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

Full Moon – Brandy
2002, R&B

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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