A perfect example is its appearance in the 2012 film adaptation of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” In that movie, “Heroes” serves as the elusive “tunnel song,” a song that makes the main characters feel alive despite dealing with issues like homophobia and sexual abuse.Įven without knowing the plot of the third season, you can see why it would be a fit in the context of “Stranger Things.”īut "Stranger Things" doesn't use Bowie as Bowie. Which is perhaps why - with the ringing lyrics “We can beat them, forever and ever / Oh, we can be heroes just for one day” - the song is so poignant when found in films about youth making it to the other side of suffering. “Heroes” wasn’t immediately popular when it first came out (it peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 12 following Bowie's death), but biographer David Buckley deemed it “perhaps pop's definitive statement of the potential triumph of the human spirit over adversity.”
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That was the same year Peter Gabriel released his debut solo single “Solsbury Hill” following his departure from the band Genesis. The song, reportedly Bowie’s second most-covered, was originally released in September 1977. The season goes out on a haunting cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” by Peter Gabriel (which has been used by the show once before, in episode 3 of the first season). With the exception of this soundtrack reveal, this is a spoiler-free zone, so we’re not here to talk about what leads up to those final moments we’re here to talk about how the show underscores it and the story behind the song. The last few minutes of season 3 of “Stranger Things” turn contemplative after a tightly-edited and action-packed eight hours.