# Songs for a Zombie Party **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837 "2011-04-18T15:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/1 "2011-04-18T15:04:36Z")
My friend is having a zombie party and she is looking for songs to play. Any suggestions that we haven’t thought of already? Here is our list so far: Johnathan Coulton, Re:your brain Horrorpops, Walk like a zombie Roky Erickson and the Aliens, I walked with the Zombie Nudist Colony of the Dead Return of the Loving Dead - Nekromantix The Priscillas - All My Friends Are Zombies Koffin Kats - Graveyard Tree Creature Feature - The Greatest Show Unearthed Creature Feature - Aim for the head Voodoo Church - Zombie A go go Gorillaz - Hip Albatross Michael Jackson - thriller zombie girl - The darkness White Zombie - living dead girl The Used - wake the dead Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party Cranberries - Zombie Zombies!Organize! - Zombie Manifesto Kingston Trio - Zombie Jaboree Designer Drugs - zombies! Zach Selwin - Were comin’ to kill ya Sek - living dead beats Acid bath - pagan love song Acid Bath - new corpse Zombina and the Skeletones - nobody likes you when you’re dead Wednesday 13 - I walked with a zombie Murderdolls - She Was a Teenage Zombie Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Set You Free This World - Christian Olde Wolbers The Limousines - Internet killed the video star Family Force 5 - Wake the Dead L7 - Pretend We’re Dead Alien Sex Fiend - Now I’m Feeling Zombified Having “zombies” in the name of the band doesn’t qualify a song for the list, so The Zombies and The Dead Milkmen are out (the DM do not have any zombie songs. Weird!) The song must evoke zombies. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/2 "2011-04-18T15:11:09Z")
How about the theme from one of the Reanimator movies, [Move Your Dead Bones](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8784117017001888569#) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/3 "2011-04-18T15:35:20Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The song must evoke zombies. I’m thinking **Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen** should be in there then. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/4 "2011-04-18T16:18:19Z")
[All You Zombies by The Hooters.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LE0KpcP05I) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/5 "2011-04-18T16:22:22Z")
Wuthering Heights 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/6 "2011-04-18T16:24:21Z")
[Top 10 Zombie Themed Songs.](http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40226/top-ten-zombie-themed-songs) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/7 "2011-04-18T16:30:13Z")
There’s _Zombie Zoo_ by Tom Petty. How about _Frankenstein_, by the Edgar Winter Group. He’s basically a zombie, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/8 "2011-04-18T16:33:29Z")
I think the Harry Belafonte version of Zombie Jamborie is better than the Kingston Trio’s version. These aren’t specifically zombie related, but may add to the atmosphere: Season of the Witch: Donovan Monster Mash: Boris Karloff Werewolves of London: Warren Zevon [Theme from The Walking Dead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bokf-QMbI8) [Day of The Dead theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoNZRDHHPxc&feature=related) [Dawn of the Dead theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Xw_7BUXic) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/9 "2011-04-18T16:33:32Z")
Don’t forget this one … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0N1_0SUGlDQ/hqdefault.jpg "Plants vs Zombies Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ) 😃 ---
**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:** [April 18, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/10 "2011-04-18T16:35:50Z")
Three more serious entries: Odds - Eat My Brain The Headstones - Cemetary (“Went down to the cemetary lookin’ for love. Got there and my baby was buried; I had to dig her up.”) They Might Be Giants - Til My Head Falls Off Also, I much prefer Belafonte’s or Rockapella’s version of “Zombie Jamboree”. The Kingston Trio are kinda square. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/11 "2011-04-18T16:41:05Z")
**whodini** “magic’s wand” This song always makes me think of Haitian zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/12 "2011-04-18T16:58:31Z")
Zombie Boy by the Magnetic Fields. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/13 "2011-04-18T17:11:07Z")
Voltaire - Zombie Prostitute and Reggae Mortis Lordi - Night of the Loving Dead ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/14 "2011-04-18T17:42:35Z")
No mention of Zombie on your lawn? The music video for the game Plants vs. Zombies is great. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1\_0SUGlDQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/15 "2011-04-18T17:56:38Z")
\*Well, it’s all right now. I’ve learned my lesson well. You see you can’t eat everyone So you’ve got to eat yourself. \* “Zombie Party” by Rick “Brainz” Nelson ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/16 "2011-04-18T17:57:33Z")
The Misfits have a few: “Astro Zombie” “Braineaters” “Ghouls Night Out” “Night of the Living Dead” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/17 "2011-04-18T17:59:25Z")
You could also include “She’s Not There” and/or “Time of the Season” and see if anyone gets the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/18 "2011-04-18T18:01:13Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Voltaire - Zombie Prostitute and Reggae Mortis And, of course, _Brains!_ (It’s more about the evil meteor, but he does say he’ll eat their brains 'til they’re zombified.) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/19 "2011-04-18T18:22:47Z")
> [@Juggler](#): > > No mention of Zombie on your lawn? The music video for the game Plants vs. Zombies is great. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1\_0SUGlDQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ) See post #9 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837/20 "2011-04-18T20:23:00Z")
There’s always [this classic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnKQZkkbZ6Q) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837.md?page=2)