{"id":3299,"date":"2022-06-06T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3299"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:26:47","slug":"harry-styles-holds-atop-billboard-hot-100-with-as-it-was-kate-bushs-running-up-that-hill-hits-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3299","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100 with \u2018As It Was,\u2019 Kate Bush\u2019s \u2018Running Up That Hill\u2019 Hits Top\u00a010"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bush&#8217;s 1985 classic re-enters at No. 8, soaring past its prior No. 30 peak, thanks to its &#8220;Stranger Things&#8221;-sparked revival.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d scores a fifth week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart. It&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-number-one-billboard-hot-100-debut-1235057698\/\">premiered at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;eight weeks earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrently,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kate-bush\/\">Kate Bush<\/a>\u2018s 1985 classic \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 8, far surpassing its prior No. 30 peak \u2013 and becoming Bush\u2019s first top 10 on the chart \u2013 sparked by its synch in the new fourth season of Netflix\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 11, 2022) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (June 7). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kate-bush\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Styles - As It Was (Official Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/H5v3kku4y6Q?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was,\u201d released on Erskine\/Columbia Records, tallied 72.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2%), 27.6 million streams (down 22%) and 6,500 downloads sold in the May 27-June 2 tracking week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart; dips to No. 2 after two weeks atop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>; and rises 10-6 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, following a week at the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Styles\u2019 \u201cLate Night Talking\u201d slides 4-9 in its second week on the Hot 100. The song, like \u201cAs It Was\u201d from his LP&nbsp;<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-harrys-house-number-one-second-week-billboard-200-1235081797\/\">crowns the Billboard 200 albums chart<\/a>&nbsp;for a second week, is scaling the Pop Airplay chart (35-25, with Greatest Gainer honors, up 127% in plays), while \u201cAs It Was\u201d leads the list for a fourth week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Harlow\u2019s \u201cFirst Class\u201d holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. It concurrently claims a seventh week atop both the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future\u2019s \u201cWait for U,\u201d featuring Drake and Tems, is likewise steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1. It rules Streaming Songs for a third frame (31.5 million, down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzo\u2019s \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d hits a new No. 4 Hot 100 high, up from No. 5, and reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (14-10; 40.9 million, up 16%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100). Lizzo notches her third Radio Songs top 10, following her 2019 No. 1s \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d (for six weeks beginning that September) and \u201cGood as Hell\u201d (four, November). \u201cTime\u201d tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a third week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glass Animals\u2019 \u201cHeat Waves\u201d rises 6-5 on the Hot 100, after five weeks at No. 1, as it leads the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>\u00a0charts for a 37th week each, and Latto\u2019s \u201cBig Energy\u201d pushes 7-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone\u2019s \u201cMe Porto Bonito\u201d ascends 10-7 for a new Hot 100 best, as it rules the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/latin-songs\/\">Hot Latin Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a third week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Official Music Video\" width=\"1165\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/wp43OdtAAkM?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Bush\u2019s 1985 hit \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 8, surging past its prior No. 30 high, fueled by its synch in Netflix\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things<\/em>. The fourth season of the \u201980s-set show, which premiered May 27, incorporates the song in multiple episodes, serving as a recurring theme for the character of Max Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink. (<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-hill-1235282576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bush is a fan<\/a>&nbsp;of the series, and, in a rare move for her music, approved the song\u2019s usage in it after reviewing script pages and footage outlining how it would be incorporated.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHill\u201d roars onto Digital Song Sales at No. 1, where it\u2019s Bush\u2019s first leader, with 18,300 sold, up from a nominal sum, and onto Streaming Songs at No. 6, with 17.5 million streams, also vaulting from a negligible total. It additionally drew 392,000 in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-radio-service\/\">radio airplay<\/a>&nbsp;audience among Radio Songs reporters, again up from a minimal count. (Dating to the inception of Luminate data tracking in 1991, the song has totaled 62.5 million in radio reach, 52.4 million official streams and 151,000 in digital sales in the U.S.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English singer-songwriter, who first appeared on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s charts in 1979, logs her first Hot 100 top 10, after \u201cHill\u201d hit No. 30, her prior highpoint on the chart, on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/1985-11-30\/\">Nov. 30, 1985<\/a>, survey. (That week, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin\u2019s \u201cSeparate Lives\u201d rose to No. 1, dethroning Starship\u2019s \u201cWe Built This City\u201d; Eddie Murphy\u2019s \u201cParty All the Time\u201d hit the top 10; Wham!\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Your Man\u201d scored the list\u2019s highest debut, at No. 55; and Madonna\u2019s \u201cDress You Up\u201d rounded out the chart at No. 100.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHill\u201d was originally released on Bush\u2019s 1985 album\u00a0<em>Hounds of Love<\/em>\u00a0and now also appears on\u00a0<em>Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4<\/em>; released May 27, the latter enters\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Soundtracks chart at No. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, which Bush solely wrote and produced, completes the longest journey from a title\u2019s Hot 100 debut to its first week in the top 10 \u2013 36 years, nine months and a week \u2013 since Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cRun Rudolph Run\u201d jingled to the tier in the 2020 holiday season after a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/mariah-carey-christmas-tops-hot-100-fifth-week\/\">record wait<\/a>&nbsp;of 62 years and two weeks. Among non-holiday catalog songs this decade, the resurgence of \u201cHill\u201d is similar to that of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s 1977 No. 1 \u201cDreams,\u201d which returned to the Hot 100, reaching No. 12, in October 2020 as it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/fleetwood-mac-dreams-viral-tiktok-moment\/\">went viral on TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Also notably, \u201cHill\u201d received relatively recent renewed attention thanks to Meg Myers, whose faithful cover&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/meg-myers-breaks-alternative-songs-chart-climb-record\/\">led<\/a>&nbsp;the Alternative Airplay chart for two weeks in February 2020.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capping the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cStay\u201d returns to the region (12-10). It adds a 44th week in the top 10, second only to The Weeknd\u2019s \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d (57 weeks, 2020-21) for the most in the chart\u2019s history; \u201cStay\u201d spent its first 43 weeks on the tally in the top 10, a record for the most time spent in the bracket consecutively from a song\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated June 11), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (June 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3299\" data-postid=\"3299\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3299 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bush&#8217;s 1985 classic re-enters at No. 8, soaring past its prior No. 30 peak, thanks to its &#8220;Stranger Things&#8221;-sparked revival. Harry Styles\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d scores a fifth week atop the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart. It&nbsp;premiered at No. 1&nbsp;eight weeks earlier. 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