on her website earlier this week.

Running Up That Hill reached No 3 when it was originally released. She is the oldest woman to top the chart, while 37 years is the longest time a song has taken to get to No 1, beating Wham!, whose Last Christmas finally made it in January 2021.īush also has the longest gap between No 1 singles, with 44 years elapsed since her debut, Wuthering Heights (Tom Jones was the previous record holder at 42 years). Bush has broken three UK chart records with her No 1 placing.

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