Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” is the lead single from 1985’s Hounds of Love, the fifth studio album by Kate Bush. The song’s original title, “A Deal With God,” was changed at the insistence of EMI’s marketing department to be more palatable to religious countries.
The single was released...
[Verse 1]
It doesn't hurt me (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna feel how it feels? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna hear about the deal that I'm makin'? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
[Pre-Chorus]
You
It's you and me
[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
Be runnin' up that buildin'
Say, if I only could, oh
[Verse 2]
You don't wanna hurt me (Yeah, yeah, yo)
But see how deep the bullet lies (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Unaware, I'm tearin' you asunder (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Oh, there is thunder in our hearts (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Is there so much hate for the ones we love? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Oh, tell me, we both matter, don't we? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
[Pre-Chorus]
You
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy
[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
Be runnin' up that buildin' (Yo)
Say, if I only could, oh
[Post-Chorus]
You (Yeah, yeah, yo)
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy (Yeah, yeah, yo)
[Bridge]
Oh, come on, baby (Yeah)
Oh, come on, darlin' (Yo)
Let me steal this moment from you now
Oh, come on, angel
Come on, come on, darlin'
Let's exchange the experience (Yo, ooh, ooh)
[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
Say, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
Say, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
[Outro]
Say, if I only could
I'd be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
(If I only could, be runnin' up that hill)
(If I only could, be runnin' up that hill)
Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) was written by Kate Bush.
Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) was produced by Kate Bush.
Kate Bush released Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) on Mon Aug 05 1985.
I had an idea of what I wanted to say in the song and I actually asked Del to write me a drum pattern, and he wrote this great pattern in the drum machine. So I just put the Fairlight on top of it and that was the basis of the song, with the drum, which played quite an important part. […] I was tryi...
An intense remix of “Running Up That Hill” was featured in Season 4, Episode 4 of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The release of the highly anticipated season on May 27th, 2022 bolstered the track’s popularity; it became the highest trending song on Genius two days later and subsequently went No. 1 on US...
Wogan, 1985
It’s been a crazy, roller coaster year for me. I still reel from the success of [Running Up That Hill], being the No 1 track of this summer. What an honour! It was such a great feeling to see so many of the younger generation enjoying the song. It seems that quite a lot of them thought I was a new a...