# What's your favorite "haunting" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741 "2016-04-09T23:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/41 "2016-04-10T23:15:26Z")
“[Ghost Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOeUIqNideU)” by Huns & Dr. Beeker, about the Chernobyl accident. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/42 "2016-04-10T23:51:58Z")
Bowie-“Rock and Roll Suicide”. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/43 "2016-04-11T00:15:52Z")
Julia Dream-Pink Floyd [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xIRnuUVnjHg/maxresdefault.jpg "Pink floyd Julia dreams with lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRnuUVnjHg) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/44 "2016-04-11T00:34:13Z")
“Casper the friendly ghost” “A haunting we will go” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/45 "2016-04-11T00:50:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oDkQ4FeooLA/maxresdefault.jpg "Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, & Fiddle Fever (Original Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkQ4FeooLA) Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/46 "2016-04-11T01:28:45Z")
As mentioned upthread, Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/47 "2016-04-11T01:35:12Z")
Another vote for the Edmund Fitzgerald. I’d also mention another oldie, “Ode to Billie Jo”, which I think qualifies as haunting. [Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc) ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/48 "2016-04-11T05:42:40Z")
_[Take Away the Load](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTgQiEp2iYA)_ Sandy Denny- short but sticks with me. If we want to take ‘haunting’ more literally, _[Turkish Song of the Damned](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8FZMS7brxE)_ - The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/49 "2016-04-11T13:17:11Z")
[Long Black Veil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50k18gL76AU), but musically and literally. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/50 "2016-04-11T13:22:54Z")
Pink Floyd - [One of These Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT44cUPZQ2o) or [Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuEfmmCA5s) Sonic Youth - [I Dreamed I Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VQ46a0Mf_k) Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - [Caleb Meyer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazmydGHAvs) Joy Division - [Twenty Four Hours](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnM9X0IgUmg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/51 "2016-04-11T13:29:31Z")
Sean Colvin’s [Sunny Came Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA) has long been a favorite of my haunting songs. The music fits the lyrics perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/52 "2016-04-11T14:31:22Z")
Ozzy Fudd’s Kill the Wabbit… Oh… HAUnting! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/53 "2016-04-11T15:23:39Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > How about The Doors ‘ **Riders on the Storm** ’. Defintely, and also from The Doors [The End.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4) Also: [CCR - Effigy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEENWVlu0c) [Terry Reed - To be Treated Rite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C959v_3SSKo) [NIN - Something I Can Never Have](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW8riKU_tE) ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/54 "2016-04-11T15:37:13Z")
Epitaph - King Crimson Shadow of the Hierophant - Steve Hackett ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/55 "2016-04-11T16:04:25Z")
Also, anything off of the _Once Upon a Time in the West_ soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/56 "2016-04-11T16:21:22Z")
“Eleanor Rigby” - The Beatles “Ghost” - Indigo Girls And another thumbs up for “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak and pretty much anything by Loreena McKennit. It’s her beautiful, ethereal voice. ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/57 "2016-04-11T16:39:50Z")
The End is a very good one, I like the live versions better though for the most part. and two that haunt me: [The Lighthouse’s Tale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIr6S_0lAQ) by Nickel Creek and [Waiting for my Real Life to Begin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tcRlHY-3Q) by Colin Hay ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/58 "2016-04-11T16:43:01Z")
Ivy’s cover of “[Be My Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGgnKk9obOE)” Almost anything by Mazzy Star would qualify, but I’ll go with “[Roseblood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38drb0WeeE)” . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/59 "2016-04-11T16:43:07Z")
^ The version of “Waiting for my Real Life to Begin” they did on **Scrubs** was just outstanding. Brings tears to my eyes every time. Thanks for mentioning it. ---
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