# Halloween Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021 "2003-10-17T15:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/21 "2003-10-17T21:00:51Z")
“Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem. Some commercial is currently using it in a tongue-in-cheek way. “Totentanz” (dance of death) by Liszt. For funny songs, check out the Dr. Demento playlists for Halloween at [http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/playlists.html](http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/playlists.html). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/22 "2003-10-17T21:02:31Z")
Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/23 "2003-10-18T14:34:03Z")
Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/24 "2003-10-18T16:55:41Z")
Who can forget _Grim Grinning Ghosts_ from Disney’s Haunted Mansion. [Barenaked Ladies](http://www.doombuggies.com/audio2.htm) recorded their own version. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/25 "2003-10-18T17:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare > \*\* From the same album, you might want to also consider Black Widow with the Vincent Price intro. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/26 "2003-10-18T17:25:50Z")
Michael Jackson, _Thriller_. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/27 "2003-10-18T17:41:06Z")
No Spill Blood No One Lives Forever Both by Oingo Boingo. I seem to recall them having even more Halloween-y stuff, but I’ve recently moved and my CDs are still boxed up, so I can’t check. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/28 "2003-10-18T22:12:12Z")
“When The Night Wind Blows” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s _Ruddigore_ might work… ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/29 "2003-10-18T22:51:56Z")
Charlie Daniels Legend of Wolly Swamp seems appropriate There’s another “country” one I don;t know, somethign about witch selma blair or something, all I remember is one line “EEEEEEE!!! another man done gone” ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/30 "2003-10-19T00:02:31Z")
Lots of Rob Zombie would work, too. Try “Dragula” (and no, that’s not a typo). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/31 "2003-10-21T06:20:07Z")
A few more to add to your list: - “I Walk on Guilded Splinters” by Dr. John; - “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” by Jimi Hendrix; - “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder; - “Friend of the Devil” by The Grateful Dead; - “Sympathy for the Devil” by The Rolling Stones; - “Voices Green and Purple” by The Bees; - “Night on Bald Mountain” by Musorgsky (many versions); and - “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult _[NDP awaits inevitable reference to SNL sketch with Christopher Walken]_ ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/32 "2003-10-21T12:48:34Z")
Helloween by Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/33 "2003-10-21T13:14:31Z")
“Hell” by Squirrel Nut Zippers ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/34 "2003-10-21T13:26:01Z")
“Dream of a Witches Sabbath” from _Symphonie Fantastique_ - Hector Berlioz “Graceful Ghost Rag” - William Bolcom ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/35 "2003-10-21T13:46:39Z")
How has this thread gotten this far with no mention of **Screamin’ Jay Hawkins**? His rendition of “I Put a Spell On You” should be at the top of your list (accept no substitutes); “Little Demon”, “Alligator Wine”, “Feast of the Mau Mau”, “I Hear Voices” and pretty much everything else he did would also work (with the exception of “Constipation Blues”, which is unlikely to provide a suitable party atmosphere). ---
**Author:** ![Rib\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/36 "2003-10-21T17:15:35Z")
“Black Sabbath” - Black Sabbath Horror Show (entire album) - Iced Earth “Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All),” “All Hallow’s Eve,” “Creepy Green Light” - Type O Negative (Just go ahead and buy the entire Type O Catalog–they are da Halloween bomb.) “Scarecrow” - Ministry ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/37 "2003-10-21T17:58:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blasphmer \* > \*\*Charlie Daniels Legend of Wolly Swamp seems appropriate > There’s another “country” one I don;t know, somethign about witch selma blair or something, all I remember is one line “EEEEEEE!!! another man done gone” \*\* the song title is “Marie Laveux” (sp?), but i can’t recall who covered it at the moment. (for some reason i want to say it might also be from the Charlie Daniels band, but that could just be due to suggestibility on my part.) it’s part of the CD list i’m creating for the Haunted Barns staging area. burning a mix of classic and Classical horror themed songs for play while patrons are waiting in line. i’ll see if i can find more info when i’m back home. another Classical piece is “Funeral March of the Marionettes” (sorry, can think of exact spelling of the actual French title either.) most everyone of a certain age knows it otherwise as the theme music from Alfred Hitchcock Presents… also from Berlioz’ _Symphonie Fantastique_ - March to the Scaffold more contemporary, not already mentioned songs from my list: The Kingston Trio - Zombie Jamboree (_From The Hungry i_); With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (_Sold Out_) Toh Lehrer - I Hold Your Hand In Mine (possibly _An Evening (Wasted) With…_) From the Dr. Demento “Spooky Tunes and Scary Melodies” CD - Castin’ My Spell on You (i have no idea if this is the same song as the one by Screamin’ Jay, but this group singing it is definitely NOT him.) also “Blood”, probably better known as “My Son the Vampire” by (?) Alan Sherman. and who did “Witch Queen of New Orleans”? \<\< after Preview \>\> OMG, how could i forget??? Weird Al Yankovic - Nature Trail to Hell; Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars; Slime Creatures from Outer Space ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/38 "2003-10-22T02:56:25Z")
[Don’t Go Down to the Quarry (lyrics)](http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/13-05.htm) Performed by [Peter, Paul, and Mary (audio sample on page)](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DGUJ/qid=1066791091/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6118556-0479812?v=glance&s=music) * * * [Mad Monster Party (soundtrack & audio samples)](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000C2LQ/qid%3D1066791760/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-6118556-0479812) * * * Boo. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021/39 "2003-10-22T05:17:55Z")
I second Rib Eyes picks. You cannot go wrong with Type O. I would also suggest these… Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand KMFDM - Virus Megadeth – I Aint Superstitious White Zombie - I’m your Boogieman Anything from the first “The Crow” soundtrack… The Cure - Burn Machines of Loving Grace - Golgotha Tenement Blues NIN - Dead Souls Violent Femmes - Color Me Once Thrill Kill Kult - After the Flesh “Now it’s all Hallows Eve - the moon is full will she trick or treat - i bet she will she will - happy halloween - baby” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-songs/208021.md?page=1)