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Fear Street: Prom Queen is now on Netflix and serves as the fourth entry following a trilogy of movies releasing over the course of the Summer of 2021. Much like those original movies, Fear Street: Prom Queen features a soundtrack very much designed for the era it’s set in: the 1980s.
The soundtrack for this film leans hard into ’80s nostalgia, pulling together a mix of iconic tracks from artists like Billy Idol, Judas Priest, Laura Branigan, and Power Glove to set the tone. Songs like “White Wedding,” “Cruel Summer,” and “Sweet Dreams” bring out the emotional and rebellious edge of the decade, while choices like “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “I Think We’re Alone Now” hint at a knowing sense of humor.
If you’re thinking—hey, that soundtrack sounds a lot like Stranger Things—you’d be right. Given how synonymous that show has become with the 1980s for many younger generations, we suspect that may continue with Fear Street now, too.
Full List of Songs in Fear Street: Prom Queen
Here are the 16 licensed tracks featured throughout the Fear Street: Prom Queen runtime:
- Vengeance – Power Glove
- Are You Ready – Henry Wilson & The Blue Notes
- Teenage Confession – Ted Embry
- White Wedding – Part.1 – Billy Idol
- You’ve Got Another Thing Coming – Judas Priest
- Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
- The Look – Roxette
- Cruel Summer – Bananarama
- I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
- Self Control – Laura Branigan
- Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
- White Lines (Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Eurythmics, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
- Gloria – Laura Branigan
- I’m Not Scared – Eighth Wonder
- Clutch – Power Glove (Credits Song)
Want to take the soundtrack with you on the go? We’ve compiled all sixteen tracks from the movie into a Spotify playlist embedded below:
Original Soundtrack for Fear Street: Prom Queen
In addition to the licensed music that featured throughout, the movie also featured fourteen original songs from The Newton Brothers, the composer duo behind soundtracks for Mike Flanagan’s Netflix hits like The Fall of the House of Usher and The Haunting of Hill House but also worked on Daredevil: Born Again for Disney+ and Five Nights at Freddy’s for Universal.
- Time to Shine (1:43)
- Showtime (1:43)
- You Freak (2:03)
- Vote Tiffany (1:15)
- Judd & Debbie (1:31)
- Turn the Other Way (1:11)
- Where Are the Prom Queens (4:52)
- Trapped (2:26)
- Killing on the Dance Floor (2:12)
- Charnel House (2:39)
- Mommy Dearest (2:49)
- Let Me Do It (2:14)
- Red Axe (2:15)
- Prom Night (2:38)
Rating: TV-MA
