How the Duffer Brothers Scored Two Prince Songs

GlamSlamEscape
Jan 5
1 min read

Duffer Brothers on Prince's Epic Finale Needle Drops

The article in Tudum (January 5, 2026) by Keisha Hatchett detailed how the Duffer Brothers secured two Prince songs — "When Doves Cry" and "Purple Rain" — for the Stranger Things series finale. They chose the tracks from Prince and the Revolution’s 1984 album Purple Rain for their celebratory-to-weighty structure, aligning perfectly with the bomb trigger and somber gate collapse scenes. The brothers called it a “real long shot” due to Prince’s estate rarely licensing the songs outside the film, but after Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” success in Season 4, the rights were granted.