Stranger Things soundtrack: A comprehensive list of the songs featured in all seasons of the series so far

Stranger Things has been capturing the attention of global audiences and critics with its supernatural storyline and unique characters. Released in 2016, the four seasons explored the story of Eleven and her friends as they face the dark powers from the Upside Down. With Stranger Things 5 around the corner, many await to witness how the Netflix series will come to an end.

From chilling antagonists to intriguing subplots, the journey has been full of losses and dangers so far. What began with the vanishing of Will Byers has now reached the point of final battle with Vecna in Stranger Things season 5, promising striking visuals and unexpected moments.

Along with the character arcs, visuals, and fantasy elements, the songs featured across four seasons have been an integral part of the Stranger Things franchise. Here's a complete look at the songs that made several moments in all four seasons special.

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From Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill to Metallica's Master of Puppets, here are songs featured in Stranger Things so far

A still from Stranger Things season 4 (Image via Instagram/@strangerthingstv)

Songs featured in all four seasons of Stranger Things not only complemented the scenes they were a part of, but also became a significant element of the plot itself. Popular artists like Metallica, Queen, KISS, Ella Fitzgerald, and more were a part of different seasons' tracklists.

Here's a complete list of all the songs featured in all four seasons of Stranger Things:

Stranger Things season 1

Episode 1

• Can’t Seem to Make You Mine by The Seeds
• She Has Funny Cars by Jefferson Airplane
• White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
• I Shall Not Care by Pearls Before Swine
• Jenny May by Trader Phone
• Every Little Bit by Jackie James, Ian Curnow
• Africa by Toto
• No Weapons by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

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Episode 2

• Go Nowhere by Reagan Youth
• Deck the Halls by Chicks With Hits
• Jingle Bells by The Canterbury Choir
• Dark Stars by Mark Glass
• I’m Taking Off by Space Knife
• Body Language by Alexander Baker & Clair Marlo
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Brotherhood of Man
• Raise a Little Hell by Trooper
• Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash
• I Melt with You by Modern English
• Hazy Shades of Winter by The Bangles

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Episode 3

• Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Joel Evans Band
• Brahm’s Lullaby by Daniel Portis-Cathers
• Heroes by Peter Gabriel

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Episode 4

• Atmosphere by Joy Division
• Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash
• Color Dreams by The Deep

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Episode 5

• Elegia by New Order
• Green Desert by Tangerine Dream
• Nocturnal Me by Echo & The Bunnymen

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Episode 6

• Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
• I See the Future by Andrew Pinching
• Happy Jose by Kookie Freeman
• Brahm’s Lullaby by Daniel Portis-Cathers
• The Bargain Store by Dolly Parton
• Exit by Tangerine Dream

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Episode 7

• Fields of Coral by Vangelis

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Episode 8

• Horizon by Tangerine Dream
• When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die by Moby
• Carol of the Bells by Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• White Christmas by Bing Crosby

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Stranger Things season 2

Episode 1

• Whip It by DEVO
• Just Another Day by Oingo Boingo
• Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics
• Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions
• Spookie Movies by Gary Paxton
• Every Other Girl by Prehistoric Wolves

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Episode 2

• Ghostbusters (Instrumental Version) by Ray Parker, Jr.
• Wango Tango by Ted Nugent
• Blackout by Swing Set
• Shout at the Devil by Mötley Crüe
• Islands In the Stream by Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
• Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett
• Girls on Film by Duran Duran
• Outside the Realm by Big Giant Circles
• Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr.

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Episode 3

• Whistle On the River by The Mercy Brothers
• You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce
• Go! by Tones on Tail
• The Ghost In You by Psychedelic Furs
• Clean Cut American Kid by Ill Repute
• Cookin’ by Al Casey Combo
• How I Feel About You by Jumpstreet

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Episode 4

• This Is Radio Clash by The Clash
• Scarface (Push It To The Limit) by From “Scarface” Soundtrack – Paul Engemann
• The Growing by Bobby Krlic, The Haxan Cloak

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Episode 5

• Try My Love by Caroll Lloyd
• You Ought to Be with Me by Carl Weathers
• Green, Green Grass of Home by Bobby Bare
• Can I Do What I Want by Shock Therapy
• Metal Sport by Hittamn
• Darling Don’t Leave Me by Robert Gorl
• When the Sun Goes Down by The Jetzons
• Strength in Numbers by Channel 3
• No More by Billie Holiday
• Open the Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part 2) by The Philip Glass Ensemble, Douglas Perry, Michael Riesman

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Episode 6

• Hammer to Fall by Queen
• Where Django’s At by Cameron Brooks
• There Is Frost On the Moon by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
• You Better Go Now by Billie Holiday
• Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison
• Round and Round by Ratt

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Episode 7

• Open the Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part 2) by The Philip Glass Ensemble, Douglas Perry, Michael Riesman
• Runaway by Bon Jovi
• Outside the Realm by Big Giant Circles
• Back To Nature by Fad Gadget
• The Bank Robbery by John Carpenter
• Dead End Justice by The Runaways
• Whisper to Scream by The Icicle awO

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Episode 8

• The Love You Save May Be Your Own by Jack Cook
• The Four Horsemen by Metallica
• Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash

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Episode 9

• The Way We Were by Barbara Streisand
• I Do Believe (I Fell in Love) by Donna Summer
• I See Charcoal (You See Scarlet) by Cameron Brooks
• Rare Bird by Tangerine Dream
• Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms
• Love Is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar
• Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton-John
• Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
• Every Breath You Take by The Police

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Stranger Things season 3

Episode 1

• Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe
• Baba O’Riley (Remix) by The Who, Andy Macpherson, Jon Astley
• The Red Army Is the Strongest by The Red Army Choir
• Never Surrender by Corey Hart
• Funky Fanfare by Keith Mansfield
• Day of the Dead (Main Title) by John Harrison
• Open the Door by Gentleman Afterdark
• Rock This Town by Brian Setzer
• Moving In Stereo by The Cars
• The Touch of You by Andrea Litkei, Ervin Litkei
• Anthony by Andrea Litkei, Ervin Litkei
• Workin’ for a Livin’ by Huey Lewis & The News
• She’s Got You by Patsy Cline
• Hot Blooded by Foreigner
• Can’t Fight This Feeling by Reo Speedwagon
• (I Just Died) In Your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew
• Nothing to Say by Head On

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Episode 2

• You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce
• Get Up and Go by The Go-Go’s
• Gunpoint Affection by Black Market Baby
• Matter of Love by Altitude Music
• Ballroom Foxtrot by John Leighton
• America the Beautiful by APM Music
• Too Late for Tears by Andrea Litkei, Ervin Litkei
• My Bologna by Weird Al Yankovic
• Bop and Bounce by Billy Munn
• Material Girl by Madonna
• String Quintet in E Major, G. 275: III. Minuetto by Luigi Boccherini, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Boris Khaykin
• Cold as Ice – Foreigner
• La Traviata: Act I: Brindisi: Libiamo Ne’lieti Calici, “Drinking Song” by various artists

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Episode 3

• Angel by Madonna
• Phone to Phone by Life By Night
• Lovergirl by Teena Marie
• The Pod Dance by Trevor Jones
• The Electric Knights by Head On
• All Your Reasons Why by Smart Remarks
• The Girl I Left Behind Me by Brian Peters
• Things Can Only Get Better by Howard Jones
• Blood Warning by Vaska
• Place In My Heart by Brian Page
• Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by WHAM!
• Is It a Sin? by Al Hazan
• American Pie by Don McLean

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Episode 4

• We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn

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Episode 5

• Miss Sophisticate by John Sbarra
• Strike Zone by Loverboy
• A Certain Kind of Feeling by John Anthony
• Boogie Man by Sid Phillips
• In Our Hideaway by Andrew Smith

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Episode 6

• Stand Up and Meet Your Brother by Possum River
• Robinson’s Grand Entry by 1920’s Wurlitzer Carousel Organ
• Neutron Dance by The Pointer Sisters
• Florida Special by Dick Kolmar
• Sarah Breaks Down by John Harrison
• Satyagraha: Act II: Confrontation and Rescue by Philip Glass, Christopher Keene, New York City Opera Orchestra

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Episode 7

• R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A. by John Mellencamp
• The Washington Post by John Philip Sousa, United States Marine Band
• Hands Across the Sea by APM Music
• Einstein Disintegrated by Alan Silvestri
• Doc Returns by Alan Silvestri

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Episode 8

• Goldrush by Yello
• (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher by Jackie Wilson
• The Russian Nightingales by The Red Army Choir
• Never Ending Story by Gaten Matarazzo, Gabriella Pizzolo
• When You See Me by Hurricane Express
• Heroes by Peter Gabriel
• Deep by Peter Sandberg

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Stranger Things season 4

Episode 1

• California Dreamin’by The Beach Boys
• Object of My Desire by Starpoint
• The Red Army Is The Strongest by The Red Army Choir
• Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
• I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps
• Fever by The Cramps
• Chica Mejicanita by Mae Arnette
• Play With Me by Extreme
• Detroit Rock City by KISS
• Got Your Number by The Lloyd Langton Group

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Episode 2

• You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive
• Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix) by Falco
• Tarzan Boy by Baltimora
• Wipe Out by The Surfaris
• Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
• Monologue de Ibn-Haki-Scene 5 by The National Bolshoi Orchestra
• Diamonds and Emeralds by The Interior Castle
• Burning Up by Donnel Pitman
• Tons of Wet - Surf Time by Noma

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Episode 3

• Guardia Angel by Fergus MacRoy
• In Transit to Bermuda by Dorian Zero

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Episode 4

• Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth
• Dream a Little Dream of Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
• March of the Defenders of Moscow by The Red Army Choir
• Legless by Hipbone Slim
• Hard Feelings by AI Kerby

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Episode 5

• Travelin' Man by Ricky Nelson
• Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
• Nina, o sia la Pazza per Amore by Cecilia Bartoli
• David Searches by Arthur B. Rubinstein (WarGames Soundtrack)
• Time's Up by Arthur B. Rubinstein (WarGames Soundtrack)

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Episode 6

• Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth
• Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 35 III Finale: Allegro Assai Vivace by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Snow Maiden, Op. 12-Chorus of the Courtiers - Act 1 - Russian State Orchestra “Cavatine et Rondo d’Antonida"
• Cutthroat by SURVIVE

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Episode 7

• Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
• Prophecies by Philip Glass
• Akhnaten, Act 1 Scene 3: The Window of Appearances” by Philip Glass
• Akhnaten, Act II Scene 2: Akhnaten and Nefertiti by Philip Glass

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Episode 8

• Natty Dread On the Go by one Ranger
• Twilight's Fire by The Red Army Choir
• Up Around the Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Fire and Rain by James Taylor
• Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo by Rick Derringer
• Separate Ways by Journey

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Episode 9

• Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
• B.g.’s One Eye by The Nuchez’s
• 40 Miles Bad Road by The Lively Ones
• Master of Puppets by Metallica
• Running Up That Hill (Totem Remix) by Kate Bush
• Spellbound by Siouxsie and the Banshees

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About Stranger Things

Official poster of Stranger Things 5 (Image via Instagram/@strangerthingstv)

Netflix's popular series, Stranger Things, brings a unique mix of mystery, fantasy, and supernatural elements through its plot and characters. Set in the 1980s, it takes the viewers to Hawkins, Indiana, where deep-rooted secrets and mysterious occurrences wreak havoc for the inhabitants. Eleven's entry in Hawkins and her journey with her special powers help her find Will and face the dark energies with her friends.

The series is set to release its fifth installment soon, bringing Eleven and her friends for a final battle with the evil. Along with Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, other cast members include Winona Ryder as Joyce, David Harbour as Jim, Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, Noah Schnapp as Will, Sadie Sink as Max, and more.

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Stranger Things 5 releases on Netflix on November 26, 2025.