When Eleven, Will, Joyce, and Jonathan finish packing up the Byers house in Stranger Things season 3, “Heroes” is playing. The sequence uses Peter Gabriel’s cover of David Bowie’s song as the Byers family prepares to leave Hawkins.
The song appears near the emotional end of the season, after the Battle of Starcourt and Hopper’s apparent death. Moving boxes and the nearly empty house emphasize that the Byers family’s life in Hawkins has changed permanently. Its restrained, melancholy arrangement makes the scene feel reflective rather than triumphant.
A frequent mix-up concerns the performer. The original “Heroes” was written and recorded by David Bowie, while the version heard in this Stranger Things sequence is Peter Gabriel’s cover. Bowie’s song first appeared in 1977 on the album Heroes, and the series had already used Gabriel’s rendition in season 1. The quiz answer is therefore correctly identified by its song title, even though the recording artist matters for a more precise soundtrack description.