The Winchesters debuted on The CW on October 11, and Supernatural fans are likely baking pies and blasting classic rock in celebration. Classic rock is the key. After all, it’s one of the show’s most memorable motifs. Dean Winchester gets his taste for rock from his father, John Winchester, who stars in the new prequel by Jensen Ackles and his wife Daneel.
Fans most often associate Supernatural with Kansas’ “Carry On My Wayward Son.” The song appears several times on the show from season one through the series finale, often in emotional moments, self-aware scenes, or season recaps. However, some die-hard fans might be surprised to learn that “Carry On My Wayward Son” isn’t the show’s most popular song. In fact, of all the songs that have ever played on the show, 1970s rock gems make up the majority, but Spotify streams reveal some surprising precursors.
“Paranoid” by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” appears in the series’ fourth episode, “Phantom Traveler.” Sam and Dean hunt down a demon that crashes planes. To inspect the wreckage of an ill-fated flight, Dean notices that they have to dress up the role, leading to the brothers’ first-ever black costume on the show.
As the two walk out of the store in an outfit that Dean thinks makes him feel like the Blues Brothers, the 1970 metal song by Black Sabbath plays. The song continues as they drive off and shoot their fake IDs, creating the perfect musical moment for what would become a leitmotif for the Winchesters and hunters alike.
The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
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“The House Of The Rising Sun” is a 1964 blues rock song by The Animals. The song appears in several movies and TV shows about New Orleans as it’s Crescent City, a famous home of vampires, spirits, and other creatures that would fit in perfectly with Supernatural. Surprisingly, this episode of the series does not take place in New Orleans. The song appears in a much more creative context.
At the very start of “Roadkill” in season two, the couple crashes their car as the blues tune plays on the radio. It lights up again while Dean pulls the surviving woman away from the scene, then from a jukebox in his house. The recurring song has an eerie feel to it, which makes sense when they deduce that the woman is actually dead and unable to come to terms with her spirit form. The episode ends with her stepping into the light, marked by the metaphor of the full circle of her march towards the beautiful rising sun.
“Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees
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The sixth episode of season 14 gives the audience a small dose of disco. “Stayin’ Alive” was recorded by the Bee Gees for the 1977 disco-centric film Saturday Night Fever, one of John Travolta’s finest films. He appears in this episode of Supernatural accompanied by some equally sweet dance moves, sans Travolta.
At the start of “Optimism,” a man walks around the block in a fantastic mood, showing off his dance moves as Bee Gees songs play. Nothing can get in the way of his solo performance in “Stayin’ Alive,” except for the supernatural creature that ironically renders him non-living. Midway through the number, a hand pulls him into the trees, and it’s the last time the audience sees him before the hunters are on the case.
You Shake Me All Night by AC/DC
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Longtime Supernatural fans are no strangers to AC/DC songs, “You Shook Me All Night Long” being among the most recognizable. He stars in Dean’s car a few times as well as on some series recaps at the start of various seasons, including the first episode of season four.
“You Shook Me All Night Long” is one of AC/DC’s most popular songs with over 743,849,344 streams on Spotify. The upbeat 1980 rock song is perfect to ring in “Lazarus Rising,” an episode that would feature everyone’s favorite angel, Castiel.
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“You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Carry On My Wayward Son” are two must-haves for recaps at the start and end of seasons. Sometimes they change it up, but the show rarely strays from the rock and metal genres, and fans wouldn’t want it any other way.
The Season 13 premiere episode uses a Metallica song to tell the story. “Nothing Else Matters” plays out over twelve seasons of intense storylines and meaningful dialogue. The 1991 metal song is about being on the road, which is an apt theme for a classic recap of Supernatural’s “Road so Far.”
“Shake It Up” by Taylor Swift
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Some fans might be surprised that Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” is on Supernatural’s soundtrack, given the show’s reputation for ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s rock melodies. They wouldn’t be alone – Sam and Dean themselves are taken aback by the song in season ten, episode twelve, “About A Boy”.
In the episode, Dean is his normal adult self, but in the body of his 14-year-old self. One of his biggest concerns about being a teenager again is that he hears a Taylor Swift song and really likes it. At the end of the episode, back in her normal thirty-something body, Taylor Swift goes on the radio. After a bit of conflict between the man and himself, he leaves it on while he walks away.
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
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Fans will recognize the classic Survivor hit “Eye Of The Tiger” from one of Supernatural’s funniest episodes, “Yellow Fever.” The episode follows the brothers as they attempt to cure Dean of an illness that makes him increasingly afraid of the world around him. Fear threatens to stop his heart in 72 hours.
“Eye Of The Tiger,” a song many people use ironically to make noise and less fear, plays while Dean is lying in the back seat of his car rather than in the motel room, which is too high. for his novel. sensitivity. Most notably, the end of the episode features an epic dance number from Jensen Ackles in a blooper for the same scene. He climbs atop the impala, lip-synching to the tune while using his leg as an air guitar in a too-good-to-gag performance.
“Thunderstruck” by AC/DC
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The recap of “The Road So Far” at the start of season five is set to “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC, a fitting entry for Supernatural’s best season. It plays on Sam and Dean’s best kills in the first four seasons, the breaking of the 66 seals, and the introduction of heaven’s most fearsome warriors: the angels.
According to Spotify streams, “Thunderstruck” is AC/DC’s third most popular song. The intro’s unique guitar fits in perfectly with the rest of the show’s driving rock, especially since much of the soundtrack already includes AC/DC.
Highway to Hell by AC/DC
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“Highway To Hell” is one of the first songs Supernatural viewers hear on the show, further cementing AC/DC as the show’s patron group. He stars in the first episode of the series, in which Sam and Dean track down the Lady in White while on the trail of their missing father.
The 1979 song from the studio album of the same name plays as Dean saves Sam from the lost spirit. It may shock some fans to learn that this is the only time the song plays during the series, especially given how relevant the subject matter is. Perhaps its use in one of the first action-packed battles between the brothers and the supernatural is what leads fans to associate the song with the series.
Back in Black by AC/DC
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Supernatural’s pilot features one of the most iconic lines in the series’ history. After Sam criticizes Dean’s tape collection, a selection that aptly includes Metallica and Motorhead, Dean appears in a tape and delivers the famous quote, “The driver chooses the music, the shotgun closes his cake hole.” . »
The song that follows is “Back In Black” by, of course, AC/DC. It’s the first fan lick of Dean’s musical taste, a motif that would permeate the essence of Supernatural for the next 15 years. Surely this song or others like it will appear in The Winchesters, because the history of the Winchester family is nothing without the music that accompanies them.
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