Every Halloween playlist has the same songs: “Monster Mash”, “Thriller”, “Ghostbusters”, “I Put a Spell on You”, “Werewolves of London”, “Don’t Fear the Reaper”. . . and on and on.
Well, a newly-updated list from the “Today” show has all of those . . . but also a bunch of great tracks you probably DON’T already have on your playlist.
They include:
1. “Disturbia”, Rihanna
2. “Haunted”, Beyoncé
3. “Ghost Town”, The Specials
4. “Devil in My Car”, The B-52’s
5. “The Witch Queen of New Orleans”, Redbone
6. “Red Right Hand”, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
7. “Bones”, Imagine Dragons
8. “Materia Primoris (The X-Files Theme)”, Mark Snow
9. “Carmina Burana: O Fortuna”, The London Philharmonic Orchestra
10. “Halloween Spooks”, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (Halloween FYI: Annie Ross would go on to star in the second and third “Basket Case” movies!)
11. “Full Moon”, The Black Ghosts (Featured in the movie “Twilight”.)
12. “You’re Dead”, Norma Tanega (From “What We Do in the Shadows”.)
13. “Midnight, the Stars and You”, Al Bowlly (Seems innocent enough . . . unless you’ve seen “The Shining”.)
14. “Heads Will Roll”, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15. “bury a friend”, Billie Eilish
(Check out the complete list of 75 songs here.)
Here are even MORE great Halloween songs . . . our gift to you:
1. “Creepy Doll“, Jonathan Coulton
2. Basically anything from the soundtrack to the 1977 horror classic “Suspiria“ by Goblin
3. “A Cool Sound Outta Hell“, Forbidden Dimension (This is a fantastic ode to us radio pros who work tirelessly to deliver the Devil’s music to young, impressionable kids, by a criminally unknown band.)
4. “Zombie Delight“, Buck 65
5. “Nosferatu“, Blue Oyster Cult (WAY more badass than “Reaper”, particularly for a Halloween playlist.)
6. “Halloween“, Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. “Lullaby“, The Cure
Originally posted on October 7th, 2024