# Scariest song?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 22, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899 "2003-08-22T12:05:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/1 "2003-08-22T12:05:15Z")
I’m trying to make a mix of scary songs, but I’m having trouble. So far, these are the scariest songs I can think of:
1. _Song of Joy_ - Nick Cave. Always gives me chills.
2. _A Psychopath_ - Lisa Germano
3. _Pirate Jenny_ - Nina Simone
I know there are a lot more scary songs. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/2 "2003-08-22T12:18:39Z")
Long Black Veil is scary, IMHO. There are some old bluegrass tunes who’s titles escape me that are pretty scary, too.
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### Author:  [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/3 "2003-08-22T12:28:26Z")
Tori Amos’ cover of '97 Bonnie and Clyde by Eminem is chilling. It’s on her “Strange little girls” album.
J.
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/4 "2003-08-22T12:36:27Z")
You’ll never hear a scarier song than the live version of _Choralone_ by **Skinny Puppy**. Ever. It’s on the _Back and Forth Vol. 4_ disc, I believe.
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### Author:  [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/5 "2003-08-22T12:40:06Z")
_Cemetery Girls_ by Barnes and Barnes.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/6 "2003-08-22T12:41:20Z")
_Mr Fox_ by Frankie Armstrong. Sent shivers up my spine.
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### Author:  [@stick\_monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stick_monkey)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/7 "2003-08-22T13:06:38Z")
I like the song _Spiderman_ by the Cure. The version on the live album _Show_ is especially fun.
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### Author:  [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/8 "2003-08-22T13:18:18Z")
I find “Strugglin’” from Maxinquaye by Tricky scary too, in a claustrophobic, smothering way. I had the album on once while getting caned and that track instantly gave me the Fear.
J.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/9 "2003-08-22T13:20:29Z")
D.O.A. the only hit from Bloodrock.
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### Author:  [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/10 "2003-08-22T13:23:16Z")
Killing Joke’s “Jana” from the CD Pandemonium.
About a victim of AIDS - still gives me the shivers.
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### Author:  [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/11 "2003-08-22T13:35:31Z")
Meninblack by the Stranglers - to this day, I get creepy chills down my spine whenever I listen to it.
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### Author:  [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/12 "2003-08-22T13:52:46Z")
_Red Right Hand_ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
He’ll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you’ve been a good boy
He’ll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
He’ll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you’re never ever coming back
He’s a god, he’s a man, he’s a ghost, he’s a guru
They’re whispering his name through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
_Jesus Forgive Me (For the Things I’m About to Say)_ by Concrete Blonde
I killed you in my mind today
I cut you up, I watched you bleed
I killed you in my heart today
For everything you did to me
I murdered you a hundred times
I shot you dead and never cried
I killed you in my mind today
I laughed and watched you die
and of course, _Walk Like an Egyptian_ by the Bangles
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### Author:  [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/13 "2003-08-22T13:59:18Z")
The “Stephen” trilogy from Alice Cooper’s Welcome to my Nightmare.
“Ich Bin” and “Armenia” by Einsturzende Neubauten always get me into a scary headspace.
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### Author:  [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/14 "2003-08-22T14:16:08Z")
Come to Daddy by **Aphex Twin**
Maybe it’s just becaue I think of the video…
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### Author:  [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/15 "2003-08-22T14:24:34Z")
Poetic that someone posted my namesake right before me…
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### Author:  [@tomyoung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomyoung)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/16 "2003-08-22T15:26:54Z")
Good call on Nick Cave. How bout _Good Morning, Captain_ by Slint? More melancholy than scary, but it has always creeped me out in an Edgar Allen Poe kind of way.
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### Author:  [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/17 "2003-08-22T15:36:10Z")
Possum Kingdom by the Toadies was kind of creepy/disturbing. Also, Kim by Eminem is pretty frightening.
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### Author:  [@davejg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davejg)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/18 "2003-08-22T15:54:29Z")
A song by Sinead O’Connor is rather creepy, I believe it’s called “Jackie-O”.
No, it’s not about Madam Onassis.
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### Author:  [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/19 "2003-08-22T16:17:46Z")
There’s a song by the **Golden Palomenos** told first person by a woman about being kidnapped, thrown in the trunk of a car and murdered. I don’t remember the name (maybe another doper can help me out) but it’s truely haunting, and not to be listened to on headphones. One of the few songs I actually can’t listen to because it bothers me too much.
I’ll look through the records tonight to see if I can find the name.
General creepiness from **Godbullies** , mostly their live show. Mike Hard was a truely deranged individual. Probably their creepiest song would be “Magical Butterfly” off Dog Show, but that’s just off the top of my head.
Also, **Neurosis** did a great cover of **Joy Division** ’s song “Day of the Lords” that ends with 15 minutes of guitar feedback that’ll leave you a paranoid mess.
A Neurosis offshoot, called **Tribes or Neurot** is very atmospheric and broody, and will induce paranoia in anyone listening to it alone in a house.
A friend of mine had a CD from a band called something like **Amara Tan Tatiri** that was very creepy. Sounded like a conven of witches. I have had no luck locating it, and don’t even know how it’s spelled.
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### Author:  [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-song/196899/20 "2003-08-22T16:38:53Z")
Another Nick Cave - _The Mercy Seat_.
And I’ll second Aphex Twin’s _Come to Daddy_. It’s not just the video, it’s pretty much everything about it. The frenetic beats, the wails, the sinister voice. Musical horror.
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