# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/101 "2016-04-18T08:25:07Z")
Cowboy Junkies - [Sweet Jane](https://youtu.be/x4XVJj4jER4). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/102 "2016-04-18T11:35:57Z")
Not mentioned yet: “Twist in My Sobriety” by Tanita Tikaram. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/103 "2016-04-18T11:39:26Z")
Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/104 "2016-04-18T11:44:57Z")
Alphaville’s “Forever Young.” Enya’s “Wild Child” and “Flora’s Secret.” Cyndi Lauper’s “Time after Time.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/105 "2016-04-18T12:00:03Z")
Morricone’s “The Ecstasy of Gold.” Elgar’s “Nimrod.” Holst’s “I Vow to Thee My Country.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/106 "2016-04-18T12:05:31Z")
“O Little Town of Bethlehem.” “Silent Night.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/107 "2016-04-18T12:11:28Z")
DeBussy’s “Clair de Lune.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/108 "2016-04-18T12:21:08Z")
Dvorak’s “Serenade for Strings in E Major, op. 22,” second movement: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OWjxVrJMSMA/maxresdefault.jpg "Antonín Dvořák Serenade For Strings in E major Op.22, complete - RNCM String Ensemble") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWjxVrJMSMA) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/109 "2016-04-18T12:32:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g73kOrhAai4/hqdefault.jpg "Titanic orchestra "Songe d'Automne"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73kOrhAai4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vauo4o-ExoY/maxresdefault.jpg "André Rieu - The Second Waltz (Shostakovich)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vauo4o-ExoY) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IMRUf4TtJQ0/hqdefault.jpg "And The Waltz Goes On Sir Anthony Hopkins") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRUf4TtJQ0) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/110 "2016-04-18T17:04:04Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” > > “Silent Night.” With respect to Christmas carols, the one I would pick is “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. When I was a kid and we went to Stations of the Cross, the “Stabat Mater” was sung with a very haunting melody. I checked YouTube and none of the versions I listened to used that melody. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/111 "2023-11-30T13:33:19Z")
Zombie resurrection. I heard Jefferson Airplane’s [“White Rabbit”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0) on the radio today and wondered if it had been mentioned in this thread from 7 years ago. I’m quite surprised that it wasn’t. The video is just as creepy/haunting/psychedelic as you’d expect from Jefferson Airplane. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/112 "2023-11-30T22:43:49Z")
Well since it has been resurrected under the circumstances I will reprise: [Shane MacGowan with Sinead O’Connor - Haunted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q7307IWwr4) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/113 "2023-11-30T22:55:15Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > With respect to Christmas carols, the one I would pick is “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. Yes ! Also… Riverman by Nick Drake. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/idcaRTg4-fM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDq8db7al7hbEL82aG1JLeFJ1SERA "Nick Drake - River Man (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idcaRTg4-fM) ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/114 "2023-12-01T01:03:30Z")
> **[Cold Part Of Town - YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xbziEYBI9II&si=Yy7niz6mkXUrbNhp)** > > Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Cold Part Of Town · Concrete Blonde Recollection: The Best Of ℗ A Capitol Records release; ℗ 1986 Capitol Rec... by Concrete Blonde, the beautifully haunting vocals by Johnette Napolitano and melancholy guitar by Jim Mankey; listen and hear what I mean ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/115 "2023-12-01T01:13:08Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I heard Jefferson Airplane’s [“White Rabbit”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0) on the radio today Excellent choice! I remember long ago, waiting to see _Platoon_ in the theater for the first time, and they were playing White Rabbit on the cinema speakers. I didn’t know what the song was at the time, but I remember it was especially cool and spooky. ---
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The Whole of the Moon- _The Waterboys_ ---
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Whiter Shade of Pale. ---
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In honor of the season Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Pentatonix A Long December - Counting Crows Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741/119 "2023-12-01T05:49:16Z")
[Just Like U Said It Would B](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UpJBdXrYjo) - Sinead O’Connor [Yonnandio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiaCeCgSSA) - Peter Buffett [Man Called Marco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUVtOzYuZYA) - Adam Ant [Reggatta de Blanc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-nXWHkVpA) - The Police [Hands of the Healer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvClVhfqiL0&list=OLAK5uy_kAbbbjEJLni_ZbVCCZQEYaW9bvMdGznhM&index=1) - Special EFX [Sunday Afternoon In the Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgMp9ADcYls) - Van Halen [Maggot Brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xby5467EbdU) - Parliament/Funkadelic Differnet levels and different types of “haunting” ---
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Two by Sufjan Stevens: [John Wayne Gacy Jr.](https://youtu.be/K5ygoDnlGCg?feature=shared) and [Casimir Pulaski Day.](https://youtu.be/9EzeW5KoPUI?feature=shared) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741.md?page=7)