![]() Green Day didn’t release that famous ballad until the end of 1997, three years after The Midnight Club’s 1994 setting. It’s a beautiful scene, but there’s just one problem: “Good Riddance” didn’t exist yet. The moment turns into a bittersweet sing-along, as the terminally ill teens remember Anya’s resilient spirit. At the end of the series’ most emotional episode, the remaining seven members of the Midnight Club memorialize their fallen friend Anya by scattering her ashes at the beach as Cheri begins playing Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” on her cello. The big musical moment comes in Episode 7, so consider this your spoiler warning to stop reading here if you haven’t finished that episode yet. After viewers noticed the anachronism, showrunner Mike Flanagan admitted The Midnight Club’s Green Day song was a logistical mistake, but one that he doesn’t regret making. But one of the most pivotal songs didn’t exactly fit into the show’s timeframe. Since the series is set in 1994 (the same year its source material, Christopher Pike’s novel of the same name, was published), The Midnight Club is filled with overalls, bucket hats, and throwback jams. ![]() The Midnight Club isn’t just a ‘mysterious ghost story it’s also a time capsule of a very specific moment in the mid-‘90s. ![]()
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