Kate Bush banked £8million after Running Up That Hill hit number one

Kate Bush banked an impressive £8million after her 1985 song Running Up That Hill hit the top of the charts last year, 37 years after its initial release.

The singer's 1985 track broke records and hit number one in the UK after its appearance in the fourth series of the Netflix supernatural thriller Stranger Things.

The song - written by Bush from her iconic Hounds of Love album - also soared to the top of the Australian charts and hit number one in the iTunes chart in the US.

Kate tripled her net worth while the song broke three Guinness World Records.

She was named the oldest female to reach Number One in the UK’s Official Singles Chart, while the song had the longest time for a track to reach Number One on the UK’s Official Singles Chart, and the longest gap between Number Ones on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.

She achieved a UK number one with her debut single Wuthering Heights in 1978, meaning there was a 44-year gap between to chart toppers.

Running Up That Hill reached number three in the charts when it was first released in 1985.

Kate's company Noble & Brite Ltd brought in on £8.8million in 2022 and, even after £2.5m was paid to creditors, £6m was kept in net assets.

Her total equity tripled from £2m in May 2022 to £6.3m in May this year.

She paid more than £2.4m out in tax, according to her accounts filed with Companies House. 

In the show, Running Up That Hill was grieving teen Max Mayfield's (Sadie Sink) favourite song, and it unexpectedly saved her life in episode four.

The song reached the top of the UK charts in June last year after it appeared in the popular Netflix science fiction series and went viral on TikTok.

It was also the first time Kate had a number one in Australia since 1978, when her debut single Wuthering Heights claimed the top spot.

The singer-songwriter told BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour last year of the renewed interest in her music: 'It's so exciting, it's quite shocking really, isn't it?

'The whole world's gone mad!'

She added: 'The thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it is, well, I think it's very special.'

The songstress also admitted that she hadn't listened to her track in quite a while as she doesn't tend to replay her 'old stuff'.