Placebo - Running Up That Hill

[DutchUKRacing]

listen to the version of: within temptation

[imacrystal]

i simply love it... i especially like the end with the resonating guitars, its so peaceful and orgasmic at the same time! Only the guy at 5:12 is like: WTF are they doing?! :D anyway i love you Placebo, now and till the moment of my last breath, youre my muse and a big inspiration to all of us!

[IIISofiaIII]

5:11 look at his face!!

[LadyTokish]

2012 y sigo esuchandola! *_*

[elpedro1040]

brillant!!

[frontrow11]

nice!

[peplinski123]

I hear this in 2012 and will hear it forever ! <3

[limaozito]

SENSACIONAL!

[missblackgizmo]

I can hear this song forever...

[SirHawkeyeWho]

I'd really love it if Kate agreed to sing this with Brian. It would be phenomenal.

[MetroMartini]

Firstly : Kate's song is her own creation ,not "A version " It belongs in an album which has been revered as one of greatest albums ever written , yes by Ms Bush . I think it is special that older classics are revamped and brought to the table by a younger generation and is colored by their own particular sound . Secondly , However this rendition ,to me tends to squirm in neurosis and self pity ,When it is an optimistic song about understanding through God in an impatient [running ] manner .

[moprs13]

we loved this song so much we used it in one of our videos ....god bless placebo

[Stethea]

I like their version, and Within Temptation's version.. But I've heard Within Temptation's version more so this sounds so beautiful since i'm not as used to it... But Within Temptation is still awesome too. I think you all should look up Within Temptation's other songs!

[takingitbackgal80]

Probably one of the best cover songs ever attempted. p.s. Brian Molko is f****** hot

[squashitablemblem]

fuking love placebo!

[nataliyar100]

клевые PLACEBO!!!!!

[spikebeltran]

the best Placebo

[Kaneisback2]

Withntemptations version is awesome too

[PANisPETERLESS]

slower than kate's, but well done just the same

[tuutsweet]

Placebo under influence of David Bowie, but they have their own style, geile band,geil-geil-geil samma!

[demonio020]

so fucking stupid to talk about kate bush and placebo in the way you do . Both of them are perfect i love both of them . so dont be stupid please.

[sarahh1567]

Happy Birthday Brian :)

[metallicredobbs]

Epic

[46619TAB]

It was used very effectively as the trailer intro to History Channel's recent mini series about the US Civil War.

[boo2190]

i would sooooo love this song to be played at my wedding......

[sofiaplacebo]

i looove this song... i cant stop listening to it...

[kroft67]

At first I didn't mind this cover. Lately, however, I've come to realize that it's whiny, pretentious, and only appeals to emo teenagers. If you're over the age of early 20's with even a slight grasp of real life, this version is pretty silly. The audience shots say it all. Still, I see the appeal for the song's intended audience.

[Blackposie]

@kroft67 actually im above 20 with a grasp on real life, its the emotion portrayed that people can relate too, if you don't relate to it then that is you choice.

[switchfusion]

epic.

[Efa1987]

From 3:25 : Goosebumps! (And I am sitting in a room which is around 30 degrees).

[3TAIBI1997]

thumbs up if your hearing this in 2011 and will hear it foreever <3

[Dylan2Vinyl]

Best Placebo version of this track ever. Unsurpassed for sure!

[tighty13]

great song by both artists im not a fan of cover versions for the most part but this is a good shot at it

[dreamerdye]

Both versions of this song are great, I like the orignial, its one i like to hear on the radio in the car. But this, this is an experience, this is something I want to feel. This is darker, this makes deals with places god cant touch...

[MoveOnSoulClub]

@dreamerdye I agree, when Brian sings, 'wanna hear about the deal i'm making' I was thinking it's not with God...

[takingitbackgal80]

I love both versions of this song. Of course, generally speaking, the original always supercedes, but in this case, Place is exceptional. And I am compelled to say that Brian Molko is very eccentric and attractive..damn he's hot ;)

[bastardfingers]

The bottom line is it's ok this exists. Kate is too good for many people. It would terrify them to even begin to really here her.

[larkysnake]

Honestly, i can't understand the meaning of the song in Placebo's version.

For me not enough beat, not enough drive, not enough explosion that the meaning originally implied. Heroine like sensations in the sound itself... do not transcend to another level, are not revealing nothing new, give no forces to live or deeper understand what we are living for. Kate made deal with god, not Placebo. Remake of a prophecy is hardly possible.

[cursedu]

Gods.

[gflong2010]

Placebo presents the song in yellow. Kate Bush presents it in silk. She was THE freak!

[MsJokers22]

i like both this and kates version,but get more feelings and emotions from kates,i find that videos to go with the songs invoke more feelings but with kates,with or without the video,still the same feelings,im only 28 and really love her music,but its not acceptable to listen to it in this day n age without getting dirty looks so its good when new bands do covers of the old ones so we can still listen to em and still be kinda "cool"

[xAllSoClear]

@Psyroh This song is presented to a generation in a way that this generation understands. Placebo does it in such a dark, building style. When I, someone who never listened to Kate's music, go watch the video for the original version of this song, it sounds ridiculous. Not bad, really, but just so off-the-wall and different that it doesn't sound REAL. I understand that hers is the original, but Placebo's gives you that feeling that's hard to understand with Kate's version.

[Psyroh]

i mean it's not bad but how can someone preffer this cover over kate's song?she has better voice and music in kate's song is great.

[43Jodo]

Not sure why I didn't put this in the last comment, but great cover Placebo.

[43Jodo]

Why are most the good singers British... this modern American stuff is mainly BS.

[fayned50]

i don't like the original, i love this one though :? <3

[francistheindividual]

I like that this exists. A good cover. Kate Bush obviously has the better version though.

[09thenicholas]

im a 80s person , and love kate bush ,but i must say i do like placebo to !!!!!!!!!! you know kate ,only you cold bring me here to listen to it ,give it to placebo ,they brought it back to life again

[toonboy1996]

Not a patch on kate bush almost chronic i only watched to see if it was anygood thoroughly unimpressed

[USAisAntiWhite]

3:18

[fripp1976]

If it hadn't been for Placebo covering this song, I would have never given Kate Bush a second try, and realized that I had grown into her! So thanks Placebo, and I think both of them are doing what artists do and that is interpreting what something means to them personally!

[SesameStrut]

Blessed is Our Lady Kate...hey hey hey ...if I only could...

[Branislavic9]

5:27 power-trip!

[elsylovesplacebo]

<3 

[08Drito]

So far the best cover :)

[webily1]

Amazing cover, and brilliantly performed live here, by I think the best band of the 21st century!

[TheGroupef]

peut on cette version dans la commerce ? 

[jrquist404]

Blasphemy! Remaking a Kate Bush song! And doing it badly....(shakes head)

[radroach44]

@jrquist404 Are you deaf?

[xMegaWombat]

@radroach44 He's probably musically educated, because anyone who is and likes Placebo's music would have to be smoking crack.

[TataMarieri]

well ill ignore the fact that he's skinhead in this video, his eyes are still so damn gorgeous /:

[discoreview]

get this nasally sounding little fag outta my face

Kate where are you?

[AmethystCammon]

anyone paying homage to miss kate bush has to be a true artist in every sense of the word. lisa lyrykillassassin cammon on fb

[marmendill]

if i could make a deal with God I'd get him to erase you from my mind

[TheyCallM3]

And if I only could 'tingles'

[dimitris12332112]

And if I only could,

Make a deal with God,

And get him to swap our places,

Be running up that road,

Be running up that hill,

Be running up that building.

If I only could, oh...

[webmassta]

Boah... best cover ever 

[xXninjasupremeXx]

all the people trolling this vid could at least pick non-troll names. kittystrangler009 and KitchenLadies makes it a little obvious.

[09thenicholas]

well kate bush brought as all here, im a 80s child !!!!!!!!!40 now!!!!!!!!!!!but i do like this cover

[DzukacKobas]

haha what a penisbrat cover , even my farts dont smell this bad

[zormaks]

Oh, come on....I must play Kate`s song to forget this awful interpretation ASAP.

[kikocicos]

bull fking shit voice, i have nothing against covers but serious ..... have a taste, and blow your nose

[JohnnyCacheGer]

@kikocicos There is even a great cover by Within Temptation.

But Kate surely didn't deserve this here...

[kikocicos]

@JohnnyCacheGer it's a cold blooded butchery ........ n they are apparently emo o____O Irony LOL

[discoreview]

@kikocicos I know an EMO track for llttle sad fukkers..........

[SomeonsDaughter]

@discoreview

shut the fuck up.

[xeagleandhawkx]

@JohnnyCacheGer Within Temptation's cover is horrible. Sharon den Adel sounds like she's wailing and dying.

[markhodgson600]

this rocks lol

[megusultracool]

i think i know the meaning of this version... i think.

[rafcalvo5]

this group is 1 of the best rocks groups in the wourld, and this song is great!

[beachbound76]

i got this song off of jeydon wale

[beachbound76]

365 people didnt make it up the hill

[isaactaylor08]

My guess is that the Kate fans who don't like this aren't upset with it being covered. But with the layers of subtext this performance gives it. Kinda like how people were creeped out when Coil covered Tainted Love all those years ago. The video brought out their meaning loud and clear. Don't just Katie's fans too harshly. Be kind to their mistakes.

[xinumoon]

I adore Kate Bush and her original but this cover is good also. They never just tried to copy but brought a different approach which works well.

[NoDestinyLive4Now]

This song is so important to me.

[davepenk1066]

Oh come on you lot

Its like the speed is wrong, just listen to Kate Bush and David Gilmour performing, now that is good,

Placebo is just far too slow, its dead & song by some idiot

One word its CRAP

[xStolenKissesx]

@davepenk1066 "Some idiot"? It's one thing to insult Brian's vocal style and a whole other thing to personally attack him. No one said you had to like it, but he is in no way an idiot just because his voice doesn't appeal to you.

[taninofbane]

@NoDestinyLive4Now

this is 1 of the songs in your life that you will look back on as being important, feckin sound tune

[Diddles82ful]

There is of course a meaning to this song which will relate to everyone in so many ways. To me it reminds me that god is only two ends of a cunt. Don't ever make a deal.

[olusiaczeq94]

ale dupa

[casperado666]

@olusiaczeq94 who's the dupa

[ElizabethMcAwesome]

I like this and the Kate bush version - I do love Kate bush though :) xx

[kristoph4]

yeah good song but much prefer Within Temptations version.

[lilgamer211]

Man I love this song

[TheHeilemann]

Terrible! The Original from Kate Bush is Worlds better!

[DorothyShelley]

sorry not as good as will young covering this songmythras90 xxps no emotionx

[LilKama1]

Those drums. <3

[stranglerkitty007]

Christ Allmighty, what a heap of shitty,headache inducing crap...the kind of 'band' I detest---''Daddy,daddy,you're an investment banker, can I have a few thousand pounds please,I've decided I want to be in a band and be a rock star! If you don't then girls or anybody else won't be able to appreciate me and my obvious genius!''

Total embarassing shite.

Don't listen to this if you love Kate Bush,it'll make you physically ill.

[LilKama1]

@stranglerkitty007 I'm not one to start a fight on the internet, but Placebo [whether they are really as you portray them to be or not] is a fine group. They took Kate Bush's song, and turned it depressing. This isn't the studio version, I think, but at least give some credit for their way of changing the song around, whether it's shit or not. And I'm not really looking for a debate, but that you've listened, and at least acknowledged them as an artist.

I do find this live version shit though..

[stranglerkitty007]

@LilKama1 No 'fight' here mate,of course it's only my opinion but even you acknowledge it's shite.Ok,I'll give you the Molko approach to music...''I'm a very musically/intellectually limited tosspot but if I throw a bit make-up on and sound depressed then certain types of weak minded simpletons (Kevin on Harry Enfield?) will imagine I'm dark,mysterious and misunderstood-a poor lost soul-Bingo!''

Forget this whinging,boring as fuck imposter,try The Stranglers and wake up..music's for pleasure!

[LilKama1]

@stranglerkitty007 I enjoy anything Darkened, as for a perception. That and anything with a sick-ass drum rhythm

[messina03901]

this version realy sucks

[doublehighd]

not half as exciting as the originial, but not bad for a cover band

[Syvelocin]

If you want a crap cover of this song though, check out Within Temptation's cover, because if there's one crap cover of this song it isn't Placebo's. I do like Within Temptation though, just that one is by far the most horrific.

[Syvelocin]

There's more to a song than the damn vocals. Sure, Brian's voice takes some getting used to for some people ( Placebo had to grow on my dad, but he likes them now in addition to having liked Kate Bush). But jjh2456 words it perfectly. Placebo's version is exactly that, haunting. My favourite part is the arrangement, not the vocals, though I do love Brian's voice. It's purely the eerie and emotional music behind it. You can't beat the original, but it comes pretty damn close.

[solutoxico]

Kate Bush version is untouchable

[KitchensLady]

I thought this was a joke at first. This guy whining all flat. I would definitely not exchange any experiences with him. Ew.

[KitchensLady]

This is complete and utter crap. I think I need to go vomit.

[mrchris010160]

@KitchensLady I concur wholeheartedly with you,

we do not need a Placebo,

what we need is the real thing,

and that is definitely the exquisite Kate Bush.

PS.

If you want a good laugh at another imposter ?

kindly check out Maxwell,

be sure to have your sick bowl at the ready

goodbye and good luck.

[09thenicholas]

i think kate bush and placebo should sing this song together live!!!!!!!!!!!! it would be very powerfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!! got to love the 80sss forever

[larkysnake]

@09thenicholas We should see who will remember Placebo in 30 years. Time only shows the real meaning. I think somehow relatively great performers should perform together, otherwise it's a profanation.

[09thenicholas]

im glad someone had the balls to bring back some 80s music!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks placebo !!!!!! long live the 80sssssssssss music!!!!!

[douts92]

I totally disagree. His voice has not done Kate Bush any justice at all. His voice taken all the emotion that was in this song and chucked it to the side. It sounds empty. Very disappointed with this.

[davepenk1066]

who is brian? Placebo is so slow, its just crap, Kate Bush sings this so good, Placebo is shit

[cykocd]

@davepenk1066 if u say that. you have no heart

[kenimm100]

kate bush sucks placebo for life

[kenimm100]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[SomeonsDaughter]

kate bush? err, never heard of that girl.

placebo? err, EPIC?

[TheRobinVanPersie10]

you and mee:)



[MrCeltic4eva]

Brian's voice is amazing not just in this song but everything he sings. Pure class.

[1996rhysf]

i want to swap places and wish i was at this concert !

[cmgvnmedia]

I see Turkish Flag on the stage!:D

[SuperMitchell57]

Kate is lovely and her words are poetic

[SuperMitchell57]

of course we both matter

[Lung30]

Can you tell me what kind of people don't like this music??? It's f***ing amazing!

[coooooolio666]

people that probably listen music which has subject matter about bitches,hoes ,guns ,bling and been a bad ass! basically shit!

[paulisapringle]

I like all 3 covers of this song, But Kate wrote and produced it for an album that was way ahead of its time. The Hounds of Love is one of the great albums of the 80's. The B side, The Ninth Wave is art that pulls u gently in, then drags u kicking and screaming through he experience. When Placebo and WT can do something like that, they will be artists of Kate's stature.

[BassDudeBear]

Kate Bush made this a pop song. Placebo made this a mournful, haunting epic.

[horizonlolly]

it's better live! i like this version better than kate bush,but if she never wrote this song the version of placebo wouldn't exist eather! i'am so happy that i find this song!

[teamsleepnine]

proper fcuking dark!!!!

[takingitbackgal80]

I'm officially obsessed with this clip..help

[takingitbackgal80]

Brian is delicious :p I could watch him all day.

[Faithyyrox]

Not a bad band for twelve-year olds.

[takingitbackgal80]

I first heard this song on the radio (as I don't really like the "music" that's out these days, but rather I prefer the eighties) a few days ago. I was in awe and immediately fell in love with this brilliant version of Kate Bush's classic. What an exceptional cover song. 

[jcliveron]

antinihilism

[KonstantineMatsoukas]

"It doesn't hurt me"? But it does! Only, beautifully...

[emmasir]

Good version, but the vocal is awful! :-(

[fishy120]

A hollow version... shame on them

[Jellybellyleinilein]

This is the best version of it... ever.

[Facemanfitzpatrik]

one of the few occasions, where the cover is better than the original...

[SteveBinAustin]

7751 people are gays

[profanity3]

With Making A Deal With GOD and Getting Him To SWAP OUR PLACES I WILL HAVE THE TOP COMMMMMENT

[hihomord]

Brave.



[jbbraham]

god help us

[SvenEhlers]

@jbbraham

maybe in your dreams - but not in reality for sure, dude.

the personal god is a placebo for you, i guess.

[cykocd]

He is hot. i hear h'es bi right? thank god <3

[minish1]

Sometimes covers are better than the original. Surely this is one of them, Brian is amazing,

[mngh37]

just great!!!! absolutely great!

[mike2004blow]

me 2 kate's original is good , this can't beat my heart ...

[SongToSayGoodbye4]

I don't like it, I LOVE it ;D placebo is the best that happend to music

[alexiuk666]

XD was there front row!

forgot how good this version was!

i do prefer placebo version acoustic but this is still a great cover!

brian has so much anger/passion in this performance you cant not like it

my dream one day is to see kate bush come on stage and join them :-)

[MissBlaze94]

I love the live version more than the recorded one, there's so much more expression in this version :) <3

[Sealyfaya]

Not the best cover, but eye candy for sure.

[miiiaaaable]

awesome

[MsVampirelover64]

this song is ok i don't like this version of running up that but the other one is much better

[Kociolinda]

His voice is annoying

[wrassler24]

ur the idiot........

[CapitalFunkhouse]

@wrassler24 Says the guy that can't spell.

[wrassler24]

morons should leave classics alone.......

[wrassler24]

placebo version sucks mo feel or ps]passtiom....kate rules !! !!!!

[clearlogicify]

@wrassler24 Was the whole point of his song you idiot.

[Caspa1991]

Listen to this song to the England riots......strangly powerful.

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[IplayTerranGermany]

AWESOMEEEEEEEE



[sedcas]

331 need medicinessss

[ELENHar]

330 people fell down the hill.

[XxMiYachanEvansxX]

@ELENHar Naw That 330 turned into 346 that actually fell down that building.

[evanlegomaster]

@ELENHar XD

[RyogaXvX]

@ELENHar

They probably just remember, and enjoy the original version more than this cover.