30 Halloween Party Songs Not Played Every Year
Halloween is upon us. It’s time for costume parties and lots o’ candy. Yes, as for music, it is the same hits every year – “Monster Mash”, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “A Nightmare On My Street”, and a boatload of horror movie theme songs. If you are tired of the same songs as we are, be sure to check out our 30 Halloween Songs not played each year on October 31.
If you want popular songs to play at your Halloween party, there are plenty of Halloween-themed compilations available. Our goal is to offer you songs with a Halloween theme that you could play at your wedding too. Most of the songs below you could play, but a few others not so much. It depends on your music style and the mood you want to create.
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Table of Contents:
- Country Halloween Party Songs
- Pop Halloween Party Songs
- Hip Hop Halloween Party Songs
- R&B Halloween Party Songs
- Rock Halloween Party Songs
- Indie Halloween Party Songs
- Popular Halloween Party Songs
Country Halloween Party Songs
If We Were Vampires – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
2017, Country
Maybe we’ll get forty years together
But one day I’ll be gone
Or one day you’ll be gone
Haunted – Taylor Swift
2010, Country Pop
I thought I had you figured out
Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone
Can’t turn back now, I’m haunted
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky – Johnny Cash
1979, Country
‘Cause they’ve got to ride forever
On that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on, hear their cry
Pop Halloween Party Songs
Ghost Town – Adam Lambert
2015, Pop
Walked into the flames
Called out your name
But there was no answer
And now I know my heart is a ghost town
Superheroes – The Script
2014, Pop
She’s got lions in her heart
A fire in her soul he’s a got a beast
In his belly that’s so hard to control
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex
2013, Pop
Look at this
I’m a coward too
You don’t need to hide, my friend
For I’m just like you
Scream & Shout – Will.I.Am feat. Britney Spears
2013, Pop
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
2006, Pop
Some day soon I’ll make you mine
Then I’ll have candy all the time
I want candy
Tombstone – Suzanne Vega
1996, Pop
And you can carve my name in marble
You must cut it deep
There’ll be no dancing on the gravestone
You must let me sleep
Scream – Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
1995, Pop
While I keep playin’ the game
I can’t take it much longer
I think I might go insane
With such confusion don’t it make you wanna scream
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
1985, Pop/New Wave
Don’t be afraid of what you can’t see
Don’t run away it’s only me
Don’t be afraid of what you can’t see
It’s only me
Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
1957, Pop
It’s such an ancient pitch
But one that I would never switch
‘Cause there’s no nicer witch than you
Hip Hop Halloween Party Songs
Haunted – Beyoncé
2013, Hip Hop
All the people on the planet
Working 9 to 5 just to stay alive
How come?
What goes up, ghost around
Mind Playing Tricks On Me – Geto Boys
1991, Hip Hop
I live by the sword
I take my boys everywhere I go
Because I’m paranoid
R&B Halloween Party Songs
Scream – Usher
2012, R&B
If you wanna scream
Yeah, come on
Kill the lights, shut ’em off
You’re electric
My Boo – Usher & Alicia Keys
2004, R&B
And I can see it no matter how I try to hide (my boo)
And even though there’s another man who’s in my life
You will always be my boo
We can dance if you want (oh)
Get it cracking if you like (cracking if you like)
Must be a full moon
Feels like one of those nights
Rock Halloween Party Songs
Haunted – Evanescence
2003, Rock
Watching me, wanting me
I can feel you pull me down
Dragula – Rob Zombie
1998, Rock/Metal
Dead I am the rat
Feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur
Dying as you purr
Tonight, Tonight – The Smashing Pumpkins
1995, Rock
Tonight, tonight
We’ll crucify the insincere tonight
(Tonight)
We’ll make things right, we’ll feel it all tonight
Skeletons Of Society – Slayer
1990, Rock/Metal
The world slowly decays
Destruction fills my eyes
Harboring the image
Of a spiraling demise
Cemetery Gates – Pantera
1990, Rock/Metal
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates
Zombie Zoo – Tom Petty
1989, Rock
I wonder where she goes until the night
Comes fallin’ down again
You show up with your friends, half-alive
Dancin’ at the Zombie Zoo
Haunted – The Pogues
1986, Rock
And there’s something about you
And now I know I never ever
Want to be without you
I want to be haunted by the ghost
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie
1980, Rock
Scary monsters, super creeps
Keep me running, running scared
Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
1975, Rock
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you
It’s so good that you’re feeling pain
Yes you better get your face on board the very next train
Evil woman, evil woman
Witchy Woman – Eagles
1972, Rock
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She’s a restless spirit on an endless flight
Woohoo, witchy woman
Riders On The Storm – The Doors
1971, Rock
Riders on the storm
Into this house, we’re born
Into this world, we’re thrown
Like a dog without a bone
Indie Halloween Party Songs
Zombie – The Cranberries
1994, Indie
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
Cemetery Polka – Tom Waits
1985, Indie
And we must find out
Where the money is
Get it now
Before he loses his mind
Popular Halloween Party Songs
- “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers (1962)
- “Thriller” by Michael Jackson (1982)
- “I Put a Spell on You” (From “Hocus Pocus”) by Wishing On A Star (2013)
- “This Is Halloween” by the Citizens of Halloween (1993)
- “The Addams Family: Main Theme (From The Television Series ”The Addams Family”) by Vic Mizzy and His Orchestra and Chorus (1964)
- “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” by Andrew Gold (1996)
- “Halloween Theme – Main Title” by John Carpenter (1978)
- “Oogie Boogie’s Song (Soundtrack)” by Ed Ivory & Ken Page (1993)
- “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. (1984)
- “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell (1984)
- “Grim, Grinning Ghosts” by The Ghosts (2008)
- “This Is Halloween (Soundtrack)” by the Citizens of Halloween (1993)
- “Time Warp” by Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Brien (1975)
- “Spirit In The Sky” by Norman Greenbaum (1969)
- “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon (1978)
Do you have a Halloween song not on every playlist and not mentioned above? Be sure to comment on it below so we can add it to the list.
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