# The #1 song on iTunes is Kate Bush 🤯

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373 "2022-05-30T18:48:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373/61 "2022-06-06T16:24:51Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> Like Nina Hagen (only saner)…

That’s setting a low bar.

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373/62 "2022-06-06T22:54:45Z")

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Update: The song is #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, far outpacing the #30 it peaked at back in 1985. Incredible!

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373/63 "2022-06-07T01:33:21Z")

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As an elderly person, I’d say that’s obviously because it doesn’t have as much competition as last time. 🕶

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**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373/64 "2022-06-09T02:36:28Z")

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Double post

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-song-on-itunes-is-kate-bush/965373/65 "2022-06-09T02:37:42Z")

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So great for Kate! Aerial is still in my rotation.

The first time I heard _Sat in Your Lap_ I experienced a mondegreen.

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