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"Running Up That Hill" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was the first single from her 1985 album, ''Hounds of Love'', released in the United Kingdom on 5 August 1985. It was her first 12" single. It was the most successful of Bush's 1980s releases, entering the UK chart at number 9 and eventually peaking at number 3, her second-highest single peak. The single also had an impact in the United States, providing Bush with her first chart hit there since 1978, where it reached the top 30 and featured prominently in the Dance Charts. Bush also performed the song with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball. The song's title for ''Hounds of Love'' and all subsequent releases was "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)." The B-side of the 7" single contains Bush's song "Under the Ivy". The 12-inch single contains an extended remix and an instrumental version of "Running Up That Hill", as well as "Under the Ivy". The song has been critically acclaimed. In a retrospective review of the single, Allmusic journalist Amy Hanson wrote: "Always adept at emotion and beautifully able to manipulate even the most bitter of hearts, rarely has Bush penned such a brutally truthful, painfully sensual song."〔(Running up That Hill – Kate Bush : Listen, Appearances, Song Review : AllMusic )〕 The song was featured as the main theme tune for the 1986 BBC 1 gritty children's drama serial ''Running Scared''.〔(TV Cream Running Scared )〕 ==Background== Representatives at EMI were hesitant to release the song with its original title of "A Deal with God" owing to possible negative reception because of its use of the word "God".〔http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html Radio 1 Classic Albums interview with Richard Skinner aired 26 January 1992〕 Bush relented and changed the title. However, the album version of the song is listed as "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)". The executives of EMI initially wanted to release another song, "Cloudbusting", as the lead single from the album. Bush successfully persuaded them to release "Running Up That Hill" first, claiming that it was the first song written for the album, and felt that it better represented the broader feel for ''Hounds of Love''. The song itself has often been misinterpreted. Bush herself has said, I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can't understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And if we could actually swap each other's roles, if we could actually be in each other's place for a while, I think we'd both be very surprised! () And I think it would lead to a greater understanding. And really the only way I could think it could be done was either... you know, I thought a deal with the devil, you know. And I thought, 'well, no, why not a deal with God!' You know, because in a way it's so much more powerful the whole idea of asking God to make a deal with you. You see, for me it is still called "Deal With God", that was its title. But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the religious countries, Italy wouldn't play it, France wouldn't play it, and Australia wouldn't play it! Ireland wouldn't play it, and that generally we might get it blacked purely because it had God in the title.〔http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html Radio 1 Classic Albums interview with Richard Skinner aired January 26, 1992〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Running Up That Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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