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About This Track
Placebo covered “Running Up That Hill”, releasing it originally on the bonus disc of their 2003 album Sleeping with Ghosts. The song had a fairly low profile for some time before attracting further attention in 2006, after Placebo began to include it in their set whilst touring to promote Meds.
“Running Up That Hill” was released as a single in October, 2006, and was included on the re-released version of Meds in 2007, along with the song, ‘UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU’. It was then included on Covers, a rerelease of the Sleeping With Ghosts bonus disc. It gained popularity once again in early 2010 as it was used in a video hyping a career ending match for wrestler Shawn Michaels as he took on The Undertaker at WWE’s Wrestlemania XXVI.
Placebo’s take on the song is more downbeat than the original, and focuses more on instrumentation. It has been described by Q Magazine as ‘sound more like a pact with the Devil’ than the original ‘deal with God’.
“Running Up That Hill” was released as a single in October, 2006, and was included on the re-released version of Meds in 2007, along with the song, ‘UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU’. It was then included on Covers, a rerelease of the Sleeping With Ghosts bonus disc. It gained popularity once again in early 2010 as it was used in a video hyping a career ending match for wrestler Shawn Michaels as he took on The Undertaker at WWE’s Wrestlemania XXVI.
Placebo’s take on the song is more downbeat than the original, and focuses more on instrumentation. It has been described by Q Magazine as ‘sound more like a pact with the Devil’ than the original ‘deal with God’.
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Shouts
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minerfffa wrote:
sorry but i like this better than original tbh [2]
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sviecianti wrote:
sorry but i like this better than original tbh
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Danyot wrote:
Montis miss u !!!
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IIISofiaIII wrote:
I wanna feel, how it feels... to be Molko :D
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xelisaaa wrote:
♥
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kikikirsche wrote:
♥♥♥
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Tallyra wrote:
I absolutely love the original, and this gives me the same chills. Amazing.
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FerAshtrayHeart wrote:
Love It <3
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Joekingjoe123 wrote:
Original is better tbh.
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C3r3x4 wrote:
geni4l
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lowass wrote:
absolutely love this version of this song.
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Daniel_Green wrote:
Amazing!
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giuesgur wrote:
tell me we both mattered...
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mrfootball70 wrote:
@luadomati...bro put some pants on!
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dislikeus wrote:
so.. awsome.
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ozeanherz wrote:
The song has whole story...
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Yasi94 wrote:
I heard this on some TV show... if anyone knows which one, contact me ;) great song btw!
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bel_ami wrote:
amazing song, love it
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JohnnyNirvanaSu wrote:
cool)))
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sfigen wrote:
absolutely beautiful!
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