12" Maxi single

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	6
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	16
Dutch Single Top 100	6
French SNEP Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...  Singles Chart	24
German Media Control Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...  Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	4
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	26
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart	30
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	21
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	34

Placebo version

Alternative rock band Placebo

Placebo (band)

Placebo are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Brian Molko and bass guitarist Stefan Olsdal. The band was joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was later replaced by Steve Hewitt after conflicts with Molko. Hewitt left the band in October 2007 and...

 covered "Running Up that Hill", releasing it originally on the bonus disc of their 2003 album Sleeping with Ghosts

Sleeping with Ghosts

Sleeping with Ghosts is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo, released in 2003 through Astralwerks and Hut Records...

, then featuring it on Covers

Covers (Placebo album)

Covers is a cover album by British alternative rock band Placebo. The album was originally released as a bonus disc with the special edition version of Sleeping with Ghosts on 22 September 2003 through Hut Records and Astralwerks, which has since gone out of print. "Running Up that Hill" is mostly...

and the US version of Meds

Meds

Meds is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo, released in 2006 on Virgin Records. It was released in most countries on 13 March 2006, although it was released three days earlier in Australia and New Zealand...

in 2007. Placebo's take on the song is more downbeat than the original. It has been described by Q

Q (magazine)

Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...

magazine as 'sound[ing] more like a pact with the Devil' than the original 'deal with God'. Their version of the song made an appearance on the debut episode of The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries (TV series)

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW Television Network on September 10, 2009, and is currently in its third season that...

, concluded an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

entitled "A la Cart", and was used on Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

, The O.C.

The O.C.

The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...

, and NCIS: Los Angeles. It was also used in the promotional video for the Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American television host and retired professional wrestler. He presents the Outdoor Channel show MacMillan River Adventures, and is currently signed to WWE, where he has served in an ambassadorial role since December...

 vs The Undertaker rematch at Wrestlemania XXVI

WrestleMania XXVI

WrestleMania XXVI was the twenty-sixth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on March 28, 2010 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. This was the fourth WrestleMania to...

, and is featured in the trailer for the movie Daybreakers

Daybreakers

Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film written and directed by Australian filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in 2019, where a plague has turned most of the planet's human population into vampires. A vampiric corporation sets out to capture and farm the remaining...

. It can be also heard in the movies From Paris with Love

From Paris with Love (film)

From Paris with Love is a 2010 action film starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Pierre Morel. The screenplay was co-written by Luc Besson. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2010.-Plot:...

and The Heavy. A recording of Placebo's version which features Bush's vocals was used in promos for the History Channel's 2011 special, Gettysburg

Gettysburg (2011 film)

Gettysburg is a 2011 American Civil War television documentary film directed by Adrian Moat that was first aired on May 30, 2011 on History. This two-hour documentary film, narrated by actor Sam Rockwell, commenced a week of programming by the History channel honoring and commemorating the 150th...

.

Released covers

US Dark Wave act Faith and the Muse

Faith and the Muse

Faith and the Muse is an American, underground gothic/darkwave band composed of two musicians, Monica Richards and William Faith. They are well regarded in the gothic music scene as innovators and icons. Their music encompasses many genres, from folk-style songs to darker compositions. Richards is...

 covered the song on their 2001 compilation album Vera Causa

Vera Causa

Vera Causa is a two-disc collection of demos, live and rare tracks by Faith and the Muse.-The Night:#"Cantus"#"Scars Flown Proud"#"Sparks"#"The Silver Circle"#"All lovers Lost/Arianrhod"#"The Unquiet Grave"...

, and frequently perform it live. In 2003, Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 act Within Temptation

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

 released the song as a separate single

Running Up That Hill (EP)

"Running Up that Hill" is a single released by Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation in 2003, covering the Kate Bush song from 1985. The song debuted at #9 in the Dutch charts on 17 May 2003...

 and filmed a music video. The song was also covered by Portuguese Gothic Metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 band Icon & The Black Roses on their self-titled 2004 album. Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

-based Chromatics

Chromatics

Chromatics are a band from Portland, Oregon, whose current lineup features singer Ruth Radelet, guitarist Adam Miller, drummer Nat Walker, and producer/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Jewel. The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi and described as "noisy" and "chaotic"...

 covered the song on their 2007 album Night Drive

Night Drive (Chromatics album)

-Overview:Night Drive is the third studio album by Chromatics, released in 2007 on the Italians Do It Better record label. The label reissued an analogue remaster of the album as a "Deluxe Edition" in 2010, on both CD and double LP formats...

, and Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci

Natalie Gauci

Natalie Gauci is an Australian singer of Italian and Maltese descent. Gauci undertook music tuition at the Victorian College of the Arts, formed her own band that played gigs in Melbourne, while also working as a music teacher...

 performed it on the Top 2 Showdown night. Gauci later recorded a cover that appeared on her Winner's Journey album,released soon after her win on Australian Idol

Australian Idol

Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...

. In 2009, Fugees-collaborator John Forté

John Forté

John Forté is a Grammy-nominated American recording artist, composer, music producer, educator and activist. He achieved fame while writing, producing and performing with the celebrated hip hop group The Fugees during the 1990’s, and has released four solo albums, including his most recent effort,...

 released a version of the song which featured the original keyboard melody and chorus with rap verses. In 2009, Finnish a-cappella group Club for Five

Club for Five

Club for Five is a contemporary a cappella group from Finland. They are known for their unique singing style and being able to skillfully use their voices like instruments. Club for Five were founded in Helsinki, 2001...

 included the song on their album You're The Voice. British electronic musician LorD and Master released his version of "Running Up that Hill" as a mashup

Mashup (music)

A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...

 with Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

' cult track, "Paninaro" for his 2011 covers album, Discover. Track and Field also covered the song and was first heard on the SyFy show Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The...

in the Season 3 finale "Stand".

Remixes

A dance remix by Levy 9 was released in the 90s, Trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 and house music acts, such as Elastic Band and Armin Van Buuren have performed versions of the song. Australian electronic music trio Infusion

Infusion (band)

Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...

 remixed the song in 2003, and it was unofficially released on White label

White label

White label records are vinyl records with adhesive plain white labels affixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities to evaluate the quality of the disc production...

 vinyl as "Kate Bush vs. Infusion - Running Up that Hill". Dutch rap act Flinke Namen, sampled the chorus for their song "Wolken (Clouds)". This piano and string laced version reached no. 1 on the Dutch (:nl:FunX) charts, with a remix version being available for download on the internet. The Very Best remixed the song on their 2011 mixtape "Super Mom".

Other notable covers

"Running Up that Hill" has also been incorporated into other songs by artists in live performance. American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Tori Amos

Tori Amos

Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...

 has sung verses of the song during her live tours, often working certain lines of the song into other songs - most notably on her 2005 solo tour in which she performed a mash up of "Running Up that Hill" with her own hit, "God

God (song)

"God" is the title of more than one unrelated song:*"God" , which appeared on the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band*"God" *"God" "God" is the title of more than one unrelated song:*"God" (John Lennon song), which appeared on the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band*"God" (Tori Amos song)*"God" "God"...

." The postmodern cabaret

Cabaret

Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...

 duo Kiki & Herb, who performed the song throughout their career, used the song as the closing number in their 2004 farewell performance

Kiki and Herb Will Die for You: Live at Carnegie Hall

-Track listing:Act One / Disc One#"Close to it All" – 2:01#Medley: "Note to Self: Don't Die / Flamingo / When Doves Cry" – 5:23#"Opening Remarks" – 2:32#"Why" – 4:05#"Hoochie Coochie" – 4:35#"Sex Bomb" – 3:11...

 at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

. Other artists who've covered the song include Estonian pop singer Kerli, Danish bands Spleen United

Spleen United

Spleen United is a Danish electro-rock band consisted of the brothers Bjarke and Gaute Niemann , Kasper Nørlund , Rune Wehner and Janus Nevel Ringsted . It was formed in Århus, Denmark in 2002....

 and The William Blakes

The William Blakes

The William Blakes is a Danish pop rock band who released their first record in 2008. The album was called 'Wayne Coyne' in an homage to the lead singer of The Flaming Lips...

, singer Jimmy Jørgensen, Irish group Ham Sandwich (the recording of which was given away free with the Irish Daily Mail

Irish Daily Mail

The Irish Daily Mail is a newspaper published in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland by Associated Newspapers. The paper was launched in February 2006 with a launch strategy that included giving away free copies on the first day of circulation and low pricing subsequently....

), singer Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf is an English-Irish singer-songwriter from South London. Patrick utilises a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano and viola...

, pop act MPHO, Little Boots

Little Boots

Victoria Christina Hesketh, also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her unusually small feet...

 and Melnyk with Sara Berg.

On 15 October 2011 art rock

Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

 musician Theo Bleckmann

Theo Bleckmann

Theo Bleckmann is a vocalist and composer.-Biography:Theo Bleckmann is a jazz singer and new music composer, he was GRAMMY NOMINATED and received the ECHO award in 2010...

 released an album of covers of Bush classics titled Hello Earth! - The Music of Kate Bush which includes his oft-performed in concert interpretation of "Running Up that Hill."