--- title: Watch the Stranger Things Boys Cover Motown with James Corden description: The boys of 'Stranger Things' showed off their singing chops as a Motown cover band called The Upside Downs alongside James Corden. canonical: https://time.com/5017655/stranger-things-motown-james-corden/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-09T20:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:38.280Z og:title: The Stranger Things Boys Make an Excellent Motown Cover Band og:description: Meet the Upside Downs og:url: https://time.com/5017655/stranger-things-motown-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c3e85f2791d3ad/6988e5414ee26221e430fb89/stranger-things-cover-band-motown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Stranger Things Boys Make an Excellent Motown Cover Band twitter:description: Meet the Upside Downs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c3e85f2791d3ad/6988e5414ee26221e430fb89/stranger-things-cover-band-motown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Boys of _Stranger Things_ Are the Motown Cover Band You Needed  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 9, 2017 8:26 PM UTC  SANTA MONICA, CA - DECEMBER 11: "Stranger Things" stars Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo arrive at the The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA - DECEMBER 11: "Stranger Things" stars Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo arrive at the The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)C Flanigan—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 9, 2017 8:26 PM UTC If [_Stranger Things_](http://time.com/5012356/stranger-things-michigan-police-spoilers/) ever loses its widespread popularity, its youthful cast may have a future second career as a boy band of the highest order — at least, that’s the conclusion we came to after being introduced to The Upside Downs. The actors who play the boys from Hawkins, Indiana appeared on [_The Late Late Show_ _with James Corden_](http://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/) where they showed off some serious pipes during a skit that featured them as The Upside Downs, a [Motown](http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1870975,00.html) cover band featuring Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Noah Schnapp alongside James Corden. In the clip, the boys flawlessly cover everything from the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” to the Temptations’ “My Girl.” Watch The Upside Downs in action below. 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