Sean's Ultimate Halloween Playlist (2021 A-M)
Well, last year's list garnered quite a bit of attention in the couple of places I posted it, so there are a lot of new recommendations added to this year's list. We've achieved 350 total songs, and I'm sure this isn't totally comprehensive. What follows is my biggest Halloween playlist ever. New additions are marked in Green. Kid-friendly songs are marked in Red.
LiveJournal forced me to split this into two posts. Artists from A through M are below. N through Z are in a separate post.
Happy Halloween!
13 Cats - Hell Bop; Jungle Man; Poison Candy
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap); Hell's Bells; Highway to Hell
Al Wilson - The Snake
Alan Jackson - Midnight in Montgomery
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein; No More Mr. Nice Guy; Poison; 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; If I Die Young
Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf
The Baseballs - Bleeding Love; Candy Shop
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
The Beatles - Bad Boy; Devil in Her Heart; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Run for Your Life; Savoy Truffle
Beck - Devil’s Haircut
Bernard Herrmann & Marius Constant - The Twilight Zone
Betty Johnson - The Little Blue Man
Billy Fury - Magic Eyes
Billy Joel - Stiletto
Bing Crosby - The Headless Horseman
The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
Black Sabbath - Iron Man; Paranoid; Children of the Grave; The Wizard
Blind Faith - Sleeping in the Ground
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches
Blood, Sweat & Tears - When I Die
Bloodrock - D.O.A.
Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper; Godzilla
Bob Kelly & The Pikes - Boo!
Bob Malone - Halloween; 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; Look Out There's a Monster Coming
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Brian Reitzell (ft. Mark Lanegan) - In the Pines
Brian Setzer - Don’t Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac); Calamity Jane
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Wild Wind; Ghost Radio; Trouble Train; That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes; Hoodoo Voodoo Doll; Dead Man Incorporated
Britney Spears - Freakshow
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; 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; The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Cheetah Girls - Cinderella
Cher - Dark Lady
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
The Cars - Dangerous Type
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 Cramps - Human Fly
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
Cream - Crossroads; Strange Brew
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
The Cure - Lullaby
Cutting Crew - Died in Your Arms
Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Daniel Johnston- Haunt
Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
Dave Edmunds - Creature from The Black Lagoon; Crawling from the Wreckage; 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
The Dead South - In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company
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; Queen of the Highway
Dove “Mal” Cameron - Keep Your Head on Halloween
Dr. John - I Walk on Guilded Splinters; Season of The Witch
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
The Eagles - Witchy Woman; Victim of Love
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) - Evil Woman; Strange Magic
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise; Wolf Call
Eric Church - Monsters
Eric Clapton - Hoodoo Man
Fifth Harmony - I’m in Love with a Monster
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
Florence + The Machine - Howl
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; Purple People Eater [cover]
Gerard Way - Baby You’re a Haunted House
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
The Ghouls- Dracula’s Deuce
Grateful Dead - Friend of The Devil; Hell in a Bucket
Groucho Marx - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
Guns N' Roses - Used to Love Her
Hannah Montana - Ice Cream Freeze
Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Heart - Magic Man
The Herd - From the Underworld
The Highwaymen - Highwayman
Huey Lewis & The News - Bad Is Bad
Imagine Dragons - Demons
INXS - Devil Inside
J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers - Last Kiss
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Jack & Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
Jack Marshall - The Munsters Theme
James Gang - The Devil is Singing Our Song
Jan and Dean - Dead Man’s Curve
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (Rebel Remix)
Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead!
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side; A Season in Hell (Fire Suite)
John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise
John Lennon - My Mummy's Dead (Acoustic Demo); Scared
John Zacherle - Let’s Twist Again (Mummy Time Is Here Again)
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in The Sky and Long Black Veil
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Castin’ My Spell
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
Kate Bush - Waking the Witch; The Fog
Ke$ha - Cannibal
The Keytones - I Was a Teenage Monster
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
The Kinks - Destroyer; Lola; Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
KISS - Creatures of The Night; God Of Thunder; Hotter Than Hell; King Of The Night Time World; Unholy
Kris Jensen - Torture
Lady Gaga - Monster
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole; In My Time of Dying
Lee Rocker - Evil; 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; 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; Thriller
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Motley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
My Chemical Romance - Dead!; Welcome to the Black Parade
LiveJournal forced me to split this into two posts. Artists from A through M are below. N through Z are in a separate post.
Happy Halloween!
13 Cats - Hell Bop; Jungle Man; Poison Candy
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap); Hell's Bells; Highway to Hell
Al Wilson - The Snake
Alan Jackson - Midnight in Montgomery
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein; No More Mr. Nice Guy; Poison; 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; If I Die Young
Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf
The Baseballs - Bleeding Love; Candy Shop
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
The Beatles - Bad Boy; Devil in Her Heart; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Run for Your Life; Savoy Truffle
Beck - Devil’s Haircut
Bernard Herrmann & Marius Constant - The Twilight Zone
Betty Johnson - The Little Blue Man
Billy Fury - Magic Eyes
Billy Joel - Stiletto
Bing Crosby - The Headless Horseman
The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
Black Sabbath - Iron Man; Paranoid; Children of the Grave; The Wizard
Blind Faith - Sleeping in the Ground
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches
Blood, Sweat & Tears - When I Die
Bloodrock - D.O.A.
Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper; Godzilla
Bob Kelly & The Pikes - Boo!
Bob Malone - Halloween; 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; Look Out There's a Monster Coming
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Brian Reitzell (ft. Mark Lanegan) - In the Pines
Brian Setzer - Don’t Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac); Calamity Jane
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Wild Wind; Ghost Radio; Trouble Train; That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes; Hoodoo Voodoo Doll; Dead Man Incorporated
Britney Spears - Freakshow
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; 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; The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Cheetah Girls - Cinderella
Cher - Dark Lady
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
The Cars - Dangerous Type
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 Cramps - Human Fly
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
Cream - Crossroads; Strange Brew
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
The Cure - Lullaby
Cutting Crew - Died in Your Arms
Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Daniel Johnston- Haunt
Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
Dave Edmunds - Creature from The Black Lagoon; Crawling from the Wreckage; 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
The Dead South - In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company
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; Queen of the Highway
Dove “Mal” Cameron - Keep Your Head on Halloween
Dr. John - I Walk on Guilded Splinters; Season of The Witch
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
The Eagles - Witchy Woman; Victim of Love
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) - Evil Woman; Strange Magic
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise; Wolf Call
Eric Church - Monsters
Eric Clapton - Hoodoo Man
Fifth Harmony - I’m in Love with a Monster
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
Florence + The Machine - Howl
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; Purple People Eater [cover]
Gerard Way - Baby You’re a Haunted House
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
The Ghouls- Dracula’s Deuce
Grateful Dead - Friend of The Devil; Hell in a Bucket
Groucho Marx - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
Guns N' Roses - Used to Love Her
Hannah Montana - Ice Cream Freeze
Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Heart - Magic Man
The Herd - From the Underworld
The Highwaymen - Highwayman
Huey Lewis & The News - Bad Is Bad
Imagine Dragons - Demons
INXS - Devil Inside
J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers - Last Kiss
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Jack & Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
Jack Marshall - The Munsters Theme
James Gang - The Devil is Singing Our Song
Jan and Dean - Dead Man’s Curve
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (Rebel Remix)
Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead!
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side; A Season in Hell (Fire Suite)
John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise
John Lennon - My Mummy's Dead (Acoustic Demo); Scared
John Zacherle - Let’s Twist Again (Mummy Time Is Here Again)
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in The Sky and Long Black Veil
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Castin’ My Spell
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
Kate Bush - Waking the Witch; The Fog
Ke$ha - Cannibal
The Keytones - I Was a Teenage Monster
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
The Kinks - Destroyer; Lola; Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
KISS - Creatures of The Night; God Of Thunder; Hotter Than Hell; King Of The Night Time World; Unholy
Kris Jensen - Torture
Lady Gaga - Monster
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole; In My Time of Dying
Lee Rocker - Evil; 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; 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; Thriller
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Motley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
My Chemical Romance - Dead!; Welcome to the Black Parade