Metallica’s Master of Puppets conjures UK Top 40 hit thanks to Stranger Things

1986 song gets first ever UK chart placing after appearing in season finale, reaching No 22

First there was Kate Bush, scoring a No 1 hit with Running Up That Hill 37 years after it was released. Now, the supernatural power of Stranger Things to resurrect old hits continues, giving Metallica their first UK Top 40 hit since 2008.

Like Running Up That Hill, their 1986 song Master of Puppets was used as a key plot point in the Netflix series, featuring in the final episode of the fourth season in an operatically epic scene.