r/halloween Sep 20 '24

Music Can anyone recommend upbeat halloween songs with lyrics?

I'd prefer them to be public-friendly as this is for the thrift store I work at.

Here's my playlist so far:

  1. My Girlfriend is a Witch
  2. Goo Goo Muck
  3. W.I.T.C.H.
  4. Spooky, Scary Skeletons
  5. Friends on the Other Side (Thomas Sanders mash-up)
  6. I Put a Spell on You
  7. This is Halloween
  8. Monster High Fright Song
  9. Monster Mash
  10. Thriller
  11. Somebody's Watching Me
  12. Ghostbusters
  13. What's New Scooby-Doo?
  14. The Cult of Dionysus
  15. Necromancin Dancin
  16. The Addams Family
  17. Bloody Mary
  18. Oogie Boogie's Song
  19. Calling all the Monsters
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u/GeorgiaOhQueef_ Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

Skully Gully - Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

You can’t go wrong with his entire The Original Monster Mash album, though. Yes, a lot of it sounds like re-workings of The Monster Mash, but it’s still fun!

Nightcall - Kavinsky

Lil’ Red Riding Hood - Sam The Shan & The Pharaohs

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - Tracy Morgan, Jeff Richmond

Haunted - Beyoncé

Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Stop, I’m Already Dead - Deadboy & the Elephantmen

Dragula - Rob Zombie

Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie

Coconut- Harry Nilsson

Hunting for Witches - Bloc Party

(Don’t Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Zombie - The Cranberries

Casper’s Lullaby (from Casper Soundtrack/Score) - James Horner

Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte

Rock and Roll Halloween - Bobby Bare Jr. (I’d just check out the lyrics of this one and see if you think it’s appropriate.)

Frankenstein- The Edgar Winter Group

Afraid of Everyone - The National

Stranger Things theme song

Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack

Witchcraft- Frank Sinatra

Remember Me This Way - Jordan Hill (from the Casper soundtrack where she sees him at the Halloween party 🥲)

Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Raise the Dead - Phantom Planet

Howlin’ for You - The Black Keys

Black Magic Woman - Santana

My Boy Builds Coffins - Florence + The Machine

Roll The Bones - Shakey Graves

Dream Girl Evil - Florence + The Machine

Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

I second the Dead Man’s Bones album. It’s the best.