Everything you need to know about the Stranger Things soundtrack

Stranger Things soundtrack: Season five

Episode 1 – 'Chapter One – The Crawl'

'Pretty in Pink' - The Psychedelic Furs (Robin is presenting on the radio, playing a song for her date, but there is interference on the radio)


'Upside Down' - Diana Ross – (Robin is back on the radio playing songs)


'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (Max is in her hospital bed as Lucas plays the song for her)


'Upside Down' - Diana Ross – (End Credits)

Episode 2 – 'Chapter Two – The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler'

'Fernando' - ABBA (Karen and Holly Wheeler are being chased by a demogorgon and hide in the bath)


'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (Max is in her hospital bed as Lucas talks to her)


'Mr. Sandman' - The Chordettes (End Credits)

Episode 3 – 'Chapter Three – The Turnbow Trap'

'I Think We're Alone Now' – Tiffany (Holly is left in the Creel House by herself and dances around the house, trying on different dresses)


'Oh Yeah' - Yello (Dustin puts the telemetry tracker onto Steve's car without his permission)


'I Think We're Alone Now' – Tiffany (End Credits)

Episode 4 – 'Chapter Four - Sorcerer'

'Sh-Boom' – The Chords – (Max is in Henry Creel's memory of being at school in 1959. She's walking through the school corridor when she sees teenage Joyce handing out flyers for a play she is putting on)

'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (Max is stuck in the Upside Down in Hawkins Lab. As she walks around the destroyed lab, she sees the bodies of other children, before she breaks through the lab surveillance window)


'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (Max, still in the Upside Down, is in the Creel House walking up to the attic, where she finds 'the way out'. In the distance she sees Lucas sitting at her bedside in the hospital, but it closes before she can get there)

Stranger Things soundtrack: Season four

Episode 1 - 'Chapter One: The Hellfire Club'

'California Dreamin'' - The Beach Boys (plays as El narrates at the beginning of the episode as she's preparing for Mike's arrival in California)

'Object of My Desire' - Starpoint (plays as kids arrive at high school, and Max gets off the school bus)

'The Red Army Is Strongest' - Red Army Choir (plays as Joyce receives a parcel from Russia containing a doll)

'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (plays as Max walks through a busy high school corridor and sees Lucas in his basketball kit)

'I Was A Teenage Werewolf' - The Cramps (plays as we're introduced to Eddie Munson in the school cafeteria)

'Fever' - The Cramps (Continuation of the above scene with Eddie)

'Play With Me' - Extreme (plays over a montage of Dustin and Mike trying to get someone to join their Hellfire Club campaign to replace Lucas)

'Steve's Rocking star Spangled Banner' - X Ray Dog (plays as Dustin, Mike and Erica walk down the school corridor to meet the Hellfire Club)

'Detroit Rock City' - Kiss (plays as the Hellfire Club - with Erica - play D&D while the basketball game is taking place)

'Got Your Number' - The Lloyd Langton Group (plays as Chrissy Cunningham goes to Eddie's trailer)

Episode 2 - 'Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse'

'Surf Time' - The Surf Riders (plays as El, Will, Jonathan and Argyle meet Mike at the airport)

'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' - Dead or Alive (plays as members of the public skate at the roller rink, Rink O Mania)

'Rock Me Amadeus' - Falco (plays as Angela arrives at Rink O Mania with her gang)

'Diamonds and Emeralds' - The Interior Castle (plays as Nancy and Fred drive to the trailer park)

'Tarzan Boy' - Baltimora (plays as Angela meets Mike and El at the roller rink and makes her skate)

'Wipe Out' - The Surfaris - (plays as Eleven is bullied by everyone at the roller rink)

'Monologue de Ibn Hakia' - Scene 5 (plays as Hopper is being dragged by prison guards to a van at the Russian prison)

'Psycho Killer' - Talking Heads (plays as Jason and his friends make a plan to go after Eddie and the Hellfire Club)

'Burning Up' - Donnell Pitman (plays as Eleven confronts Angela for orchestrating the bullying moment on the rink)

'Into Hell' - Makeup and Vanity (plays over the end credits)

Episode 3 - 'Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero'

'In Transit to Bermuda' - Kenneth Dorian Passante (plays as Jonathan, Argyle, El, Mike and Will are in the pizza van driving away from Rink O Mania)

Rigoletto, Act III: 'V'ho ingannato… Colpevole fui - Opera excerpt (plays as the kids return home from Rink O Mania to find Murray cooking risotto)

'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme - Giacomo Puccini (plays as the Byers and Murray sit around the dinner table together for a tense conversation)

'Guardian Angel' - Fergus MacRoy (plays as El and Dr Owens are talking in a diner)

'There's A Storm Coming' - Dance With The Dead (plays over a montage of El and Dr Owens as well as Jason searching for Eddie and Max looking at the counsellor's files)

Episode 4 - 'Chapter Four: Dear Billy'

'Legless' - Hipbone Slim (plays over a montage of Will and Mike asking officers for pizza while Argyle makes pizza)

'Hard Feelings' - Al Kerbey (plays as Max, Lucas, Dustin and Steve are driving in silence to Max's house)

'Minuet in D Minor' - Johann Sebastian Bach (plays as Nancy and Robin are at the asylum walking past patients)

'Pass the Dutchie' - Musical Youth (plays as Argyle is driving to the Byers' house to deliver pizza)

'Dream a Little Dream of Me' - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Victor Creel hums it from his prison cell, and later Robin hums it to Nancy as they're leaving the asylum)

'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (plays as Max encounters Vecna while reading her letter to Billy as her body rises up above the graveyard)

Episode 5 - 'Chapter Five: The Nina Project'

'Travelin' Man' - Ricky Nelson (plays as Yuri takes off flying to Russia with Joyce & Murray tied up)

'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (plays as Max and Lucas are walking around The Creel House, and in a later scene when Max, Lucas, Steve, Nancy, Dustin and Robin are in The Creel House looking at the flashing chandelier)

'Nina, o sia la Pazza per Amore: Il mio ben quando verrà' - Cecilia Bartoli (plays as El and Dr Brenner walk through the bunker hand in hand)

Episode 6 - 'Chapter Six: The Dive'

'Girls on Film' - Duran Duran (plays as Nancy drives to where Eddie is hiding out (Reefer Rick's place) with Robin, Lucas, Max, Steve and Dustin)

'Allegro assai vivace' from Violin Concerto in D major - Erich Korngold (plays as Mike, Will, Jonathan and Argyle arrive at Suzie's house which is in a state of chaos as her siblings run amok; and again in a later scene when the five are searching for information on her computer)

'Pass the Dutchie' - Musical Youth (plays as Argyle and Eden are smoking weed in the pizza van, when the others find them)

Episode 7 - 'Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab'

'Prophecies' from the soundtrack of Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass (plays over a flashback as the Creel family arrive at their new house and One talks about his childhood)

Episode 8 - 'Chapter Eight: Papa'

'Natty Dread on the Go' - Lone Ranger (plays as Jonathan is driving the pizza van with Arygle, Will and Mike, who are having a heart-to-heart)

'Twilight's Fires' - The Red Army Choir (plays as Hopper, Joyce, Murray and Yuri escape from the Russian prison)

'Up Around The Bend' - Creedence Clearwater Revival (plays as Eddie hotwires a campervan and Steve drives it away with Nancy, Lucas, Dustin, Max and Robin in the back)

'Fire and Rain' by James Taylor (plays as Steve is driving the campervan, chatting to Nancy who is in the passenger seat)

'Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo' - Rick Derringer (plays as Steve, Eddie, Nancy, Lucas, Dustin, Max, Erica and Robin arrive at Warzone, an ammunitions shop)

'Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)' - Journey (plays as Max, Erica and Lucas are dropped off at the Creel House with their lanterns in search of Vecna)

Episode 9 - 'Chapter Nine: The Piggyback'

'Fine Time to Let Me Know' - Free Beer (plays as Eleven, Mike, Will and Jonathan are at a service station)

'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' - Kate Bush (plays in three separate scenes: First, as Max is walking around Creel House with music on her Walkman as she looks for Vecna; second, as Max and Lucas write notes to each other while waiting for the signal that Nancy, Steve and Robin are ready; third, as Nancy shoots Vecna while he's on fire in the attic of the Creel House as Hopper fights a demogorgon)

'BG's One Eye' by The Nuchezz (plays as Argyle, Jonathan, Will, Mike and Eleven arrive at Surfer Boy Pizza and ask to use their kitchen)

'40 Miles Bad Road' - The Lively Ones (plays over the radio as Jonathan and Will have a heart-to-heart while stirring salt for Eleven's sensory deprivation bath)

'The Box' - Makeup and Vanity Set (mixes in from '40 Miles Bad Road' during the same scene)

'Fields of Coral' - Vangelis (plays as Eleven prepares to get into the makeshift sensory deprivation tank)

'The Tyburn Tree' - Makeup and Vanity Set (plays as Max reveals her innermost thoughts to Vecna about Billy's death in an attempt to trap him)

'Master of Puppets' by Metallica (Eddie performs the song as a guitar solo in the Upside Down to attract the bats)

'Dream a Little Dream of Me' by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (plays as Eleven walks up to a DJ booth on a bridge, before the scene cuts to Max at the Snow Ball)

'Every Breath You Take' - The Police (plays as Max is possessed by Vecna and sees herself alone at the Snow Ball before she encounters Vecna)

'Running Up That Hill (TOTEM Remix)' - Kate Bush (plays during the final battle at Creel House with Vecna as Nancy, Steve and Robin set him alight, interspersed with scenes of Hopper defeating a Demogorgon with a sword)

'When It's Cold I'd Like To Die' - Moby (plays as Eddie lays in Dustin's arms after being attacked by the bats)

'Sentinels' - Makeup and Vanity Set (plays as Eleven tries to bring Max back while they and Lucas are in Eleven's void)

'Fact or Fiction' - Makeup and Vanity Set (plays as Robin, Steve and Dustin drop donations at Hawkins High School)

'Deep' - Peter Sandberg (plays as Hopper and Eleven are reunited)

'Spellbound' - Siouxsie and The Banshees (plays over the end credits)

Stranger Things soundtrack: Season three

Episode 1 - 'Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?'

'Never Surrender' - Corey Hart (plays at the very start of the episode after the opening credits where Eleven and Mike are kissing)


'Open The Door' - Gentlemen Afterdark (plays where Nancy and Jonathan have woken up late)


'Rock This Town' - Stray Cats (plays as the scene opens at the Lido)


'Moving in Stereo' - The Cars (plays when Billy enters the poolside as the mums watch him)


'Workin' for a Livin'' - Huey Lewis & the News (plays when Nancy is rushing to work)


'She's Got You' - Patsy Cline (plays over the shop speakers as Hopper and Joyce discuss how to approach a conversation with Eleven about Mike)


'Hot Blooded' - Foreigner (plays as Mrs Wheeler swims while Billy watches)


'Can't Fight This Feeling' - REO Speedwagon (plays as Eleven and Mike kiss once again in her room while Hopper prepares to discuss their relationship)


'(I Just) Died in Your Arms' - Cutting Crew (plays as Mrs Wheeler gets ready to leave the house)

Episode 2 - 'Chapter Two: The Mall Rats'

'You Don't Mess Around With Jim' - Jim Croce (plays as Hopper realises his plan to keep Mike and Eleven apart has worked; he sings along while he drives)


'Get Up And Go' - The Go-Go's (plays over a montage of the mall)


'Matter Of Love' - Altitude Music (plays at the pool as some of the mums scowl over Billy's replacement lifeguard)


'My Bologna' - "Weird Al" Yankovic (plays as Joyce goes over to see science teacher Mr. Clarke)


'Material Girl' - Madonna (plays as Eleven and Max go clothes shopping at the mall)


'Cold as Ice' - Foreigner (plays as Eleven dumps Mike and she rides off on the bus with Max)


'Minuet' from String Quintet in E major by Luigi Boccherini (plays as Hopper enters the restaurant he's due to meet Joyce at for their "date")


'Libiamo ne' lieti calici' from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi (plays as Hopper realises he's been stood up by Joyce and drunkenly leaves the restaurant)

Episode 3 - 'Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard'

'Angel' - Madonna (plays as Max and Eleven hang out in her bedroom)


'Life By Night' - Phone To Phone (plays as Hopper drunkenly bursts in to Eleven's bedroom expecting to see her with Mike)


'Lovergirl' - Teena Marie (plays as Hopper realises his plan to keep Eleven and Mike apart is working)


'The Pod Dance' from The Dark Crystal soundtrack - Trevor Jones (plays as Will dons his "Will the Wise" costume and encourages Lucas and Mike to join in with Dungeons and Dragons)


'Electric Knights' - Head On (plays as Eleven and Max snoop around Billy's room for clues)


'All Your Reasons Why' - Smart Remarks (plays as Nancy and Jonathan work together to develop some photographs)


'Things Can Only Get Better' - Howard Jones (plays as Steve and Dustin look around the mall for people who may be Russian spies)


'The Scroll/To Pankot Palace' from the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom soundtrack - John Williams (plays as Will tries to play D&D with Lucas and Mike)


'Place In My Heart' - Brian Page (plays as Eleven and Max talk to the lifeguards to try and figure out where Heather is)


'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' - Wham! (plays as an aerobics class begins in the mall)


'American Pie' - Don McLean (plays over the radio during Billy and Heather's dinner with her parents)

Episode 4 - 'Chapter Four: The Sauna Test'

'We'll Meet Again' - Vera Lynn (plays over the last scene after Billy and Eleven come to blows)

Episode 5 - 'Chapter Five: The Flayed'

'Loverboy' - Strike Zone (plays over the car's radio as Hopper, Joyce and Alexei come out of the shop)


'Boogie Man' - Sid Phillips (plays as Hopper, Joyce and Alexei visit Murray)

Episode 6 - 'Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum'

'Stand up and Meet Your Brother' - Possum River (plays after the opening credits showing the fun fair)


'Package Deal' from the Midnight Run soundtrack - Danny Elfman (plays as Alexei escapes from Murray's home)


'Neutron Dance' - The Pointer Sisters (plays as Alexei sheepishly returns to Hopper, Joyce and Murray)


'Confrontation and Rescue' from Act II of Satyagraha by Philip Glass (plays as Billy corners Eleven, interspersed with scenes from the funfair)

Episode 7 - 'Chapter Seven: The Bite'

'R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)' - John Mellencamp (plays in the opening scenes at the funfair)


'Einstein Disintegrated' from the Back to the Future soundtrack - Alan Silvestri (plays as Dustin finally gets hold of Mike over the radio and tries to explain what's happened)

Episode 8 - 'Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt'

'Goldrush Two' - Yello (plays as Steve, Robin, Dustin and Erica get into the car to go to Weathertop)


'(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher' - Jackie Wilson (plays over the car radio as the same quartet drive to Weathertop so Dustin can radio Suzie)


'The Nightingales' - Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (plays as Hopper and Joyce discuss turning their friendship into a romance)


'Never Ending Story' - Gaten Matarazzo and Gabriella Pizzolo (Dustin and Suzie sing over the radio together)


'When You See Me' - Hurricane Express (plays as Robin and Steve try to get new jobs in the video shop)


'Heroes' (David Bowie cover) - Peter Gabriel (plays over the final scenes as Eleven and the Byers family move away)

Stranger Things soundtrack: Season two

Episode 1 - 'Chapter One - Mad Max'

'Whip It' - Devo (plays as the boys all meet at the arcade on their bikes - and again later when they're back at the arcade)


'Just Another Day' - Oingo Boingo (plays as night turns to day and we see people in Hawkins going about their day)


'Rock You Like a Hurricane' - Scorpions (plays as Billy and Max pull up in his car at school, with all eyes on them)


'Spooky Movies' - Gary Paxton (plays as Bob enters the shop Joyce is working in and they kiss in the back room)

Episode 2 - 'Chapter Two - Trick or Treat, Freak'

'Ghostbusters' - Ray Parker Jnr (plays as the lads are getting ready in Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween)


'Wango Tango' - Ted Nugent (plays as Billy drives Max dangerously home from school, almost running over Lucas, Mike and Dustin)


'Islands in the Stream' - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (plays as Joyce and Bob slow dance at home)


'Monster Mash' - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (plays as the boys trick or treat around the neighbourhood)


'Girls on Film' - Duran Duran (plays as Jonathan arrives at a Halloween house party. Nancy has had too much to drink and spills punch down her top as Steve and her argue)

Episode 3 - 'Chapter Three - The Pollywog'

'Whistle on the River' - The Mercy Brothers (plays as Bob and Will chat in the car)


'You Don't Mess Around With Jim' - Jim Croce (plays as Hopper and Eleven turn the cabin in the woods into a home)


'The Ghost In You' - The Psychedelic Furs (plays as Nancy and Jonathan chat sitting on the bonnet of a car)


'Clean Cut American Kid' – Ill Repute (played by a teenager through his Walkman at school)


'How I Feel About You' - Jumpstreet (plays on the radio at Nancy's house)

Episode 4 - 'Chapter Four – Will The Wise'

'This is Radio Clash' - The Clash (plays as Jonathan picks Nancy up from her house to meet Barb's mum)


'Push it to the Limit' - Paul Engemann (plays during a basketball game at school)


'Photos in the Woods' - Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (plays as Hopper heads to the pumpkin patch with a spade to work out what is killing the crops)

Episode 5 - 'Chapter Five: Dig Dug'

'Try My Love' - Carroll Lloyd (plays on the stereo as Nancy and Jonathan check into a motel)


'Green, Green Grass of Home' - Bobby Bare (plays as a passing trucker drops Eleven to her mother's house)


'No More' - Billie Holiday (Murray plays it on his record player when Nancy and Jonathan visit)

Episode 6 - 'Chapter Six: The Spy'

'Hammer To Fall' - Queen (plays while Dustin and Steve are searching for Dart in Dustin's storm cellar)


'You'd Better Go Now' - Billie Holiday (clearly a Billie Holiday fan, this is playing on Murray's record player when Jonathan and Nancy sneak out of their rooms to have a smooch in the night)


'Blue Bayou' - Roy Orbison (plays as Murray, Nancy and Jonathan have breakfast)


'Round and Round' - Ratt (plays while Billy lifts weights at home)

Episode 7 - 'Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister'

'Runaway' - Bon Jovi (plays as Eleven goes looking for her 'sister')


'Dead End Justice' - The Runaways (plays as El's sister and friends give her a punk-rock makeover)


'Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)' - The Icicle Works (plays as Eleven gets on the bus and heads home to Hawkins to help her friends)

Episode 8 - 'Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer'

'The Four Horsemen' - Metallica (plays when Billy is getting ready to go out)


'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' - The Clash (plays when Jonathan, Mike and Joyce are relaying memories to Will and he's responding with Morse Code)

Episode 9 - 'Chapter Nine: The Gate'

'The Way We Were' - Barbra Streisand (plays when Karen Wheeler is relaxing in the bath)


'I Do Believe' - Donna Summer (plays as Billy and Karen are flirting over a biscuit in her kitchen)


'Jingle Bell Rock' - Bobby Helms (plays as the school decorate for the Snow Ball – and the kids get ready at home with their mums)


'Twist of Fate' - Olivia Newton-John (plays as they all arrive at the Snow Ball)


'Time After Time' - Cyndi Lauper (plays as Lucas asks Max to dance, followed by a flurry of people asking each other)


'Every Breath You Take' - The Police (plays as Eleven arrives at the ball and dances with Mike)

Stranger Things soundtrack: Season one

Episode 1 - 'Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers'

'She Has Funny Cars' - Jefferson Airplane (plays over the radio in Benny's Burgers as Eleven creeps into the kitchen)

'I Shall Not Care' - Pearls Before Swine (again plays over the radio during a second scene in Benny's Burgers where Eleven eats a meal)

'Jenny May' - Trader Horne (plays over the radio after 'I Shall Not Care' in the same scene)

'White Rabbit' - Jefferson Airplane (plays over the radio as the "social worker" arrives at Benny's Burgers)

'Africa' - Toto (plays while Nancy and Steve study for a test in her room)

Episode 2 - 'Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street'

'Should I Stay or Should I Go' - The Clash (plays during a flashback where Jonathan shows the song to Will for the first time)

'I'm Taking Off' - SPACE KNIFE (plays when Jonathan is searching around Lonnie's house for Will)

'Tie A Yellow Ribbon' - Brotherhood of Man (plays over the car radio as Barb and Nancy park a few blocks away from Steve's house)

'Raise a Little Hell' - Trooper (plays as Nancy and Barb arrive at Steve's house)

'I Melt With You' - Modern English (plays as Jonathan watches Nancy, Steve, Carol, Tommy and Barb hang out by the pool at Steve's house)

'Should I Stay or Should I Go' - The Clash (plays again as the radio turns on seemingly by itself while Joyce can sense Will's presence)

'Hazy Shade of Winter' - The Bangles (plays over the end credits)

Episode 3 - 'Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly'

'Waiting For A Girl Like You' - Foreigner (plays as Nancy and Steve make out in his room, interspersed with scenes of Barb being attacked by a creature from the Upside Down)

'Heroes' (David Bowie cover) - Peter Gabriel (plays as Will's "body" is pulled from the lake in the final scenes of the episode)

Episode 4 - 'Chapter Four: The Body'

'Atmosphere' - Joy Division (plays as Hopper leaves Joyce after telling her that Will's "body" has been found)

'Color Dreams' - The Deep (plays as Hopper is in a bar and strikes up conversation with the man who found Will's "body")

'Should I Stay or Should I Go' - The Clash (Joyce plays it loudly on the stereo as she tries to make contact with Will)

Episode 5 - 'Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat'

'Elegia' - New Order (plays at the funeral for Will)

'Nocturnal Me' - Echo and the Bunnymen (plays over the end credits after Nancy disappears into the Upside Down)

Episode 6 - 'Chapter Six: The Monster'

'Sunglasses at Night' - Corey Hart (plays over the car radio as Steve, Carol and Tommy look for Nancy)

'Allegro' from Violin Concerto No.2 in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach (plays as the undercover government employee talks to Mr. Clarke, the science teacher)

'I See The Future' - Andrew Pinching (plays as Mrs. Wheeler picks the lock to Nancy's bedroom and discovers she's escaped out of her window, leaving evidence that a second person stayed the night)

'Happy Jose' - Kookie Freeman Velvet Sound (plays over the store speakers as Eleven enters a shop looking worse for wear)

'The Bargain Store' - Dolly Parton (plays over the shop speakers as Nancy and Jonathan look for supplies to defend themselves against the monster)

Episode 7 - 'Chapter Seven: The Bathtub'

No music other than original soundtrack appears in this episode.

Episode 8 - 'Chapter Eight: The Upside Down'

'When It's Cold I'd Like To Die' - Moby (plays as Hopper and Joyce rescue Will in the Upside Down)

'Carol of the Bells' - The Tabernacle Choir (plays during the police station's Christmas party as Hopper leaves to place some food in a chest for Eleven)

'White Christmas' - Bing Crosby (plays as the Byers family sit down for Christmas dinner together, before the song distorts as Will vomits up a creature from the Upside Down and has a flashback to being stuck there again)