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Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - 2018 Remaster

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This song is about making a deal with God to swap lives with another person. Bush explained in a 1985 interview: "It's about a relationship between a man and a woman. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way. It creates insecurities. It's saying if the man could be the woman and the woman the man, if they could make a deal with God, to change places, that they'd understand what it's like to be the other person and perhaps it would clear up misunderstandings. You know, all the little problems; there would be no problem."

Bush wrote this with the title "Deal With God." Her label made her change it because they didn't think radio stations in any religious countries (Italy, Ireland...) would play a song with "God" in the title. Bush thought that was ridiculous, but agreed to the change because after spending two years making the album, she didn't want her song to get blacklisted because of the title. It was a rare creative compromise for Bush, and one she came to regret, as she feels "Deal With God" is the proper title and part of the song's entity.

This was Kate Bush's biggest hit in the US, where she has a small but devoted following. She was a chart regular in her native UK, where the Hounds Of Love album knocked off Madonna's Like A Virgin to claim the top spot, and popular throughout much of the world, but remains mostly unknown in America. Stateside success was never her priority. Bush rarely plays live and never did a concert in America. Her record company had a hard time promoting her there because she didn't travel to the country and didn't do many phone interviews with American journalists. While "Running Up That Hill" was taking off in other parts of the world, American radio was saturated with more straightforward acts like Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & The News, and Phil Collins. A lot of it had to do with MTV, which didn't put the "Running Up That Hill" video in rotation.

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Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - 2018 Remaster.
A♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
108BPM

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