Running Up that Hill (Within Temptation song)

"Running Up that Hill"
Single by Within Temptation
Released	6 May 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	2003
Genre	Symphonic metal Hard rock
Length	3:58
Label	Gun Records
Writer(s)	Kate Bush
Producer	Stephen van Haestregt, Robert Westerholt, Martijn Spierenburg
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Mother Earth" (2003) "Running Up that Hill" (2003) "Stand My Ground" (2004)

"Running Up that Hill" is a single released by Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation in 2003, covering the Kate Bush song from 1985. The song debuted at #9 in the Dutch charts on 17 May 2003. It peaked at #7 a week later.

History

Lead singer Sharon den Adel stated about covering Running Up that Hill: "Well, we tried another song of Kate Bush because we had two songs that we were just playing around with because people were comparing me always with her as a similar kind of voice, and we were just fooling around in the studio and “Running up that Hill” came by. And it was like, “We really sound like this,” you know, and it turned out so well that we made a single out of it because we were between albums."

Video

Within Temptation produced a music video for the song Running Up that Hill

The video shows what looks like an old castle. Sharon den Adel is shown wearing a white dress with angel wings praying in front of an altar. The scene changes and a man and a woman are shown getting out of a car. The man is captivated by a statue of an angel with a white band on her eyes, which matches the one Sharon is wearing. The video then showed Sharon in a red dress with a white band over her eyes on a stage with the band. The man and the women enter the castle, and a poster for Within Temptation's Mother Earth tour is shown. The band starts playing inside, while outside, another version of Sharon seems to appear from the statue of the angel, wearing a white dress. This Sharon enters the concert hall and glides down the center until she reaches the stage. Then she and the other Sharon seem to merge and she is outlined in an orange-red glow, as she floats up into the air. The fans and eventually the band stares up at her. The Sharon in the white dress then splits with her singer counterpart and the concert bursts into life once more, as a Sharon in the white dress is seen praying again. The two Sharon's seem to be singing a duet after this. Singer Sharon is seen stooping down to pick up a glowing white feather outside a door and her eyes fall on the statue of the angel.

Track listing

2003 release

CD:

1. "Running Up that Hill"
2. "Running Up that Hill (Live at the Edison Awards 2003, Amsterdam)"
3. "Mother Earth (Recording Radio 2, Metropole Orchestra)" (Bonus track on the DVD single)

DVD:

1. "Running Up that Hill"
2. "Running Up that Hill (Live at the Edison Awards 2003, Amsterdam)"
3. "Making Of The Video: Running Up that Hill"
4. "Backstage: The European Tour 2003"
5. "Photo Gallery"

2004 release

CD:

1. "Running Up that Hill"
2. "Running Up that Hill (Live at the Edison Awards 2003, Amsterdam)"
3. "Deceiver Of Fools (Live At Lowlands 2002)"
4. "Caged (Live At Lowlands 2002) (Bonus track)"
5. "Never Ending Story (Live At Lowlands 2002) (Bonus track)"

DVD:

1. "Running Up that Hill"
2. "Running Up that Hill (Live at the Edison Awards 2003, Amsterdam)"
3. "Ice Queen (Live at Lowlands)"
4. "Making Of The Video: Running Up that Hill"
5. "Backstage: The European Tour 2003"
6. "Photo Gallery"

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart	7
Dutch Top 40	13
Belgium (Flanders) Singles Chart	48
Chart (2004)	Peak position
German Singles Chart	13
Austrian Singles Chart	37
Swiss Singles Chart	83