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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.
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.
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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Anisaaaa wrote:
greaaaat <3
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Juliane_L_ wrote:
it's a kate bush cover. and a great one! =)
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Pendolf wrote:
Its Placebo song or cover?
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Pooliebob wrote:
Love Kate Bush BUT this is very good!!
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gwydionoffaerie wrote:
Kate Bush's music haunts & inhabits us ... Placebo does an awesome job of revisiting & reinventing the momentum & power of this songscape ... & dragging us back into our own cave of echoes...
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metalrayne wrote:
In all the rush to heap praise on placebo and other cover versions, just remember the genius songwriter that actually had the talent to pen the song and show respect to someone who is so much better than the people who simply borrow a song. That said, this is a good cover, as it is different.
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DDRist wrote:
If you cannot watch it on YT go here: http://lokatorr.wrzuta.pl/film/4J4qpQdCPN1/placebo_running_up_that_hill_dvdrip_2007
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easy9 wrote:
great song
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Mixtape2 wrote:
this was so thrilling in the very first scene of the oc season 4 premiere.
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SID80132 wrote:
Loved it from the first listen. Kate Bush's is good too but this is better. Heard it on an episode of CSI a few years ago, fit the scene perfectly.
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TheHochhaus wrote:
great tension. perfect work.
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XxLiNsAyXx wrote:
I Disagree Strongly, She sounds like a constipated cat
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chuck_glenn wrote:
Sorry, but this is just boring, droning garbage. Kate Bush's original is ten times better.
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BookishRuth wrote:
Forgot about this song until it was used, to great effect, on an episode of "Bones". Happy to have rediscovered it! [2]
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JonathanCoker wrote:
kate
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LiviaIndica wrote:
Forgot about this song until it was used, to great effect, on an episode of "Bones". Happy to have rediscovered it!
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SandraSuicide wrote:
Perfect in every way. [7]
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Garry_30 wrote:
Nice... Never pictured I would get into something like this being a new discoverer of Placebo. The Daybreaker's movie opened the door to this song and I am so looking forward to seeing that movie.
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utherdoul wrote:
I love this song and only just discovered Placebo had covered it. Brilliant (though I think I prefer Within Temptation's cover).
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szyszor wrote:
kate bush did it much better...
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