{"id":54944,"date":"2026-01-06T01:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/david-bowies-heroes-saw-stream-spike-after-stranger-things-finale\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:19:55","slug":"david-bowies-heroes-saw-stream-spike-after-stranger-things-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/david-bowies-heroes-saw-stream-spike-after-stranger-things-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie&#8217;s &#8216;Heroes&#8217; Saw Stream Spike After &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-bowie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-bowie\" data-tag=\"david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a>\u2018s \u201cHeroes\u201d might be stuck in your head after that iconic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/stranger-things-finale-explained-recap-1235493513\/\"> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/stranger-things\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stranger-things\" data-tag=\"stranger-things\">Stranger Things<\/a><\/em> finale <\/a>\u2014 and it\u2019s being streamed by thousands of people, too. According to new Luminate data acquired by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> on Monday, the classic track, which soundtracked the end credits of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>\u2018 Dec. 31 finale, saw a jump of almost 500% on streaming services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn average, the 1977 song has been earning about 94,000 digital streams daily over the last five months. But after New Year\u2019s Eve \u2014 when the song was used in the Netflix show\u2019s final episode \u2014 it logged a rounded 342,000 streams on Jan. 1, 456,000 on Jan. 2, and 470,000 on Jan. 3, marking a roughly 3.5-to-5 times jump over its daily average in the days following the finale\u2019s drop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a Monday interview with Netflix\u2019s outlet <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/stranger-things-finale-end-credits\">Tudum<\/a><\/em>, the Duffer Brothers revealed that it was Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington in the show, who suggested that the Bowie song would be the perfect way to end the show during its end-credits segment. It was also a nostalgic nod to the Peter Gabriel cover of the song that was featured in earlier seasons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Bowie - &quot;Heroes&quot; (Official Video) [HD]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lXgkuM2NhYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt was actually Joe Keery who suggested that we do the Bowie version,\u201d Ross Duffer told the outlet. \u201cOnce Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. To use the original Bowie version just felt fitting for the conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSpeaking of Keery, the actor\u2019s artist project Djo also saw a surge on streaming following the finale. His song \u201cEnd of Beginning,\u201d originally dropped in 2022, climbed its way to Number One on the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37i9dQZEVXbMDoHDwVN2tF?si=2cab8cf5d6ba458b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify Global Chart <\/a>this week, replacing Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d who had stayed in the position for weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Stranger Things\u00a0<\/em>slayed at helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/stranger-things-how-netflixs-retro-hit-resurrects-the-eighties-109430\/\">revive Eighties culture<\/a> and music throughout its run, especially with its song choices. The show\u2019s finale also featured<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/stranger-things-prince-purple-rain-songs-finale-1235493466\/\"> two classic Prince songs<\/a>, \u201cWhen Doves Cry\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/purple-rain\/\">Purple Rain<\/a>,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-1371764\/\">Kate Bush\u2019s \u201cRunning Up That Hill\u201d<\/a>\u00a0returned to the charts in 2022 after being featured in Season Four.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Duffer Brothers knew they would need several songs for key parts of the last episode after they figured out they\u2019d have a record player serve as the trigger for the bomb that would end the bridge connecting the world to the Upside Down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/stranger-things-prince-purple-rain-songs-finale-1235493466\/\">Ross Duffer told <em>Tudum<\/em><\/a> they \u201cnever talked about a song choice as much as we did for that moment,\u201d adding: \u201cWe knew we needed an epic needle drop, and so many ideas were thrown around. I think there\u2019s nothing really more epic than Prince.\u201d\u00a0 When it came to hitting those two moods, side two of\u00a0<em>Purple Rain<\/em>\u00a0\u201clined up perfectly for us,\u201d Ross said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAccording to\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/prince-spotify-streams-double-stranger-things-finale-1236622410\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em>, since the finale aired on New Year\u2019s Eve, \u201cPurple Rain\u201d has seen a 243 percent jump in streams on Spotify, with a 577 percent surge among global Gen Z listeners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-bowie-heroes-streaming-spike-stranger-things-finale-1235494462\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Bowie\u2018s \u201cHeroes\u201d might be stuck in your head after that iconic Stranger Things finale \u2014 and it\u2019s being streamed by thousands of people,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}