Running Up That Hill

"Running Up That Hill" (also titled "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)") is a song by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush from her fifth studio album, Hounds of Love (1985). It was released as the album's lead single in August 1985 by EMI Records. Written and produced by Bush using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine, the lyrics imagine a man and a woman who make "a deal with God" to exchange places.

Bush debuted "Running Up That Hill" in a performance on the BBC One chat show Wogan. The music video features Bush performing an interpretive dance. On its first release, it reached number three on the UK singles chart, Bush's highest position since her number-one single "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, and number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was named among the year's best tracks by Melody Maker and NME, and nominated for British Single of the Year at the 1986 Brit Awards.

"Running Up That Hill" is considered Bush's signature song and frequently appears on critics' rankings of the best songs ever made. It has been covered by acts including Placebo, Within Temptation, St Vincent, Chromatics and Meg Myers, and remixed for the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. It experienced a resurgence in 2022 after it was featured in the Netflix series Stranger Things, reaching number one in eight countries. In 2023, it reached a billion streams on Spotify.