“Ghost Town” by Huns & Dr. Beeker, about the Chernobyl accident.
Bowie-“Rock and Roll Suicide”.
Julia Dream-Pink Floyd
“Casper the friendly ghost”
“A haunting we will go”
Dammit.
As mentioned upthread, Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”.
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
Take Away the Load Sandy Denny- short but sticks with me.
If we want to take ‘haunting’ more literally, Turkish Song of the Damned - The Pogues
Long Black Veil, but musically and literally.
Pink Floyd - One of These Days or Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Sonic Youth - I Dreamed I Dream
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Caleb Meyer
Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours
Sean Colvin’s Sunny Came Home has long been a favorite of my haunting songs. The music fits the lyrics perfectly.
Ozzy Fudd’s Kill the Wabbit…
Oh… HAUnting!
Defintely, and also from The Doors The End.
Also:
CCR - Effigy
Terry Reed - To be Treated Rite
NIN - Something I Can Never Have
Epitaph - King Crimson
Shadow of the Hierophant - Steve Hackett
Also, anything off of the Once Upon a Time in the West soundtrack.
“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.
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 by Nickel Creek
and Waiting for my Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay
Ivy’s cover of “Be My Baby”
Almost anything by Mazzy Star would qualify, but I’ll go with “Roseblood”
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^ 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.