Will – Should I Stay or Should I Go, The Clash
Lucas – Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
Dustin & Suzie – The NeverEnding Story, Limahl
Lucas – Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
Max – Running Up That Hill, Kate Bush
Mike – Purple Rain, Prince
Eleven – Runaway, Bon Jovi
Kali – I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Cramps
Erica – Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
Steve – Sunglasses at Night, Corey Hart
Robin – Tainted Love, Soft Cell
Nancy – Material Girl, Madonna
Jonathan – Atmosphere, Joy Division
Eddie – Master of Puppets, Metallica
Billy – Rock You Like a Hurricane, Scorpions
Barb – Africa, Toto
Chrissy – Talking in Your Sleep, The Romantics
Argyle – Pass the Dutchie, Musical Youth
Joyce – Heroes, Peter Gabriel
Hopper – Don’t Mess Around with Jim, Jim Croce
Murray – Cold as Ice, Foreigner
Mr. Clarke – Whip It, Devo
Bob – Islands in the Stream, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Karen – Fernando, ABBA
Vecna / Henry / One / Mr. Whatsit / The Mind Flayer – Every Breath You Take, The Police
Victor Creel – Dream a Little Dream of Me, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
A compilation of the playlists provided to us over the years, including the official playlists and characters spotify wrapped, as well as a few extras :) If anyone has anything to add to this, please comment!
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the dividers in this post were created by @uzmacchiato :)
Note: If anyone would like versions of these playlists on YouTube Music, please let me know, and I'll go ahead and make some :)
Note: The playlists above were made to promote the release of Season 2 but have since been removed. As far as I am aware, no reason was provided for this removal, so I am still listing the copies here. I should also note that there are two versions of Mike and El's playlists because, according to those who were part of the fandom in 2022, the official playlists were updated during this time. Thus, I am including the "V.1" playlists from 2018 and the "V.2" playlists from 2022.
Mike's 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
Will's 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
Eleven's 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
Dustin's 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
Lucas' 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
Max's 2019 Spotify Wrapped (copy)
— Official Playlists of the Young Adults —
Nancy's Slaylist (copy)
Jonathan's Outsider Looking In (copy)
Steve's Morning Hair Grooves (copy)
Billy's Pedal To The Metal (copy)
Note: The playlists above were made to promote the release of Season 2 but have since been removed. As far as I am aware, no reason was provided for this removal, so I am still listing the copies here.
— Official Playlists of the Adults —
Hopper's Nighttime Drive (copy)
Joyce's Halloween House Party (copy)
Note: The playlists above were made to promote the release of Season 2 but have since been removed. As far as I am aware, no reason was provided for this removal, so I am still listing the copies here.
— Other Official Playlists —
Demogorgon's Upside Downers (copy)
Note: The playlist above was made to promote the release of Season 2 but has since been removed. As far as I am aware, no reason was provided for this removal, so I am still listing the copy here.
— Extra Playlists —
STurn (copy v.1) (Finn Wolfhard)
STurn (copy v.2) (Finn Wolfhard)
Note: I am aware this playlist has not been explicitly confirmed by Finn to be for Stranger Things, but I am including it here anyway. I should also note that there are two versions of the STurn playlist because Finn updated the playlist in 2025 by removing the following songs: What You're Doing by The Beatles, Promises I've Made by Emitt Rhodes, and Don't Ask Me to Explain by of Montreal.
Stranger Things Favorites (Noah Schnapp)
Note: I've included this playlist only because it has two songs that aren't in the actual show: Dancing Queen by ABBA and Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears. I figured this might be of interest to some people, so I've included the playlist here.
WSQK 1967: Squawk's Top Pops
Notes: This playlist comes from a leak posted to Tumblr by @will80sbyers. Once again, it's not an official playlist, but I figured it might interest some people, so I've included it here.
Uploaded (Jan 12, 2025): Copies of the official playlists were made by ash on Spotify. Credit goes to them for compiling the songs, I've just made copies of them for safe-keeping. The Spotify Wrapped playlists were compiled by me.
Edited (Jan 13, 2025): I found copies of Mike's Bassment Beats and Eleven's Breakfast Jams from October 28, 2017, which I replaced the former copies with. Credit to Jason on Spotify, I've just made copies of the playlists for safe-keeping.
Edited (Feb 22, 2025): Added a playlist containing the songs from the leaked WSQK 1967 Top Songs graphic.
Edited (Sep 2, 2025): Added "V.2" playlists of Mike's Bassment Beats and Eleven's Breakfast Jams because, according to users who were active in the fandom in 2022, the official playlists were updated during this time. Thus, I've added back the copies of Mike's Bassment Beats and Eleven's Breakfast Jams that were made in 2022 by ash on Spotify. To prevent confusion, the original copies from 2018 made by Jason on Spotify are labeled as 'copy v.1' and the copies from 2022 made by ash on Spotify are labeled as 'copy v.2.'
I've also added a "V.2" playlist of STurn by Finn Wolfhard on Spotify because it seems that he removed 3 songs from the playlist sometime in mid 2025. The songs he removed include: What You're Doing by The Beatles, Promises I've Made by Emitt Rhodes, and Don't Ask Me to Explain by of Montreal. To prevent confusion, I've labeled the original copy as 'copy v.1' and the new copy as 'copy v.2.'
"Joyce got this new telemarketer job, she's always on the phone. Mike won't stop whining about it."
THIS WAS LITERALLY ON MIKE'S OFFICIAL SPOTIFY PLAYLIST. NO ANALYSIS NEEDED LMAO JUST USE YOUR EYES AND EARS
Mike couldn't call El because the phones might be bugged. He was trying to call Will over and over, and this is the song they purposely, officially chose to represent that.
I could not believe my ears when I heard this today. HE'S SO STRAIGHT GUYS. He's so straight and so attracted to Eleven
Decided to make this after seeing a post about it. Also, I am not the person who copied these, all credit goes to ash on Spotify.
OFFICIAL SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS
Mike’s Bassment Beats
Will’s Castle Byers Classics
Billy’s Pedal To The Medal
UNOFFICIAL COPIES
Eleven’s Breakfast Jams
fell in absolute love with the series How The Light Gets In by my lovely pal @fastcardotmp3 and decided to make a fan playlist!! seriously this series is so special and so poetic. it is about chrissy cunningham coming back from the dead as a vampire and nancy wheeler finding her out while she's visiting barb's grave. together, they go on a journey of self-discovery and girlhood through monstrosity. and of course, fall for each other in the meanwhile. GO READ THIS SERIES i cannot recommend it enough!
song explanations below the cut!
anthem by leonard cohen: where the fic title comes from! a slow song about life continuing to move forward even after tragedy. very fitting for this series.
just a girl (cover) by florence + the machine: of course this had to go on here! chrissy has "come back wrong" and has to rethink and relearn what it means to be a girl again and the horrors associated with girlhood.
all the things she said (cover) by poppy: there is a moment at the beginning where chrissy can't communicate to nancy yet because vecna can hear everything. but she starts to make a list of all the things she will tell her once she can speak freely again.
talk to you by ricky montgomery: kind of the same as before! they wish they could communicate with each other and eventually figure out that vecna (who is possessing chrissy, so to speak) can only hear what they're saying. not see or read. so they end up writing down notes to each other to avoid vecna ruining their plans.
seventeen by sharon van etten: this one is kind of more vibes but basically reminscing on the girl chrissy once was and how she's growing.
way of nature, way of grace by aly and aj and joy oladokun: soft love song that explores the growing fascination the girls have with each other and the admiration of beauty through the pain/ the horrors.
girls against god by florence + the machine: ONCE AGAIN of course this had to go on here. florence just gets troubled girls<3 something about taking the reins of your life even when everything feels out of control.
please, please, please let me get what i want by the smiths: it's explored in this fic that chrissy struggling to want things and nancy being so giving to her, unselfishly. it's so beautiful :,)
hungry eyes by eric carmen: WOO MONSTER SONG basically here for the vibes of monster girl finally getting to consume. and definitely looking at nancy with hungry eyes.
i'll be here in the morning by townes van zandt: nancy promising that she will be back for chrissy time and time again :,))
leonard cohen by boygenius: kind of just for vibes but because the title song is leonard cohen, i thought it fit! it's about that particular song and getting lost in your happiness<3
waiting for a girl like you by foreigner: some 80's vibes now!! basically following chrissy never understanding her attraction to men but everything finally starting to make sense once she gets close to nancy.
me and the devil by soap&skin: nancy's defense song! it takes a lot of convincing from her to the group to let her take care of chrissy. this song explores following the devil and not being able to explain why you need to<3
lay all your love on me (cover) by pale honey: felt fitting for their first kiss in the woods up against a tree. dot wrote the emotion and desperation in this scene SO WELL!!
i will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie: kind of an overall vibe song but also relates to chrissy going through the upside down again to help save max and destroy vecna. willing to go back to hell in order to find her autonmy again<3
NFWMB by hozier: also a first kiss song after chrissy tears apart a demogorgan to save nancy phewwww<3 but also just general vibes of them protecting each other from the others who don't understand!!!
fade into you by mazzy star: ties into the irreplaceable bond that chrissy and nancy are making with each passing day. they're fading into each other.
to be alone with you by sufjan stevens: chrissy is craving genuine alone time with nancy like how it was when she first found her<3
like lovers do by hey violet: sexy spooky song ooo!!! i would relate this one to the way they can't keep their hands off each other once they get a taste you know ;) that's just how lovers do!!!
the way i feel inside by the zombies: a soft love song about deciding whether or not to speak their feelings. nancy and chrissy spend time in this fic finally being able to speak their mind and their desires (esp for each other! eep!) and being frightened by the power but also enlightened.
Y'all, imma start making stranger things character and ship playlists today!!!! Do amy of you guys have any specific requests or suggestions on which I should do first?? Any and all ships and characters that you genuinely want me to do are welcome!!!!! I can't guarantee a certain artist or certain type/genre of music in any of the playlists, I just go with songs that I personally know of that remind me of that character/ship or that I think the character/ship would relate to or listen to, tbh. Please, let me know!!!! In replies, reblogs, asks, etc.!!!! I can also do platonic ships, you just have to specify whether you want the romantic version or platonic version of the ship you choose (If you don't tell me which one you'd prefer, then I will automatically default to romantic unless it's Stobin (: )!!!! And also, I apologize, but for Stobin, I will only do platonic!Stobin, just a personal preference of mine:)
**Tag note: I reached 30 tags, so I'm mentioning these all here so that the mentions can get them in other tags 💀💀: Byler, Ronance, Mileven, Steddie, Stancy, Jancy, Elmax, Lumax, Milevill, Elumax, Henclair, Wheelclair, Byclair, MadWheeler, Stobin, MadHenClair, Jopper, Hopclair, Stonathan, Stoncy, Jargyle, Stargyle, I apologize but there's a lot of ship names and polyship names that I don't know, tbh, so if ice missed yours, it's not because I won't do it, it's just because I didn't know what ship name to put!!!! And same goes for characters. If you're character isn't in the tags, that just means I didn't remember to add them or didn't have room to!!!
