Kate Bush U.S. Chart History: What Were Her American Hits Before Running Up That Hill?

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Kate Bush in 1986, Image by Philip Chappell aka squidney via Kate Bush News & Info Forum

Kate Bush’s extraordinary ‘comeback’ is all over the internet. Her 1985 song Running Up That Hill, from the album Hounds Of Love is enjoying new sales and is a big streaming hit, due to its use in Season 4 of Stranger Things. It already reached no. 1 in the UK after its peak at no. 3 in 1985. In the U.S. however, the song peaked at 30 on Nov. 30, 1985., making it also her biggest hit in the states up till the present. Now, it’s reached no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100! Let’s take a look at Kate Bush’s U.S. chart history using Billboard stats.

Kate Bush U.S. Hits

  • Wuthering Heights, 1978: no. 108 (no. 1 in UK)
  • The Man with the Child in His Eyes, 1978: 85 (no. 6 in Uk)
  • Running Up That Hill, 1985: No. 30 (no. 3 in UK)
  • Rubberband Girl, 1993: no. 88 (no. 12 in UK)

Kate Bush only breached the top 40 once in the U.S., before now and this was also with Running Up That Hill. The song also hit the top ten in the U.K., at no. 6, after it was used in the closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics.

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Other Kate Bush Top 40 UK Hits

  • Wow, 1979: no. 14
  • Breathing, 1980: no. 16
  • Babooshka, 1980: no. 5
  • Army Dreamers, 1980: no. 16
  • December Will Be Magic Again, 1980: no. 29
  • Sat in Your Lap, 1981: no. 11
  • Cloudbusting, 1986: no. 20
  • Hounds of Love, 1986: no. 19
  • The Big Sky, 1986: no. 37
  • Experiment IV, 1986: no. 23
  • The Sensual World, 1989: no. 12 (no. 6 alternative hit)
  • Love and Anger, 1989: no. 38 (no. 1 alternative hit)
  • This Woman’s Work, 1989: no. 25
  • Rocket Man, 1991: no. 12 (no. 11 alternative hit)
  • Eat the Music, 1993: no. 10 alternative hit
  • Moments of Pleasure, 1993: no. 26
  • And So Is Love, 1994: no. 26
  • King of the Mountain, 2005: no. 4

Other UK top 100 hits for Kate Bush were Hammer Horror (1970, 44), The Dreaming (1982, 48), The Red Shoes (1994, 42), Deeper Understanding (2011, 87), and Wild Man (2011, 73).