Kate Bush beats Cher in Guinness

The song “Running up that hill (A deal with God)” by British singer Kate Bush, 73 years old, returned to the top of the music charts and broke three World Records.

The composer was named by Guinness World Records as Oldest female artist to be number 1 in the UK charts. Beating the record of singer Cher, who was 52 years old when she was at the top with the song Believe.

In addition to appointments of Longest time for a track to reach the official top of singles and Longest gap between the two No. 1s. The song took 36 years and 310 days to reach this position, surpassing the record of Last Christmas, of the group Wham! Cher praised Bush on Twitter, saying that Records are made to be broken.

Kate Bush's song was the most listened to on Spotify in June 2022 after being used as the soundtrack in the fourth season of the original series Netflix, Stranger Things. The singer was away from the spotlight and is quite private in her personal life, but she handed over production to the Duffer brothers because she is a big fan of the story.

Rob Jonas, CEO of Luminateconsultancy that collects data for the billboardrevealed that the song has already been played 465 million times worldwide. Bush, unlike many artists, owns all the copyrights to the song and has already earned royalties US$2.3 million.

_{Sadie Sink as Max in Stranger Things 4 (Reproduction/Netflix)}

Kate started composing at the age of 11 and her career has been consolidated with 10 albums and 25 singles. She states that the song's recent boom has given the song a “breath of life” with new fans from a younger generation.

In the series, music is a crucial part of the story in the character Max Mayfield's fight against the villain Vecna, in the first part of Stranger Things 4.

Featured photo: Kate Bush breaks World Records at age 73 (Reproduction/Twitter)