A playlist for Halloween

I was asked to bring my iPod over to the Halloween party I went to last weekend, and I had a little bit of time before the party to put together a small playlist. Finding Halloween music is somewhat of a challenge, but I was able to build a core set by searching through my library for certain words — “grave”, “pumpkin”, “zombie”, “night”, etc. I then purchased a few key tracks on iTunes to round it out.

Thought I’d post the list here for those who may be searching for fright night music down the road. Oh, and I didn’t organize the list in any particular way — it’s best to just shuffle it and let the spirits control the order :)

1. (Night Time Is) The Right Time, Ray Charles
2. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, George Winston
3. Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
4. Bark At The Moon, Ozzy Osbourne
5. Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula, The Diamonds
6. Black Magic Woman, Santana
7. Blue Moon, Elvis Presley
8. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
9. Boris The Spider, The Who
10. Brain Damage, Pink Floyd
11. Break On Through (To The Other Side), The Doors
12. Brother, Toad The Wet Sprocket
13. Cry, Little Sister (Theme From “The Lost Boys”), Gerard McMann
14. Dead Man’s Party, Oingo Boingo
15. Devil Inside, INXS
16. Devil’s Haircut, Beck
17. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise), Herbert Stothart
18. Don’t Fear The Reaper, Blue Öyster Cult
19. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Roger Daltry
20. Dracula’s Wedding, Outkast
21. El Distorto De Melodica, Everclear
22. Evil Ways, Santana
23. Frankenstein, New York Dolls
24. Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix), R.E.M.
25. Ghost Train, Marc Cohn
26. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker, Jr.
27. Gravedigger, Dave Matthews
28. Hells Bells, AC/DC
29. House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie
30. I Put A Spell On You, Creedence Clearwater Revival
31. I Want Candy, Bow Wow Wow
32. I Would Die 4 U, Prince
33. I’m Your Boogie Man (Sex On The Rocks Mix), White Zombie
34. In The Midnight Hour, The Commitments
35. Iron Man, Black Sabbath
36. Living Dead Girl, Rob Zombie
37. Lost In The Shadows, Lou Gramm
38. Love Potion #9, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
39. Machine Gun, Commodores
40. Meet The Creeper, Rob Zombie
41. Monster Mash, Bobby “Boris” Pickett
42. Night Prowler, AC/DC
43. People Are Strange, The Doors
44. People Are Strange, Echo & The Bunnymen
45. Pet Sematary (Single Version), The Ramones
46. Prayer For The Dying (Seal)
47. Requiem, K. 626, Dies Irae, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
48. Riders On The Storm, The Doors
49. Runnin’ With The Devil, Van Halen
50. Son Of A Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
51. That Old Black Magic, Frank Sinatra
52. The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels
53. The End, The Doors
54. The Great Pumpkin Waltz, Chick Corea
55. The Munster’s Theme, Jack Marshall
56. The Murder From “Psycho”, Bernard Herrmann
57. The Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
58. The Time Warp, Richard O’Brien
59. Theme (From “Halloween”), John Carpenter
60. Thriller, Michael Jackson
61. Trick Or Treat, Otis Redding
62. Twilight Zone, Golden Earring
63. Wave Of Mutilation, Pixies
64. Werewolves Of London, Warren Zevon
65. Witch Doctor, Sha Na Na
66. Witchcraft, Frank Sinatra
67. Witchy Woman, The Eagles
68. X-Files Theme, The Dust Brothers

If you have further recommendations or found this list to be helpful, please leave a comment!

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