Kate Bush song in running for top award 38 years after release

Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill could triumph a prestigious songwriting award, a specified 38 years aft it was released.

The singer's 1985 deed experienced a resurgence past summertime aft appearing successful the Netflix amusement Stranger Things.

After exploding connected TikTok, it went to fig one successful the UK charts, and gave Bush her archetypal apical 10 deed successful the US.

It's present been shortlisted successful the "most performed song" class astatine the Ivor Novello Awards, which observe outstanding penning and composition.

The way is up against respective modern hits including As It Was by Harry Styles, Heat Waves by Glass Animals and 2 tracks by Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits and Shivers.

The grant recognises the opus that was played astir often connected TV and radio, and astatine concerts and DJ sets, implicit the past year. Sheeran's Bad Habits won the prize past year, and this is the archetypal clip immoderate opus has been nominated successful 2 consecutive years.

Running Up That Hill was antecedently nominated for champion modern opus astatine the 1986 Ivor Novello Awards, but mislaid retired to Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero.

Bush has antecedently won 2 Ivor Novellos: Best lyric for The Man With The Child In His Eyes successful 1979 and champion opus for Don't Give Up, a duet with Peter Gabriel, successful 1987.

This year's nominees are led by Harry Styles, extending his tally of occurrence from the Brits and the Grammys with 3 nominations.

As good arsenic astir performed song, the prima is up for champion opus musically and lyrically for As It Was, and songwriter of the year, alongside his co-writer Kid Harpoon (Thomas Hull).

However, helium misses retired connected the medium of the twelvemonth category, wherever the nominees see Arctic Monkeys, Afrobeat prima Obongjayar and Irish rockers Fontaines DC.

Also nominated are rapper Little Simz and the semi-anonymous psychedelic psyche set Sault. Both albums see credits for the songwriting concern of Cleo Sol and Inflo, who are besides up for songwriter of the twelvemonth award.

The track, which depicts a drug-fuelled nighttime out, is up for champion modern opus alongside Stormzy's Hide & Seek and Kojey Radical's Payback.

The awards, which are named aft Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, volition beryllium handed retired astatine a ceremonial successful London connected Thursday, 18 May.

During the show, Sting volition go a Fellow of the Ivors Academy, the highest honour the awards tin bestow, successful designation of his enactment with The Police and arsenic a solo artist.

The afloat database of nominees is arsenic follows:

Best opus musically and lyrically

Best tv soundtrack