Kate Bush ‘Overwhelmed’ By Renewed Support Of ‘Running Up That Hill’ After Use In ‘Stranger Things 4’

The British singer Kate Bush has had her work thrust back into the spotlight after her single “Running Up That Hill,” was used extensively in the first half of the 4th season of the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit science fiction series Stranger Things.

The song was first released in the 1980s when the retro-horror drama is set and is reportedly a major motivator in the 4th season that eventually gets Sadie Sink‘s character Max to escape from the show’s villain in the Upside Down, Vecna.

In a new post on her website, Bush expressed her appreciation for the show’s creators, saying “by featuring ‘Running Up That Hill’ in such a positive light – as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters) – the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story.”

She thanked the Duffer Brothers for using her song and said she is “overwhelmed by the scale of affection and support the song is receiving and it’s all happening really fast, as if it’s being driven along by a kind of elemental force. I have to admit I feel really moved by it all.”

While Bush is known to be selective in what shows she allows her songs to play in, she has licensed “Running Up That Hill” for TV and film projects in the past. The song itself and various covers have appeared in The Vampire Diaries, Pose, GLOW and How To Get Away With Murder.

Stranger Things 4, Volume 2 will be released on July 1 with two extremely long episodes that will show off the Hawkins gang’s final confrontation with the mysterious and terrifying Vecna.