Yeah, so Halloween is kinda my jam. The highlight of my favorite season is our yearly adults-only Halloween party. This is the one time of the year where we party like teenagers- loud music, lots of booze, people crashing everywhere and anywhere in the wee hours of the morning–you get the picture.
Over the years a big piece of getting the atmosphere right has been the music. My Halloween playlist is a bit of a baby of mine. Every year as the party approaches I make new additions, cull the duds, and prep for the big day.
Since I have so many hours into collecting all these songs, I thought it would be a public service to share the list to hopefully make someone else’s first-time Halloween party planning a little easier.
About the list: Most of the songs are directly Halloween related, but some are not. There’s also a spattering of random party songs and guest requests that have made it through the cut–because sometimes you need a break from the screaming loud metal for a fun dance song, right? I know not everyone will agree that all these songs have a place on the Ultimate Halloween Playlist- and that is why it’s (Our) Ultimate Halloween Playlist.
So, here goes. 186 songs. 11.5 hours of Halloween party tunes. Feel free to borrow from it, and add/remove to make it your own!
Have a suggestion for next year’s party? Comment below!
| Name | Time | Album | Artist | |
| 1 | Abracadabra | 5:08 | Abracadabra | Steve Miller Band |
| 2 | Add It Up | 4:44 | Permanent Record: The Very Best of the… | Violent Femmes |
| 3 | All Star | 3:22 | ’90s Rock Number 1’s | Smash Mouth |
| 4 | American Horror Story | 4:22 | American Horror Story – Single | The Shanklin Freak Show |
| 5 | American Horror Story (Ending Theme) | 0:40 | American Horror Story (Music from TV S. | AHS Project |
| 6 | American Horror Story (Main Title Theme) | 1:05 | American Horror Story (Music from TV S. | AHS Project |
| 7 | Animals | 5:04 | Animals – Single | Martin Garrix |
| 8 | Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 | 3:59 | The Wall (Remastered) | Pink Floyd |
| 9 | B.Y.O.B. | 4:15 | Mezmerize | System Of A Down |
| 10 | Baby, You Ain’t Looking Right (Instrume… | 2:05 | American Horror Story (Music from TV S. | AHS Project |
| 11 | Back In Black | 4:16 | Back In Black | AC/DC |
| 12 | Back in Time (featured in “Men in Black… | 3:27 | Global Warming (Deluxe Version) | Pitbull |
| 13 | Basket Case | 3:02 | Dookie | Green Day |
| 14 | Bat Country | 5:12 | City of Evil | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 15 | The Beautiful People | 3:43 | Lest We Forget – The Best of Marilyn Ma. | Marilyn Manson |
| 16 | Beetlejuice: Main Titles / End Titles | 3:43 | Music for a Darkened Theatre – Film and. | Danny Elfman |
| 17 | Big Riddim Monsta | 4:09 | Big Riddim Monsta – Single | Dodge & Fuski & 12th Planet |
| 18 | Blister In the Sun | 2:24 | Permanent Record: The Very Best of the. | Violent Femmes |
| 19 | Bloody Atmosphere | 2:10 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 20 | Boogie Woogie Wu | 4:25 | Jugganauts – The Best of ICP | Insane Clown Posse |
| 21 | Boogieman Nights | 4:52 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | The Ikemen |
| 22 | Braineaters (William Carney Mix) | 6:06 | Remixed And Dubstepped EP | Skoof |
| 23 | Bullet With Butterfly Wings | 4:18 | Whatever: Alt Rock Hits of the ’90s | Smashing Pumpkins |
| 24 | Callgurls | 3:15 | #1 – EP | Handbraekes |
| 25 | Calling All the Monsters | 3:27 | A.N.T. Farm | China Anne McClain |
| 26 | Can’t Be Tamed | 2:48 | Can’t Be Tamed | Miley Cyrus |
| 27 | The Carnival | 3:48 | Hymns for the Haunted | Amanda Jenssen |
| 28 | Carousel | 3:51 | Cry Baby (Deluxe Edition) | Melanie Martinez |
| 29 | Carousel | 3:50 | Dollhouse – EP | Melanie Martinez |
| 30 | Chainsaw Slasher | 4:37 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 31 | Closer | 6:13 | The Downward Spiral | Nine Inch Nails |
| 32 | C’mon Feel the Noise | 4:45 | Dancing Rock | The Band |
| 33 | Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix) | 4:23 | Come to Daddy | Aphex Twin |
| 34 | Crazy Train | 4:50 | The Essential Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 35 | Crime Scene | 0:53 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 36 | Cry Baby | 3:59 | Cry Baby (Deluxe Edition) | Melanie Martinez |
| 37 | Cupid Carries a Gun | 4:59 | THE PALE EMPEROR (Deluxe Edition) | Marilyn Manson |
| 38 | Danger (feat. Boys Noize) | 3:56 | VOID | RL Grime |
| 39 | Danger Mystery | 0:18 | UNDERTALE Soundtrack | Toby Fox |
| 40 | Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) | 3:36 | PRISM (Deluxe Version) | Katy Perry |
| 41 | Dead & Bloated | 5:10 | Core | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 42 | Dead Bodies | 3:44 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 43 | Dead Man’s Party | 6:22 | Dead Man’s Party | Oingo Boingo |
| 44 | Dead Walker Texas Ranger | 3:30 | Dead Walker Texas Ranger – Single | Sleeping With Sirens |
| 45 | Deadpool Rap (X-Force Remix from “De… | 2:21 | Deadpool Rap (X-Force Remix from “De… | Teamheadkick |
| 46 | Derezzed | 1:44 | TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture S. | Daft Punk |
| 47 | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 3:52 | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | AC/DC |
| 48 | Disturbia | 3:59 | Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded | Rihanna |
| 49 | Doin’ the Zombie | 3:11 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Chubby Checker |
| 50 | Dollhouse | 3:52 | Cry Baby (Deluxe Edition) | Melanie Martinez |
| 51 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:06 | Agents of Fortune | Blue Oyster Cult |
| 52 | Double Trouble | 1:37 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba. | John Williams |
| 53 | E.T. | 3:26 | Teenage Dream (Deluxe Edition) | Katy Perry |
| 54 | EDM Death Machine | 4:23 | Haunted House – EP | Knife Party |
| 55 | Enter Sandman | 5:32 | Metallica | Metallica |
| 56 | Epilogue – The Pennywise Dance | 0:36 | It (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 57 | Escape or Die | 4:02 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 58 | Fall Children | 3:13 | All Hallows EP | AFI |
| 59 | Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) | 3:20 | The New Classic (Deluxe Version) | Iggy Azalea |
| 60 | The Final Countdown | 5:10 | The Final Countdown | Europe |
| 61 | Flagpole Sitta | 3:37 | Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? | Harvey Danger |
| 62 | Freakshow | 2:55 | Blackout (Bonus Track Version) | Britney Spears |
| 63 | Ghostbusters | 4:05 | Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack Albu… | Ray Parker, Jr. |
| 64 | Gods & Monsters | 3:58 | Paradise | Lana Del Rey |
| 65 | Great Milenko | 1:56 | The Great Milenko | Insane Clown Posse |
| 66 | Halloween | 5:08 | Before These Crowded Streets | Dave Matthews Band |
| 67 | Halloween | 3:42 | Juju | Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| 68 | Halloween Strangers | 4:27 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 69 | Halloweenhead | 3:24 | Easy Tiger | Ryan Adams |
| 70 | Harder Better Faster Stronger | 3:45 | Discovery | Daft Punk |
| 71 | He Sees You | 4:43 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 72 | The Headless Horseman | 2:14 | Walt Disney Records Archive Collection,. | Thurl Ravenscroft |
| 73 | Headless Horseman (feat. Shea) | 3:33 | Slaughter In the Suburbs | Kid Kasino |
| 74 | Hellifornia | 3:41 | Aleph | Gesaffelstein |
| 75 | Hey Ya! | 3:55 | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | OutKast |
| 76 | Highway to Hell | 3:28 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC |
| 77 | Hits from the Bong | 2:41 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| 78 | House of 1000 Corpses | 3:44 | House of 1000 Corpses (Original Motion. | Rob Zombie |
| 79 | House of Horrors | 4:20 | The Great Milenko | Insane Clown Posse |
| 80 | House of the Rising Sun | 4:28 | Golden Oldies Super Hits – A Collection. | The Animals |
| 81 | House of the Rising Sun | 3:05 | Covers | Lauren O’Connell |
| 82 | House Of Wolves | 3:04 | The Black Parade | My Chemical Romance |
| 83 | Humans Are Such Easy Prey | 4:23 | Dangerous Days | Perturbator |
| 84 | Hungry Like the Wolf | 3:25 | Greatest | Duran Duran |
| 85 | Hurt | 6:14 | The Downward Spiral | Nine Inch Nails |
| 86 | I Don’t Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Lik. | 5:03 | Mechanical Animals | Marilyn Manson |
| 87 | Insane In the Brain | 3:28 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| 88 | Internet Friends (VIP) | 5:01 | Haunted House – EP | Knife Party |
| 89 | Jeremy | 5:19 | Rearviewmirror – Greatest Hits 1991-2003 | Pearl Jam |
| 90 | Jump In the Line | 3:39 | Very Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte |
| 91 | Just Dance | 4:02 | The Fame | Lady GaGa & Colby O’Donis |
| 92 | Kill Everybody | 4:58 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | Skrillex |
| 93 | Lake Of Fire | 2:56 | MTV Unplugged In New York [Live] | Nirvana |
| 94 | Let’s Dance (Single Version) [2002 Rema… | 4:05 | Best of Bowie | David Bowie |
| 95 | Li’l Red Riding Hood (Re-Recorded) | 2:43 | Wooly Bully / Li’l Red Riding Hood (Re-R. | Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs |
| 96 | Lit Up | 3:37 | ’90s Rock Number 1’s | Buckcherry |
| 97 | Living Dead Girl | 3:21 | Hellbilly Deluxe | Rob Zombie |
| 98 | Look What You Made Me Do | 3:32 | reputation | Taylor Swift |
| 99 | Love Potion No. 9 | 1:55 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | The Clovers |
| 100 | Lrad | 5:15 | Haunted House – EP | Knife Party |
| 101 | Lullaby | 4:11 | Greatest Hits | The Cure |
| 102 | Lump | 2:14 | The Presidents of the United States of A. | The Presidents of the United States of A. |
| 103 | Magic Dance | 5:11 | Labyrinth (Original Soundtrack of the Ji. | David Bowie |
| 104 | Meet the Creeper | 3:13 | Hellbilly Deluxe | Rob Zombie |
| 105 | Mind Playing Tricks on Me | 5:09 | We Can’t Be Stopped | Geto Boys |
| 106 | Miracles | 5:13 | Bang! Pow! Boom! (Nuclear Edition) | Insane Clown Posse |
| 107 | Miracles | 5:13 | Bang! Pow! Boom! Nuclear | Insane Clown Posse |
| 108 | Moar Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff | 4:30 | For Lack of a Better Name (Bonus Track. | deadmau5 |
| 109 | Monster | 2:41 | Something Real & Here, Here and Here | Meg & Dia |
| 110 | Monster | 7:55 | Monster (Remonstered) | One-Eyed Doll |
| 111 | The Monster (feat. Rihanna) | 4:10 | The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe) | Eminem |
| 112 | Monster Mash | 3:19 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Bobby “Boris” Pickett |
| 113 | More Human Than Human | 4:29 | Astro-Creep: 2000 | White Zombie |
| 114 | Mortified | 3:59 | Disco Inferno | Delta 9 |
| 115 | Murder House | 2:16 | American Horror Story (Music from TV S. | AHS Project |
| 116 | A New Beginning | 4:53 | I Remembered but Then I Forgot | Wolfie’s Just Fine |
| 117 | Nightmare | 6:14 | Nightmare (Deluxe Version) | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 118 | A Nightmare On My Street (Single Versi… | 4:59 | Will Smith: Greatest Hits | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
| 119 | One More Time | 5:20 | Discovery | Daft Punk |
| 120 | Ooo | 0:14 | UNDERTALE Soundtrack | Toby Fox |
| 121 | Paranoid | 3:30 | Something Wrong Here – EP | Rezz |
| 122 | Party In the U.S.A. | 3:23 | Party In the U.S.A. – Single | Miley Cyrus |
| 123 | People Are Strange | 2:11 | When You’re Strange (Songs from the M. | The Doors |
| 124 | Pet Sematary | 3:33 | Hey Ho Let’s Go – Greatest Hits (Remast. | Ramones |
| 125 | Power Glove | 4:21 | Haunted House – EP | Knife Party |
| 126 | Primal Scream | 4:47 | Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version) | Motley Crtie |
| 127 | Psycho Killer | 4:20 | The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered) | Talking Heads |
| 128 | Pumped Up Kicks | 4:00 | Torches | Foster the People |
| 129 | Purple People Eater | 2:14 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Sheb Wooley |
| 130 | Quote Unquote | 6:57 | Mr. Bungle | Mr. Bungle |
| 131 | Rhiannon | 4:13 | Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits | Fleetwood Mac |
| 132 | Runnin’ With the Devil | 3:35 | Van Halen | Van Halen |
| 133 | Sally’s Song | 3:02 | Nightmare Revisited | Amy Lee |
| 134 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | 4:03 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | Skrillex |
| 135 | Science Fiction / Double Feature | 4:32 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtr. | Richard O’Brien |
| 136 | Season of the Witch | 4:54 | Sunshine Superman | Donovan |
| 137 | She Blinded Me With Science | 3:43 | The Golden Age of Wireless | Thomas Dolby |
| 138 | Shout At the Devil | 3:15 | Shout At the Devil | Motley Crue |
| 139 | Silver Shamrock Commercial (From the… | 1:36 | Halloween: The Sound of Evil – Music fro. | Dominik Hauser |
| 140 | The Snake | 3:30 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Al Wilson |
| 141 | Somebody’s Watching Me (Hi_Tack Club… | 6:21 | Somebody’s Watching Me | Beatfreakz |
| 142 | Spooked (feat. DJ Craze) | 3:36 | All Trap Music | Bro Safari |
| 143 | Spookwave | 0:25 | UNDERTALE Soundtrack | Toby Fox |
| 144 | Spooky | 2:38 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Classics IV |
| 145 | Spooky Dooky | 3:08 | Slaughter In the Suburbs | Kid Kasino |
| 146 | Stranger Things | 1:08 | Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (A Netflix Origina. | Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein |
| 147 | Stress | 4:59 | Cross | Justice |
| 148 | Sugar | 2:34 | System of a Down (Bonus Pack) | System of a Down |
| 149 | Supermassive Black Hole | 3:32 | Supermassive Black Hole – Single | Muse |
| 150 | Superstition | 4:26 | Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection | Stevie Wonder |
| 151 | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | 4:51 | Lest We Forget – The Best of Marilyn Ma. | Marilyn Manson |
| 152 | Sweet Transvestite | 3:24 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtr. | Tim Curry |
| 153 | T.N.T. | 3:35 | High Voltage | AC/DC |
| 154 | Teenagers | 2:42 | The Black Parade | My Chemical Romance |
| 155 | The Hills | 4:02 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd |
| 156 | Theme from “Friday the 13th” | 3:40 | Horror Movie Madness – Halloween Edit. | Robert J. Walsh |
| 157 | Theme from “Halloween” | 3:49 | Horror Movie Madness – Halloween Edit. | Matt Fink |
| 158 | Theme from “Twilight Zone” | 0:18 | Horror Movie Madness – Halloween Edit. | Matt Fink |
| 159 | They Are Coming | 2:58 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 160 | This House Is Haunted | 3:31 | The Eyes of Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper |
| 161 | This Is America | 3:46 | This Is America – Single | Childish Gambino |
| 162 | This Is Halloween | 3:17 | Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edi. | The Citizens of Halloween |
| 163 | This Is Halloween | 3:22 | Nightmare Revisited | Marilyn Manson |
| 164 | Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) | 3:56 | The Heist | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| 165 | Thriller (Single Version) | 5:13 | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson |
| 166 | Time Warp | 3:19 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtr. | Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Br. |
| 167 | Tubular Bells (Theme from “The Exorcist”) | 3:49 | Horror Movie Madness – Halloween Edit. | Matt Fink |
| 168 | Twisted Nerve | 1:15 | American Horror Story (Music from TV S. | AHS Project |
| 169 | Under Pressure | 3:56 | Best of Bowie | David Bowie & Queen |
| 170 | Until the Last Drop of Blood | 4:29 | Halloween Strangers | VHS Glitch |
| 171 | Wait and Bleed | 2:28 | Slipknot | Slipknot |
| 172 | We Can’t Stop | 3:51 | Bangerz (Deluxe Version) | Miley Cyrus |
| 173 | Welcome to Hell | 4:56 | Disco Inferno | Delta 9 |
| 174 | Welcome To The Black Parade | 5:11 | The Black Parade | My Chemical Romance |
| 175 | Werewolf Bar Mitzvah | 2:53 | 30 Rock (Original Television Soundtrack) | Jeff Richmond & Tracy Morgan |
| 176 | Werewolves of London | 3:29 | Excitable Boy (Remastered) | Warren Zevon |
| 177 | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | 5:08 | MTV Unplugged In New York [Live] | Nirvana |
| 178 | Wild Thing | 2:34 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | The Troggs |
| 179 | Witch Doctor | 2:21 | Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs | Sha Na Na |
| 180 | X-Files Theme ( Snow – Newman / Twen. | 0:57 | Halloween Scream Themes / Horror Mo. | Halloween Scream Themes / Horror Mo. |
| 181 | Years Ago | 2:52 | Welcome to My Nightmare | Alice Cooper |
| 182 | You Idiot | 0:35 | UNDERTALE Soundtrack | Toby Fox |
| 183 | You’re Dead Norma Tanega 1966.wmv | 2:25 | ||
| 184 | Zombie | 5:06 | Whatever: Alt Rock Hits of the ’90s | The Cranberries |
| 185 | Zombies, March | 4:34 | Bloody Pit of Horror | GWAR |
| 186 | 14:54 | 4:51 | 09/14 2007 – EP | Danger |
When I was younger, I used to write A LOT of poems.
