Kate Bush broke multiple records and earned $ 2.3 million on Stranger Things

According to the latest issues of sales and reproductions of the theme Running up the hillsinger-songwriter Kate Bush has already earned more than $ 2.3 million from using one of her songs on the series Unknown things 4.

An important fact is that she owns the copyrights of the recordings, which is why most of the profits go directly to her account, without losing the percentage in the hands of a record company.

In the past week, the singer has broken three records, according to the Guinness Book of Records: the longest time it took a song to reach # 1 on the UK singles chart, the oldest singer to reach # 1 on the UK chart , and the longer space of time between the two times in which the subject was the first.

As for age, the record was held by Cher, who was 52 when she was her subject Consider she was number 1 in 1998, and so he tweeted her to congratulate her.

More hits

Since your topic Running up the hill Appearing in May in the new season of the hit series Stranger Things, the song beat three other Guinness Guides: it was number one in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland, as well as being the most streamed song in the world at one point. . world.

Currently, the song has already spent three weeks at the top of the official UK singles chart, with Bush herself saying it was “a little surreal.”

“I can not believe – he posted on his website – that it is the number 1 for the third week, we are all excited about the news! In fact, this is starting to look a bit surreal. “

Kate Bush watched the series

The famous singer and songwriter who was a boom in the 80s also commented that she finished watching the new season Unknown things 4: “There were only scenes where my song appeared, so I didn’t know how the plot would evolve or grow. I was happy that the Duffer Brothers wanted to use Running up the hill for Max, but now that I’ve seen the whole series, I’m deeply honored that the song was chosen for a part of his journey that’s like a roller coaster of emotions. “

“I can’t even imagine the amount of hard work it takes to do something of this magnitude. I’m surprised. They did something truly spectacular. “

Kate Bush also referred to the amount of pirated merchandise out there, assuring people that the only official merchandise is that offered on official websites. “I hope they understand that we want to honor the energy that is being generated by the audience right now. It’s an energy that feels very special, unique and downright moving.”

In a rare report the secretive artist gave on BBC radio last month, she said the frenzy for her song was “extraordinary” and that it was “very special” to know that a young audience listened to it so much.

The list of themes of the new season of strange things includes other hits from the 80s such as Metallica and Puppet MasterSiouxsie and the Banshees e enchantedJames Taylor and fire and rainand Rick Derringer e Rock and roll. A CD and a vinyl are expected to appear in the next few weeks.

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