Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ rises the charts after Stranger Things Season 4 Finale
The dramatic conclusion, which includes the Metallica thrash metal hit, has put the song back on the U.S. and U.K. charts.
The Netflix series is doing it again with another ’80s classic after pushing Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” to the top of the charts in Volume 1 of the fourth season.
This time, the “Master of Puppets” by Metallica has become one of the most played songs in both the U.K. and the U.S. thanks to the charm of the show. The two-hour show’s finale featured the thrash metal song as part of Eddie Munson’s brilliant scheme to divert the deadly bats guarding Vecna’s hideout from their terrible task.
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As of Monday afternoon, “Master Of Puppets,” the only single from Metallica’s 1986 album of the same name, is No. 12 on Spotify’s Top 50 U.S. chart and No. 26 on their Global Top 50. That’s no small feat, especially considering the full track is over eight minutes long.
The band hasn’t officially commented on the song’s rising popularity but did retweet a teaser of the scene, which is getting a lot of love from fans online.
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, 57, also revealed that 17-year-old son Tye Trujillo helped provide new guitar parts for the song as it was used in the show.
“**Spoiler Alert** That’s my boy! Proud of ya Tye!” the proud dad shared on Instagram. “Stranger Things finale shredding it on ‘Master of Puppets'”
The launch of the most recent Stranger Things episode nearly brought Netflix to a halt early on Friday. The streaming platform reportedly crashed when viewers tried to watch the final two episodes of the season when they arrived on Netflix at 3 a.m. ET, according to reports from the international uptime-monitoring website Downdetector, with over 14,000 users complaining.
Though just two episodes, Volume 2 clocks in at around four hours long.
Check out the Stranger Things 4, Volume 2 trailer below-