Halloween is possibly our favourite time of the year, and to celebrate we’ve compiled a playlist of the most popular Halloween-themed music that’s perfect for both house parties and to play in the background as you give out candy to trick-r-treaters.
After all, the right music goes a long way towards setting the perfect mood. What follows is a list of the 50 most popular songs for the Halloween season— from the immortal classics to buried gems of today!
Happy Halloween!
- A Nightmare on My Street — DJ Jazzy & The Fresh Prince
- Addams Family Theme — Vic Mizzy
- Batdance – Prince
- Bury a Friend - Billie Eilish
- Dark Horse - Katy Perry
- Disturbia –Rihanna
- Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
- Freaks Come Out at Night — Whodini
- Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
- Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
- Haunted - Beyonce
- Haunted - Taylor Swift
- Heads Will Roll — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Highway to Hell — AC/DC
- Howlin' for You - The Black Keys
- Hungry Like the Wolf — Duran Duran
- I Got Five On It - Luniz ft. Michael Marshall
- I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
- I Want Candy - Bow Wow
- I'm in Love with a Monster — Fifth Harmony
- I'm Your Boogie Man - KC and The Sunshine Band
- Love Potion No. 9 - The Searchers\
- Midnight City — M83\
- Monster - Kanye West
- Monster - Lady Gaga
- Monster Mash – Bobby Pickett & the crypt-kicker
- People are Strange - by Echo and the Bunnymen
- Phantom of the Opera" Overture — Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
- Purple People Eater -Sheb Wooley
- Rature - Blondie
- She Wolf - Shakira
- Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac
- Somebody's Watching Me – Rockwell
- Spirit In the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Stranger Things Theme — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
- Super Freak — Rick James
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
- The Monster - Eminem ft. Rihanna
- The Monster Hop – Bert Convy
- The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
- They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
- This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman (official movie soundtrack version)
- Thriller - Michael Jackson
- Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
- Werewolves on London – Warren Zevon
- Wolves — Selena Gomez & Marshmello
- Zombie – The Cranberries