All the songs from Fear Street Part 1: 1994 soundtrack

The Netflix original film Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a great modern take on a slasher film. Set in the 90s, viewers get a nostalgic look at fashions, technology and music of that era. The soundtrack for the first film has a great range of 90s music and other tunes to take you on a musical trip down memory lane.

The Fear Street trilogy of horror films was created for Netflix to adapt R.L. Stein’s book series. The films are united with a common arc, and although based on Stein’s books, the films tell their own tale.

The first film, Fear Street Part 1: 1994, was released on July 2, with the next two films releasing on July 9 and 16. Fear Street Part 2: 1978 will be the next film released that will take place at Camp Nightwing, which was mentioned in the first film. Hopefully, the second film’s soundtrack will feature an amazing sampling of iconic 70s songs.

What songs are on the Fear Street Part 1: 1994 soundtrack?

The sampling of 90s and other songs is a great mix of sounds for this film. The songs are featured below in order of release date.

“You Always Hurt the One You Love” – Mills Brothers (1944): This song is the song Ruby creepily sings as she kills her victims. It plays when she is attacking Simon.

“Killing Me Softly with His Song” – Roberta Flack (1972/1996): This song is from the 70s, but in the 90s, a remixed version was released and became number on the US dance charts. This plays while Deena and the gang visit Sam in the hospital.

“Sweet Jane” – Cowboy Junkies (1988): This is a cover of the song written by Lou Reed in the 70s. It plays while the group washes Sam’s blood off, Josh kisses Kate and Deena and Sam reconciles.

“Hey” – Pixies (1989): The mixtape that Deena gives Sam is called “There must be a devil between us.” That happens to be lyrics in this song and is played while the two girls cuddle towards the film’s end.

“Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” – Sophie B. Hawkins (1992): The use of this song as Josh longingly admires his crush Kate is perfection.

“Fear of the Dark” – Iron Maiden (1992): The use of this heavy metal song during Josh’s online chat session in the Shadyside Killers chat group adds a sinister vibe to the conversation about the evil in Shadyside.

“Creep” – Radiohead (1992): This one is classified as one of the “slacker anthems” of the 90s. Used while Deena is on the bus listening to music, perhaps a reflection of her feelings on being dumped by her ex.

“Insane in the Brain” – Cypress Hill (1993): This song has stood the test of time, and most fans of music at least know the hook to this one “Insane in the membrane. Insane in the brain.” This song plays while Deena boards the bus to the football game.

“Gz and Hustlas” – Snoop Dogg (1993): You can’t feature 90s songs and NOT include a Snoop Dogg song. This song plays while the killer attacks Kate and Simon while they are babysitting.

“Closer” – Nine Inch Nails (1994): Anyone familiar with this tune can surmise that by using this song to start the film, the creators are letting everyone know the tone of the film. This song plays during the mall murder scene.

“Machinehead” – Bush (1994): As Josh walks through the halls of his school is a great way to feature an amazing song by Bush, a staple band of the 90s.

“Sour Times” – Portishead (1994): Featuring a song from a trip-hop group is a great way to feature that genre created in the 90s. The lyrics of this song “Cause nobody loves me, it’s true.
Not like you do,” is played while Deena looks around at all the teens in the school kissing in the halls. This was just after she penned her hate note to her ex.

“The Day I Tried to Live” – Soundgarden (1994): Another great 90s rock band that deserves to be featured. As this song plays, Josh, with headphones on, chats online regarding the murders. He doesn’t hear the commotion as Sam attacks Deena.

“Only Happy When It Rains” – Garbage (1995): Using this angsty alternative rock song during Deena’s writing of a hate note to her ex is genius. The song’s whole message is a bit of tongue in cheek look at alt rock’s angsty, express all your emotions theme.

“Thursday” – 99 Tales (1995): When Deena calls Sam’s house after the crash, this song quietly plays in the background. The lyrics are a bit of foreshadowing with the lyrics “Was riding with the beast, that took my love away.”

“More Human Than Human” – White Zombie (1995): It seems that most songs playing during Josh’s scenes are rock songs which is cool for the character. Including a White Zombie song, especially their most popular song, is a great nod to a great 90s hard rock band. This song plays once while Josh is playing video games and again during the end credits.

“Firestarter” – Prodigy (1996): The electric punk/dance music sets a great tone as the kids set traps for the witch’s henchmen.

“Your Woman” – White Town (1997:) This song plays when the kids meet Nurse (B)Eddy. White Town is a one-man band, and this song is his one-hit-wonder.

“Schools Out” – Alice Cooper 1972: Ending the film with this song from the 70s, while showing clips from the next film, is a great segway into what will most likely be another amazing soundtrack for the second film. This one is out of release date order as it will most likely be featured in Fear Street Part 2: 1978.

The soundtrack for Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is outstanding, and you can listen to it on Spotify.