Halsey Covers Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ at Governors Ball

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Thania Garcia Halsey brought Kate Bush’s resurged “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” to the festival stage as the Saturday headliner for New York City’s Governors Ball Music Festival.Ahead of her performance, they tweeted: “I have surprises tonight for me Gov Ball set,“ but was sure to make the disclaimer: “Songs not people lol don’t get too excited.”The use of “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” in the new fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” has sparked a resurgence in popularity of the track, which recently outpaced its 1985 No.

30 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Bush’s first top 10 breakthrough on the chart.After the set, the singer retweeted a video of her “Hill” performance on Twitter, writing, “truly wish I wrote this song more than anything in the world” and said she “knew immediately I wanted to do this” following the resurgence of the song.

truly wish I wrote this song more than anything in the world I’m soooo happy it’s having this resurgence. I knew immediately I wanted to do this.