‘The whole world’s gone mad!’ Kate Bush admits she ‘never imagined’ her 1985 song Running Up That Hill would be a number one hit after THAT Stranger Things episode as she gives rare interview

• The song originally reached number three in 1985, but took off again 37 years later

Kate Bush has declared ‘the world’s gone mad’ as she reacted to the extraordinary success of her 1985 track Running Up That Hill in a rare interview.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour podcast on Wednesday, the singer, 63, admitted she ‘never imagined’ that her song would become so popular after featuring in Netflix hit Stranger Things.

The song originally reached number three in 1985, but reached number one 37 years later. 

During the chat, Kate also told how she hadn’t listened to the track in a ‘really long time’ and was actually a fan of Stranger Things before her song featured in it. 

Can’t believe it: Kate Bush has declared ‘the world’s gone mad’ as she reacted to the extraordinary success of her 1985 track Running Up That Hill in a rare interview (pictured in 2014)

Rare interview: Speaking on the Women’s Hour podcast on Wednesday, the singer, 63, admitted she ‘never imagined’ that her song would become so popular after featuring in Netflix hit Stranger Things

Running Up That Hill has seen a surge in sales and streams thanks to the track being a soundtrack of character Max’s fight for survival in the hit TV show. 

And in a chat with host Emma Barnett, Kate said of her new number one: ‘It’s just extraordinary. It’s such a great series, I thought that the track would get some attention. 

‘But I just never imagined that it would be anything like this. It’s so exciting, it’s quite shocking really, isn’t it? The whole world’s gone mad!’

The songstress also admitted that she hadn’t listened to her track in quite a while as she doesn’t tend to replay her ‘old stuff’.

She said: ‘I never listen to my old stuff but when things like this come along, I’m normally involved in something like doing an edit or revisiting the track for some kind of other reason, I’m working. 

‘But I haven’t heard it for a really long time’. 

Onscreen: ‘I thought what a lovely way for the song to be used in such a positive way, as a kind of talisman for Max. It very touching actually’ [pictured Sadie Sink as Max in Stranger Things] 

Interview: During the chat, Kate also told how she hadn’t listened to the track in a ‘really long time’ and was actually a fan of Stranger Things before her song featured in it

After welcoming a legion of new fans thanks to Max’s fight against villain Vecna in Stranger Things, Kate told how she thinks it’s ‘lovely’ that her song has been used as a backdrop for the character’s survival, lauding show makers for using it in a ‘positive way’.

She explained: ‘I think they put it in a really special place. The Duffer brothers created the series and we watched it right from the word go from the first series onwards, so I was already familiar with the series. 

‘I thought what a lovely way for the song to be used in such a positive way, as a kind of talisman for Max. It very touching actually.’

Shock: In a chat with host Emma Barnett [pictured], Kate said: ‘I just never imagined that it would be anything like this. It’s so exciting, it’s quite shocking really, isn’t it? The whole world’s gone mad!’

During the chat, the Hounds Of Love hitmaker also compared her love of Stanger Things to that of the Harry Potter series.

She told Emma: ‘Our friends kept saying have you seen Stranger Things when the first series came out. So eventually we just thought OK let’s just watch it and we’ve binge-watched it and then saw every series ever since. 

‘It’s lovely because in a similar way to Harry Potter, where in those early films they were just little kids, and then as the film has progressed, it becomes heavier and darker. 

‘And those little kids turn into really talented, young, adult actors. And you have a different connection with something that’s moved through years really of watching them grow.’

Last week, Kate’s song – the lead track on her Hounds Of Love album – peaked at number two behind Harry Style’s As It Was, but on Friday it was revealed the 80s song had pipped the former One Direction star to the post.

Kate has now become the oldest female singer to achieve a UK No. 1 single, taking the record from Cher, who reached the top spot with Believe in 1998. 

It is Kate’s first time at number one since her debut single, Wuthering Heights, hit number one in 1978 when she was just 19. This means she has also bagged the record for longest gap between number one’s at 44 years. 

Running Up That Hill is also currently sitting in the number one spot in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland, and has achieved a new peak in the US charts at number four. 

Congratulations: It is Kate’s first time at number one since her debut single, Wuthering Heights, hit number one in 1978 when she was just 19 (pictured in 1978)

It originally reached number three in the UK on its release and it charted again in 12th place in 2012. 

Sharing her joy at her song reaching a new audience, she gushed: ‘Yeah! What’s really wonderful I think is that it’s this whole new audience who in a lot of cases, they’ve never heard of me. And I love that!

‘The thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it, I think it’s very special.’

On what her song -originally titled Deal With God – is about, she explained: ‘I really like people to hear a song and take from it what they want. But originally it was written as an idea of a man and a woman swapping places with each other just to feel what it was like from the other side.’

It comes as Kate reportedly set to bank more than £1million after her 1985 hit Running Up That Hill raced to the top of the charts last week.

A source told The Sun: ‘Kate is on course to bank a seven-figure sum because of its resurgence.

‘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 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 has contacted a representative for Kate for comment. 

Resurgence: The song is getting nearly a million daily streams on Spotify, earning Kate around £250,000 a week (pictured 1979)

Meanwhile, Kate recently praised the creators of the popular horror drama for ‘bringing the song into so many people’s lives’. 

The musician said: ‘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.

‘By featuring Running Up That Hill in such a positive light, as a talisman for Max (one of the main female characters), the song has been brought into the emotional arena of her story.

‘Fear, conflict and the power of love are all around her and her friends.

‘I salute the Duffer Brothers for their courage – taking this new series into a much more adult and darker place. I want to thank them so much for bringing the song into so many people’s lives.

‘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 have to admit I feel really moved by it all. Thank you so very much for making the song a No 1 in such an unexpected way.’

Grateful: Meanwhile, Kate recently praised the creators of the popular horror drama for ‘bringing the song into so many people’s lives’

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