After Season 4 of Stranger Things brought a new generation of fans to Kate Bush, fellow ’80s pop songstress Tiffany was pleasantly surprised to get the same treatment in the fifth and final season.
The ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ artist admitted she “had no idea” her 1987 cover of the ’60s hit would be featured in the nostalgic Netflix series until she saw Season 5 when it premiered back in November.
“It’s wild and beautiful. When I recorded ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’, I had no idea it would have this kind of life,” she recently explained to Attitude. “To see it pop up in something like Stranger Things and connect with a new generation – that’s magic. It reminds me that music doesn’t expire. Songs find the people who need them.”
Tiffany continued, “Professionally, it’s exciting – it brings new fans to my shows. Personally, it’s emotional. It’s like watching your child grow up and travel the world. I had no idea they were using it in the show until it happened. I’m a huge fan of the show and I had all my girlfriends messaging me when it aired. My son thought it was pretty cool too – we share a love for sci-fi!”
In Season 5, after Vecna takes Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) into the Upside Down, Robin (Maya Hawke) discovers that as Holly’s favorite song, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ serves as her anchor to reality, just as Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’ does for Max (Sadie Sink).
Nell Fisher as Holly Wheeler and Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in ‘Stranger Things: Season 5’ (Courtesy of Netflix)
Nearly 40 years after the hit song took malls across the country by storm, Tiffany’s ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ has recently been given new life, also appearing in the movie Pillion and Season 3 of Yellowjackets.