I don’t pretend to have any legit claim on this song.  It was well after that it was released that I first heard it.  And when I did – flying down Highway 99 – it hit me like a ton of bricks.  Placebo explains:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnZf0Ep57Rk[/youtube]

But it’s not Placebo’s song.  We owe Kate Bush for its existence:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0[/youtube]

And some have tried to expand it:

Running Up That Hill from John Forte on Vimeo.

But I think it’s been nailed.  So much so that no one else should attempt it.  The Chromatics:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUQaocQCMTs[/youtube]