Kate Bush is reportedly set to bank more than £1million after her 1985 hit Running Up That Hill raced to the top of the charts last week.
After it’s inclusion in Netflix’s new sci-fi horror series Stranger Things, the song is seeing a revival. The original No. 3 position for the song was achieved by the Netflix Original. When it was released, the song reached No.3 on the charts.
The Sun was told by a source that Kate would be able to raise seven figures because of the revival.
In the money: Kate Bush, 63, is reportedly set to bank more than £1million after her 1985 hit Running Up That Hill raced to the top of the charts last week (pictured in 1978)
‘She owns all of the publishing and licensing rights, and she wrote it – so nearly all the cash is going to her.
‘Given the traction of the song, Kate will easily be pulling in £250,000 a week and, if it keeps on the way it is, she’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.’
The song is getting nearly a million daily streams on Spotify, earning Kate, 63, around £250,000 a week, with the track on course to maintain it’s position at the top of the chart for the second week in a row.
MailOnline reached out for clarification to Kate.
Astonishing: The song has seen a resurgence after it was featured in the new series of Netflix series Stranger Things, with the track originally reaching No. 3. The chart reached No. 3 in 1985. Kate pictured in 2014.
Kate is now the UK’s oldest female artist to reach No. 1. The record is now No. 1 and takes the title from Cher who was the number one with Believe in 1998.
This comes as Kate thanks Stranger Things’ creators for helping Run Up That Hill reach the top spot on the UK charts.
Kate recently featured the single in Netflix’s hit show and thanked the Duffer Brothers – creators and executive producers of the series- for Kate’s record-breaking chart success.
Popular: Running Up That Hill was featured in Episodes One and Four of Netflix’s Stranger Things. Sadie Sink, Max Mayfield (pictured here listening to the song)
Kate commented, “The Duffer Brothers have made four incredible series of Stranger Things where the children actors have become young adults.”
‘In this latest series the characters are facing many of the same challenges that exist in reality right now. I believe the Duffer Brothers have touched people’s hearts in a special way, at a time that’s incredibly difficult for everyone, especially younger people.
Running Up That Hill was featured in a positive way – it is a talisman that Max uses to help him. The song can now be brought into Max’s emotional world. She and her friends are constantly surrounded by fear, conflict, and the power and beauty of love.
Amazing: Kate, at 63, is the oldest woman artist to reach number one in the UK. Cher, pictured in September, was 52 years old when Believe reached the top of the charts.
I salute the Duffer Brothers’ courage in taking this new series into an adulter and darker realm. I want to thank them so much for bringing the song into so many people’s lives. (sic)’
Kate has broken the record for the biggest gap between releasing a single and topping the UK chart, beating the 36 years it took for Wham’s Last Christmas.
The Wuthering Heights hitmaker added on her website: ‘I’m 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 must admit that I am moved by this whole thing.
Thank you very much for making my song such a big hit.
Resurgence: The song is getting nearly a million daily streams on Spotify, earning Kate around £250,000 a week (pictured 1979)