Sean's Ultimate Halloween Playlist (2020 Edition)
With COVID and shutdowns looming over Halloween like the biggest, nastiest killjoy of all time, I thought it was time to get people in the mood. Whether you play these songs as part of a virtual gathering, or play them out of the windows of your home, I hope you'll enjoy this year's expanded playlist. I've discovered 83 new songs that weren't on my previous lists. The new entries are marked in green. If you have any suggestions, please post them in Comments. Enjoy.
13 Cats - Hell Bop; Jungle Man; and Poison Candy
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap); Hell's Bells; and Highway to Hell
Al Wilson - The Snake
Alan Jackson - Midnight in Montgomery
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein; No More Mr. Nice Guy; Poison; and Welcome to My Nightmare
Andi Almqvist - Low-Dive Jenny
The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Avett Brothers - Die Die Die
The Band Perry - Better Dig Two; and If I Die Young
Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf
The Baseballs - Bleeding Love; and Candy Shop
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
The Beatles - Devil in Her Heart; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Run for Your Life; and Savoy Truffle
Beck - Devil’s Haircut
Bernard Herrmann & Marius Constant - The Twilight Zone
Betty Johnson - The Little Blue Man
Billy Joel - Stiletto
Bing Crosby - The Headless Horseman
The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
Black Sabbath - Iron Man; Paranoid; Children of the Grave; and The Wizard
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - When I Die
Bloodrock - D.O.A.
Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper; and Godzilla
Bob Malone - Halloween; and So What If It’s Halloween
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rat Race
Bobby Bare - Marie Laveau
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
Bon Jovi - Captain Crash and The Beauty Queen from Mars
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Death-Cab for Cutie; and Look Out There's A Monster Coming
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Brian Reitzell (ft. Mark Lanegan) - In the Pines
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Ghost Radio; Trouble Train; That’s the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes; Hoodoo Voodoo Doll; and Dead Man Incorporated
Buck Owens - (It’s A) Monster’s Holiday
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - Vampire Girl
Carrie Underwood - Two Black Cadillacs
Cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I Can Make You A Man; Over at The Frankenstein Place; and Time Warp
The Castle Kings - You Can Get Him Frankenstein
Charles Gounod - Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme (Funeral March of a Marionette)
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia; and The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Cheetah Girls - Cinderella
Cher - Dark Lady
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
The Chieftains & Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil
The Chordettes - Lollipop
Chris Cornell & The Zac Brown Band - Heavy Is the Head
Christina Aguilera - Candyman
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
Colter Wall - The Devil Wears A Suit and Tie
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Corb Lund - Dig Gravedigger Dig
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
Cream - Crossroads; and Strange Brew
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
Dave Edmunds - Creature from The Black Lagoon; and I Hear You Knockin'
David Allan Coe - The Ride
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
David Byrne - Fuzzy Freaky
David Seville & The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor
DJ Bobo - Vampires Are Alive
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare on My Street
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Don Hinson & The Rigormorticians - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
The Doors - Peace Frog; People Are Strange; and Queen of the Highway
Dove “Mal” Cameron - Keep Your Head On Halloween
Dr. John - I Walk on Guilded Splinters; and Season of The Witch
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
The Eagles - Witchy Woman; and Victim of Love
Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) - Evil Woman
Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise; and Wolf Call
Eric Church - Monsters
Eric Clapton - Hoodoo Man
Fifth Harmony - I’m In Love with A Monster
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft
Frantic Flintstones - Your Time Is Up
Gary Paxton - Spooky Movies
Gene Simmons - Radioactive
Gene (Willy Wonka) Wilder - Pure Imagination
George Harrison - Beware of Darkness
George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers - Alley Oop [Live]; Bad to the Bone; Born to Be Bad; Cops and Robbers; Crawling King Snake; Devil in Disguise; Hellbound Train (Downbound Train); Night Rider; Night Time; and Purple People Eater [cover]
Gerard Way - Baby You’re A Haunted House
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Grateful Dead - Friend of The Devil; and Hell In A Bucket
Groucho Marx - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
Guns N' Roses - Used to Love Her
Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Heart - Magic Man
The Highwaymen - Highwayman
Huey Lewis & The News - Bad Is Bad
Imagine Dragons - Demons
INXS - Devil Inside
J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers - Last Kiss
Jack & Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
Jack Marshall - The Munsters Theme
The James Gang - The Devil is Singing Our Song
Jan and Dean - Dead Man’s Curve
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (Rebel Remix)
Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead!
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side; and A Season In Hell (Fire Suite)
John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise
John Lennon - My Mummy's Dead (Acoustic Demo); and Scared
John Zacherle - Let’s Twist Again (Mummy Time Is Here Again)
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in The Sky and Long Black Veil
Johnny Paycheck - (Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone To Kill
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
Julie Andrews - A Spoonful of Sugar
Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House
K.C. & The Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man
The Keytones - I Was A Teenage Monster
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
The Kinks - Destroyer; Lola; and Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
KISS - Creatures of The Night; God Of Thunder; Hotter Than Hell; King Of The Night Time World and Unholy
Kris Jensen - Torture
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole; and In My Time of Dying
Lee Rocker - Evil; and Put Your Cat Clothes On
Levi Stubbs & Rick Moranis - Feed Me, Seymour (Git It)
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Little Big Town - Bones
Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Oreo Cookie Blues
Loretta Lynn - The Devil Gets His Due
Lou Reed - Halloween Parade
Lynryd Skynryd - Dead Man Walking; That Smell; and Outta Hell In My Dodge
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman - The Phantom of The Opera
Michael Jackson - Bad; and Thriller
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Motley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down
Neil Sedaka - Little Devil
Nekromantix - Trick Or Treat
The New York Dolls - Frankenstein
Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Death Is Not the End
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party; and Weird Science
OutKast - Dracula's Wedding
Ozzy Osbourne - Under the Graveyard
Pat Carroll - Poor Unfortunate Souls
Paul McCartney - Dress Me Up As A Robber; Let 'Em In; Magneto And Titanium Man; and Vintage Clothes
Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam
Porter Wagoner - The Rubber Room
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - Jeanie’s Afraid of the Dark
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust; and Killer Queen
Queen Latifah - Walk the Dinosaur
The Rainmakers - The Lakeview Man
Ramones - Pet Sematary
Randy Travis - Diggin’ Up Bones
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
Red Sovine - Phantom 309
The Rhythm Shakers - Voodoo
Richard Cheese - Creep
Richard Thompson - I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life
Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - My Wife and My Dead Wife
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Rodney Atkins - If You’re Going Through Hell
The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers; Paint It Black; Sympathy for The Devil; and Undercover Of The Night
Rose & The Arrangements - The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati
Roy Orbison - Running Scared
Rush - Witch Hunt
Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs - Li'l Red Riding Hood
Sammy Davis Jr - The Candy Man
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell on You
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages - She's Fallen in Love with The Monster Man
The Sharks - Dracula's Daughter; and Jack the Ripper
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater
Shenandoah - Ghost In This House
Shirley Temple - Good Ship Lollipop
Smash Mouth - Everyday Superhero
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
The Steel Drivers - Ghosts of Mississippi
Steve Martin - Dentist; and King Tut
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Superstition
Tab Benoit - Too Sweet for Me
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tom Jones - Daughter of Darkness
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Ways To Be Wicked
Tom T. Hall - Sneaky Snake
Tom Waits - What's He Building?
Tommy Roe - Blue Ghost
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin’ Round To Die
Trace Adkins - Welcome to Hell
Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
The Traveling Wilburys - Devil’s Been Busy
The Troggs - Wild Thing
Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Valerie Broussard - A Little Wicked
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man; and Running with the Devil
Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family Theme
Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
Wade Bowen - Ghost in this Town
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy; Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead; and Werewolves of London
Whodini - Freaks Come Out at Night
The Who - Boris The Spider; and Substitute
Will Smith - Men in Black
Wilson Pickett - Sugar Sugar
Yoko Ono - Don’t Be Scared
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man; and El Diablo