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TIL Metallica's "Master of Puppets" reached both the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 40) & the UK Top 40 (no. 22) for the first time ever in July 2022 after the 1986 metal classic was prominently featured in the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things.

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