Don’t stop believing in “Purple Rain.” Since the title song of Prince’s 1984 hit movie was featured in the finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Dec. 31, “Purple Rain” is enjoying another life. The ...

My heart stopped, like, ‘ooh, that’s a tough one,’” she says of the Duffer brothers' request to get the songs cleared for use ...

In the final episode of Stranger Things, Prince's classics " Purple Rain" and " When Doves Cry " both featured in key moments ...

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Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...

In the semi-autobiographical musical, released on July 27, 1984, Prince played “the Kid,” a musician who performs at a local Minneapolis club with his band while trying to escape his abusive father.