Legacy RecordingsWith fans of Stranger Things returning to the Upside Down Friday with the premiere of the smash Netflix sci-fi/horror series’ second season, a new soundtrack featuring classic 1980s tunes heard in both seasons of the show has just been released.
Stranger Things — Music from the Netflix Original Series — available now on CD, digitally and via streaming services — includes hits by The Police, The Clash, Bon Jovi, The Scorpions, The Romantics and many more acts.
The album features a total of 19 music tracks interspersed with 11 dialogue segments from the show. Among the songs are The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” Bon Jovi’s “Runaway,” The Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” and The Romantics’ “Talking in Your Sleep.”
Peter Gabriel‘s cover of the David Bowie‘s “Heroes” also appears on the soundtrack, as well as tunes by Toto, The Bangles, Echo & the Bunnymen, Duran Duran, Joy Division, New Order, The Psychedelic Furs, Jim Croce, Devo, and Cyndi Lauper.
A vinyl version of the soundtrack will be released on December 15.
Set during the early 1980s, Stranger Things tells the story of a group of young friends in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, which is threatened by a mysterious creature and unexplained forces apparently connected to a local experimental laboratory. You can watch the series’ second season on Netflix now.
Here’s the full track list of Stranger Things — Music from the Netflix Original Series:
“Intro — Will singing The Clash” (dialogue)
“Every Breath You Take” — The Police
“Should I Stay or Should I Go” — The Clash
“Coffee and contemplation” (dialogue)
“Hazy Shade of Winter” — The Bangles
“Nocturnal Me” — Echo & the Bunnymen
“Bring him home!” (dialogue)
“Sunglasses at Night” — Corey Hart
“Girls on Film” — Duran Duran
“Just because people tell you…” (dialogue)
“Atmosphere” — Joy Division
“Maybe I’m crazy…” (dialogue)
“Twist of Fate” — Olivia Newton-John
“Says logic” (dialogue)
“The Ghost in You” — The Psychedelic Furs
“Africa” — Toto
“You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” — Jim Croce
“Accident or not” (dialogue)
“Whip It” — Devo
“Runaway” — Bon Jovi
“Time After Time” — Cyndi Lauper
“Talking in Your Sleep” — The Romantics
“Mouthbreather” (dialogue)
“Back to Nature” — Fad Gadget
“She’s our friend and she’s crazy!” (dialogue)
“Rock You Like a Hurricane” — The Scorpions
“Heroes” — Peter Gabriel
“Friends don’t lie” (dialogue)
“Elegia” — New Order
“Outro — Will singing The Clash” (dialogue)
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