It’s one of the era-defining hit songs of the early ’90s, and it kicks off with a killer drum intro — but the drummer in question says he can’t really remember how that intro came to be. Two Princes ...

“Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved Netflix series. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer secured the rights to “Purple Rain” and When ...

The pair credited the success of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" after season 4 with helping their bid. "The only thing that was harder rights-wise was getting Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for the ...

Since its release in 2016, Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things” has featured many iconic ’80s needle drops, from the Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” to Diana Ross’s “Upside Down” in its most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more ...

*Securing iconic music for television is famously difficult, but the appearance of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain” in the “Stranger Things” finale represented a uniquely complex challenge.