Billboard: How Metallica Regained Ownership of ‘Master of Puppets’ and Scored That ‘Stranger Things’ Synch
In addition to landing back-to-1986 hits as plot devices in the latest Stranger Things season, Kate Bush and Metallica have an unusual thing in common: Both own their master recordings, and no longer have to split revenues with the record labels that signed them years ago. That means Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” which helps Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) avoid psychological torture in the Netflix hit, and Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,” which Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) covers to lure demonic bats away from his friends, draw all of the synch revenue from the masters.
