Running Up That Hill

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Back in 1996, Brian Molko from Placebo sang "When I was born I started to decay" and an entire population put their heads together to discuss a way to somehow start accelerating the decaying process.

That's because, back in 1996, Placebo were a bunch of terrible whiny proto-emos who couldn't find a semi-decent tune if you smeared one across their androgynous faces. But now it's 11 years later, so what has changed for Placebo? Not a lot, except that nobody listens to Placebo any more and they're too bald to be androgynous. But the good news is that Placebo have finally located a good tune. Trouble is it's not theirs.

Placebo's new single is a cover of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush, and for the video the band invited their fans to participate with their own – shudder – user-generated content. So basically, by clicking to see the video for Running Up That Hill by Placebo, you're agreeing to watch a 22-year-old song recorded in a intrinsically unlikeable whine and then mimed by a selection of people who walk around with poetry books in their pockets to try and look deeper than they actually are. Don't say we didn't warn you.