I really wanted to create a playlist of songs featured in Stranger Things as I just love the music. Isla also loves it too, she falls asleep listening to the soundtrack. What can I say the girl has taste! Every episode featured an amazing song and there are some fabulous 80’s tunes in the mix, with a scattering of earlier eras. Can you remember what happens when these songs are playing? Here is a comprehensive list of songs featured in “Stranger Things” across its seasons.
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Season 1
- She Has Funny Cars – Jefferson Airplane
- White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
- Africa – Toto
- Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
- I Melt with You – Modern English
- Hazy Shade of Winter – The Bangles
- Heroes – David Bowie
- Atmosphere – Joy Division
- Waiting for a Girl Like You – Foreigner
- Sunglasses at Night – Corey Hart
- Can’t Seem to Make You Mine – The Seeds
- Elegia – New Order
- Nocturnal Me – Echo & The Bunnymen
- Bring It On Home – Led Zeppelin
- Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree – Dawn
- Fields of Coral – Vangelis
- When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die – Moby
Season 2
- Whip It – Devo
- You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce
- Hard Feelings/Loveless – Lorde
- Every Breath You Take – The Police
- Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
- She’s Got You – Patsy Cline
- Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
- Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
- You Belong to the City – Glenn Frey
- Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
- Twist of Fate – Olivia Newton-John
- The Four Horsemen – Metallica
- Love is a Battlefield – Pat Benatar
- Back in Time – Huey Lewis & The News
- Hammer to Fall – Queen
- Invisible Touch – Genesis
Season 3
- Baba O’Riley – The Who
- Material Girl – Madonna
- Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
- Neutron Dance – The Pointer Sisters
- We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
- Never Surrender – Corey Hart
- Cold as Ice – Foreigner
- Moving in Stereo – The Cars
- The Red Army is the Strongest – The Red Army Choir
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
- My Bologna – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Rock This Town – Stray Cats
- Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
- You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead or Alive
- Never Ending Story – Limahl
- Weird Science – Oingo Boingo
Season 4
- Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
- California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas
- Dream a Little Dream of Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- Tarzan Boy – Baltimora
- Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
- Object of My Desire – Starpoint
- Rock Me Amadeus – Falco
- Detroit Rock City – Kiss
- Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth
- Fire and Rain – James Taylor
- Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
- Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo – Rick Derringer
- Master of Puppets – Metallica
- Burning Up – Donna Summer
- Wipeout – The Surfaris
- Play with me – Extreme
- Travelling man – Ricky Nelson
- Spellbound – Siouxsie And The Banshees
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This list includes many iconic songs from various genres and eras that contribute to the rich, nostalgic atmosphere of “Stranger Things.” We started watching Stranger Things when Isla turned 12, I promised we would watch season 1 and take it from there, we ended up watching all of it in a month or so.
That’s a class list – will show my neice