Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets”: U.K. Top 40 debut 36 years after release

Author Flavia Andrade - 16.7.2022

Master Of Puppets” has jumped to No. 22 on this week’s official singles chart, becoming the band’s first U.K. Top 40 in 14 years; their last was in 2008’s “The Day That Never Comes“.

The 1986 song saw its popularity rise after being included in Netflix’s “Stranger Things”.

Two weeks ago, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo revealed that his 17-year-old son Tye contributed “additional guitar tracks” to the version of “Master Of Puppets” which appears in “Stranger Things”.