June 2022 - Chris Molanphy

How the tube has turned songs into hits for 60 years—and why Kate Bush’s TV hit might be the biggest of all. View Transcript View Transcript Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Stitcher Overcast TuneIn RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, [...] Read more

Slate Why Is This Song No. 1?

It Took More Than ‘Stranger Things’ to Make Kate Bush’s First Top 10 Hit

10 June 202211 June 2022

The Netflix series gave “Running Up That Hill” the final push, but its unprecedented climb is 40 years in the making. In the seven years I’ve been a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voter, Kate Bush has been nominated three times. I have stubbornly voted for the British art-pop legend each time, even as [...] Read more

Hit Parade Slate

The Bridge: Like the Legend of the Phoenix

3 June 20224 June 2022

Music scholar Jason King explains how Pharrell stays turned on, tuned in and far out. Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Stitcher Overcast TuneIn RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. [...] Read more