Running Up That Hill

original song written, composed, and performed by Kate Bush
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q56043480
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Running Up That Hill

Summary

Running Up That Hill is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,830 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Running Up That Hill's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Running Up That Hill's composer is recorded as Kate Bush[4].
  • Running Up That Hill's genre is popular music[5].
  • Running Up That Hill was performed by Kate Bush[6].
  • Running Up That Hill was performed by Within Temptation[7].
  • Among the performers on Running Up That Hill was Placebo[8].
  • Among the performers on Running Up That Hill was Chromatics[9].
  • Running Up That Hill is part of Hounds of Love[10].
  • Running Up That Hill's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Running Up That Hill was released on August 5, 1985[12].
  • Running Up That Hill's lyricist is recorded as Kate Bush[13].
  • Running Up That Hill's described at URL is recorded as http://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/running-up-that-hill[14].
  • Running Up That Hill's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Running Up That Hill'}[15].
  • Running Up That Hill's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "It doesn't hurt me"}[16].
  • Running Up That Hill's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].
  • Running Up That Hill's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Community tags: meme, popular music[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0dffe206-0a59-34e3-996e-665b8638ff76[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Kate Bush[6], Within Temptation[7], Placebo[8], and Chromatics[9].

Publication

Running Up That Hill was published on August 5, 1985[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is popular music[5]. It is part of Hounds of Love[10].

Why It Matters

Running Up That Hill ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,830 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Running Up That Hill. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/running-up-that-hill
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  1. 29d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Instance of musical work/composition
    Form of creative work song
    Part of Hounds of Love
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