Songs that feel like It (2017)
A sun-bleached summer of bike rides, quarry swims and wisecracking friendship, with grief and dread underneath, where the scariest thing is being alone and the bravest thing is staying together.
- Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order: Shimmering late-80s synths with an aching undertone, matching the film's bittersweet 1989 summer.
- Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead: A fragile, sad song of alienation that fits the Losers' sense of being outcasts.
- Every Breath You Take by The Police: Obsessive and quietly menacing, like Pennywise watching from the shadows.
- Mad World by Gary Jules: Hushed, haunted piano that echoes Georgie's loss and the town's numbed grief.
- Cities In Dust by Siouxsie and The Banshees: Gothic, danceable 80s menace with a sense of doom under the beat.
- Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House: A gentle late-80s anthem about resilience that suits kids standing together against fear.
- Dreams by Beck: Sun-drenched but slightly uneasy and strange, like a summer day just before things go wrong.
- Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division: Propulsive, melancholy and tragic, with the emotional ache of adolescence.
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears: Glossy 80s synth-pop whose smooth surface hides a darker, threatening message about power.
