Another Stranger Things Season 4 Song Is Flying Up The Music Charts
Stranger Things season 4 has caused a second song from the mid-1980s to make its way up the modern charts. The series, which takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, is set in the same decade and draws inspiration from many pop culture artifacts of the time, including Steven Spielberg, horror movies like John Carpenter's The Thing, and Dungeons & Dragons lore. It also incorporates music from the period into its soundtrack, but that element has never been more important than in season 4, which premiered earlier this year. Stranger Things season 4 part 1 introduced the new villain Vecna to Hawkins and revealed that playing the Kate Bush song «Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)» is the way to help the character Max (Sadie Sink) avoid being taken up in Vecna's psychic clutches.
The repeated use of «Running Up That Hill» caused the song to swiftly rise up the U.S. Billboard charts, eventually reaching the top 5 nearly 36 years after its original release when it peaked at #30. However, that is not the only prominent musical moment of the season. Part 2, which premiered over a month after part 1 on July 1, includes a pivotal moment where new character Eddie Munson (Joe Quinn) dedicates a song to his fallen friend Chrissy, sacrificing himself to distract the Upside Down creatures known as demobats by playing Metallica's 1986 track «Master of Puppets» on his guitar.
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Per Ask Gamblers, Stranger Things is now also sending «Master of Puppets» running up the hill of the modern music charts. The song has just entered the U.S. chart at #40, but it is showing similar patterns of growth to «Running Up That Hill,» so as audiences continue to catch up
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