Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (track)
by Kate Bush
Year: 1985
From the album Hounds Of Love (track #1)
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Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) appears on the following album(s) by Kate Bush:
- Hounds Of Love (track #1) (this album) (1985)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #78) (compilation) (1990)
- Before The Dawn (track #6) (2016)
- The Other Sides (track #1) (compilation) (2019)
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| ! | 09/03/2026 07:33 | Siromynian | 19,973 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 06:50 | HAMEDNIKKHAH | 38 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 15:26 | billyboy66 | 54 | 89/100 |
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lleon79 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/25/2019 04:10 | #238214
Can't really get into the album for some reason, but this became one of my favorite songs of the 80's (and maybe of all time).
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/24/2018 19:42 | #206442
God damn that bridge (Edited)
extremely moving and absolutely eargasmic. One of the greatest songs of the 80s. (Edited)
I actually much prefer the placebo cover!
Great song but listen to the version with David Gilmour on the guitars.
