Since “Stranger Things” Season 4 premiered, streaming of Metallica’s iconic song “Master of Puppets” has increased
The show’s climactic performance by Eddie in a life-or-death scenario was all it took for audiences to fall in love with “Master of Puppets.”
Since “Stranger Things” Season 4 premiered, streaming of Metallica’s iconic song “Master of Puppets” has increased.
The anthem for all of Eddie’s followers after Season 4 of “Stranger Things” premiered is Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,” just as Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is renowned for Saddie Sink’s escape from Vecna.
Fans fell in love with the song Eddie played at the show’s conclusion, “Master of Puppets,” originally sung by American heavy metal band Metallica, just because of the performance he gave in a life-or-death situation.
According to Luminate, which compiles statistics for the Billboard charts, on-demand streams for the 1986 metal hit had increased 650.3 percent in the week since the episode debuted. ‘Master of Puppets’ had racked up 1,020,333 on-demand audio and video streams in the first six days of the previous week. This figure increased to 7,655,536 in the first six days the show was accessible for streaming. Eddie starts playing Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” in the original scene, calling it “the greatest metal concert ever.” The bats that were surrounding Vecna’s den are attracted away by his guitar riffs, leaving Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), and Robin (Maya Hawke) to fight the demon. The song was a fantastic fit for Eddie since it not only enhanced the most exciting sequence in the show, but it also “aligns with Eddie’s seemingly arrogant and edgy in-your-face public character” in certain aspects.
With a 999 percent gain over the same time period, the percentage for digital track sales was even higher. The growth has been a gradual ascent rather than a dramatic rush. Since the day Volume Two of “Stranger Things 4” was released, the streaming activity for this popular song has only grown, and it is still growing as we speak. Over the course of those six days, the song’s total radio spins increased by just 25.5%, from 188 the week prior to the episode’s debut to 236 since. After hearing the song on the radio before the show, audience impressions rose by 14.7% to 583,400.
Although not quite as strong as for on-demand streams, the percentage improvements seen in the statistics for programmed streaming services were nonetheless impressive. The number of planned streams increased by 96.8%, from 100,904 to 198,538, in total. The writers claimed that they discovered connections between Vecna and the substances mentioned in “Master of Puppets,” which is why they decided to include this song in the series. One of the band’s best songs and a timeless classic was this one.