When Deep Purple’s “Child in Time” unexpectedly echoes through the world of Stranger Things 5 — a never-before-seen collision between classic rock and a collapsing universe that leaves viewers shaken, breathless, and unsure where the music ends and the prophecy begins 🔥💥😱 A nearly 10-minute-long track, thought to be buried in time, suddenly roars back with haunting force in the final trailer for Stranger Things — as each frame crumbles and every character stares down fate. No more 80s pop songs to “ride the trend.” This time, Stranger Things goes bold: it brings in Deep Purple — a legend of the ’70s — to soundtrack the last battle with darkness. And when the chilling words “sweet child in time…” play, the world falls silent. The end is near. And it’s not going to be gentle.
The first glimpse of the fifth and final season
Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan and Stranger Things 5
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 14 hours ago
Deep Purple’s seminal 1970 song ‘Child in Time’ has been used to soundtrack the dramatic, newly premiered trailer for Stranger Things season 5.
A remixed version of the ‘Deep Purple in Rock’ track centring on Ian Gillan’s howling vocals is used throughout the tense trailer, as he sings the pertinent lyrics: “Sweet child in time / You’ll see the line / The line that’s drawn between / Good and bad”.
Clocking in at almost three minutes, the trailer takes viewers back into the world of Hawkins and the Upside Down as military quarantine continues following the seismic events of season 4.
It features glimpses of the main characters plus Eddie Munsen’s desecrated grave, Max in a coma, Eleven seemingly flying, and a Jurassic Park-esque scene with demodogs prowling in a kitchen.
The trailer builds to an ominous climax with a snippet of the evil humanoid villain Vecna, played by English actor Jamie Campbell Bower.
Stranger Things, of course, has a rich history with rock music, and three years ago a revamped version of Journey’s ‘Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)’ was sued for the season 4 trailer.
Thanks to a pivotal scene involving of the heavy metal-loving character Eddie Munson in Stranger Things 4, Metallica’s 1986 anthem ‘Master of Puppets’ dented charts worldwide and introduced the band to a new generation of fans.
Munson – played by Joseph Quinn – also held up a cassette copy of Iron Maiden’s ‘Piece of Mind’ album while shouting “This is music!”, and the Dio patch jacket he wore throughout the show was personally gifted by Ronnie James Dio’s estate.
Other rock songs that have featured in Stranger Things include Bon Jovi’s ‘Runaway’, REO Speedwagon’s ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’, The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’, Scorpions’ ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’, Peter Gabriel’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’, Toto’s ‘Africa’ and Foreigner’s ‘Cold As Ice.’
Mötley Crüe’s ‘Home Sweet Home’ and The Who’s ‘Baba O’Riley’ both featured in the trailer for Stranger Things 3 back in 2019.