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The first song took place when the Hawkins heroes were escaping the Upside Down and set the explosives at the Upside-Down version of Hawkins Lab, where Murray (Brett Gelman) took out a copy of ...

As “Stranger Things” closed out its five-season run with its grand finale, the two-hour conclusion boosted Spotify streams of Prince’s catalog, namely “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” as fans ...

Matt and Ross Duffer tell EW about the "challenging" process of securing rights to "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" from Prince's estate. Matt and Ross Duffer explain the "challenging" process of ...

Two songs are primarily driving the boost. Streams for “Purple Rain” have risen 243 percent, with a 577 percent increase in global Gen-Z streams specifically. “When Doves Cry” also saw a 200 percent ...

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers are convinced Kate Bush played a key role in Prince's estate allowing his songs When Doves Cry and Purple Rain to feature in the show's finale. The late ...

The Netflix epic Stranger Things has finally come to a close, and depending on how much you were thinking about this ahead of time, things turned out pretty much how you might have expected. If you ...

Prince is seeing a significant Spotify streaming boost in his catalog thanks to key syncs in the series finale of “Stranger Things.” Since the episode debuted on New Year’s Eve, “Purple Rain” has seen ...

As revealed in a Variety article, this wasn’t just about clearing legendary songs—it was about solving a precise narrative puzzle set by the show’s creators. A specific plot point dictated the task ...