Kate Bush breaks trio of chart records as 'Running Up That Hill' claims top spot

Kate Bush (PA)

Kate Bush (PA)

Kate Bush has broken the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach number one, after she landed in the top spot with 'Running Up That Hill', 37 years after it was released.

Originally released in 1985 as the lead track on her Hounds Of Love album, the new-wave track has had a global resurgence in popularity after it was featured in the fourth series of Stranger Things.

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