With a little more than a month to go until Halloween, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to be doing. To make things somewhat less demanding for you, we’ve put together the ultimate Top 100 Best Halloween Songs for your Halloween party.
There’s a blend of rock, metal, blues, soul, hip hop and jazz, with a few curve balls thrown in for good measure! I think I’ve been quite exhaustive yet in the event that you think I’ve missed any great ones, add your favorites in the comments below.
1. Thriller – Michael Jackson
2. Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
3. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
4. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA
5. I’m Your Boogie Man – KC and the Sunshine Band
6. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIKCIwy6WUk
9. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
10. This is Halloween – Citizens of Halloween
11. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
12. Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
13. Devil Woman – Cliff Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuAkdlLhTE
14. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
15. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
16. Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBecM3CQVD8
17. Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – Tom Waits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq2eTBtv0vI
18. Creature from the Black Lagoon – Dave Edmunds
19. Dinner With Drac – John Zacherle “The Cool Ghoul”
20. Walking Through a Cemetery – Claudine Clark
21. Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
22. Bad to the Bone – George Thorogood & the Destroyers
23. Devil Inside – INXS
24. Dark Night – Blasters
25. Toccata… – Mannheim Steamroller / Sky
26. Dead Man’s Stroll – Revels
27. The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1ZH0Ke92A
28. Grave Robbing Tonight – John Zacherle “The Cool Ghoul”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI8muDot1U8
29. Welcome to my Nightmare – Alice Cooper
30. Twilight Zone – Neil Norman
31. Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
32. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
33. Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s98UgBSNoL4
34. That Old Black Magic – Bobby Rydell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OdJHblr0PY
35. Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
36. Out of Limits – Marketts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXyeb8ND89M
37. Evil Ways – Santana
38. Witchcraft – Spiders
39. Little Demon – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
40. People Are Strange – Doors
41. The Ghost of Smokey Joe – Cab Calloway
42. Black Magic Woman – Santana
43. Up Jumped the Boogie – Tractors
44. Screamin’ Ball – Du Ponts
45. Horror Movies – Bollock Brothers
46. Devil With a Blue Dress On – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
47. There’s a Ghost In My House – R. Dean Taylor
48. Voodoo Voodoo – LaVern Baker
49. Hoo Doo Man Blues – Jr. Wells
50. My Baby Must Be a Magician – Marvelettes
51. Halloween Theme – John Carpenter
52. Witchy Woman – Eagles
53. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
54. Rapture – Blondie
55. Spooky – Dusty Springfield / Classics IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAP84Zc_CYU
56. Castin’ My Spell – Johnny Otis Show (Marci Lee)
57. Lil’ Devil – Cult
58. Halloween Spooks – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
59. The Headless Horseman – Kay Starr / Billy Butterfield, 3 Beaus & A Peep
60. Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Man’s Bones
61. Hells Bells – AC/DC
62. Over at the Frankenstein Place – Rocky Horror Picture Show
63. Season of the Witch – Donovan
64. Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘N’ Roll – Billy Riley
65. Haunted House – Elvira
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP20t9MhgXs
66. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) – David Bowie
67. Vamp Camp – Ventures
68. Jack the Ripper – Screaming Lord Sutch
69. Spirit in the Night – Bruce Springsteen
70. The Bells – James Brown / Dominoes
71. Love Potion # 9 – Clovers
72. Zombie Jamboree – King Flash-Calypso Carnival
73. The Shadow Knows – Link Wray
74. Voodoo Cadillac – Southern Culture on the Skids
75. Up Jumped the Devil – Roy Brown
76. Witch Doctor – David Seville
77. Bo Meets the Monster – Bo Diddley
78. Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe
79. Funeral March of a Marionette (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) – Charles Gounod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKh8XZp62KQ
80. The Boogie Man – Cadillacs
81. Feast of the Mau Mau – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
82. Devil That I See – Penguins
83. Werewolf – Five Man Electrical Band
84. Psycho Theme – Mannheim Steamroller
85. Madhouse Jump – Daylighters
86. Batman Theme – Neil Hefti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wsz2TYxwwk
87. The Addams Family Theme – Vic Mizzy
88. Feed My Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
89. Werewolf – Frantics
90. Devils Toy – Almighty
91. Little Devil – Neil Sedaka
92. Evil Is Goin’ On – Howlin’ Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHsRi7wO6o
93. Dead – Poets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrBk780aOis
94. Foo Man Choo – Revels
95. Fire – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
96. The Blob – Five Blobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr0c9en03M
97. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes – Lewis Lee
98. The Thing – Phil Harris
99. Everyday (Is Halloween) – Ministry
100. Hammer Horror – Kate Bush
