Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
(Single Release: August 1985)
The driving beat of the drums propels this song ever forward, matching the sentiment in the title. As happens with many great songs, the original has been somewhat forgotten by everyone other than the stalwart fans, if heard at all. That's because successful cover versions tend to steal the spotlight, as with Placebo's more recent version, which has been featured in nearly every CW show under the sun. But, voice-wise, Brian Molko does not equal Kate Bush. Sometimes thought to be a plea to switch places with God, the true interpretation, as per Bush, is that it is a plea with God to switch the gender roles in the relationship so they can better understand each other. The lines "Is there so much hate for the ones we love? / Tell me we both matter, don't we?" are devastating.
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