23 Essential Songs For Your Halloween Playlist!

Halloween is finally here. Time to get your playlist in order and impress your friends and coworkers!

1. Bobby Pickett- Monster Mash

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What Jingle Bells is to Christmas the Monster Mash is to Halloween. An absolute MUST for every Halloween playlist

2. Michael Jackson- Thriller

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The next biggest Halloween song, "Thriller" is necessary for any Halloween dance party. Just don't be the idiot caught on tape trying to do the dance..

3. Ray Parker, Jr- Ghostbusters

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You can't skip over the classic from the best movie ever made about ghosts

4. Hocus Pocus- I Put A Spell On You

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True story, this movie still gives me the heebie jeebies to this day

5. The Citizens of Halloween- This Is Halloween

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Taken from the cult classic 'Nightmare Before Christmas', this song is absolutely necessary for any Halloween playlist

6. Backstreet Boys- Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

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Next to "Thriller" this is the greatest Halloween themed Dance video of all time

7. Jace Everett- Bad Things

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The theme song to True Blood.. need I say more?

8. DeadMau5- Ghosts 'n' Stuff

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It's about ghosts... and stuff

9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show- Time Warp

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Can't forget this gem from one of the most recognized Halloween movies of all time

10. AC/DC- Highway To Hell

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11. D-Devils- Dance With The Devil

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Nothing says Halloween quite like a silver painted devil dancing in a circle with a flaming torch

12. Van Halen- Runnin' With The Devil

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13. Dave Matthews Band- Halloween

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You can't not include a song titled after the very day we're celbrating

14. Rockwell- Somebody's Watching Me

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Probably one of the creepiest songs and videos of all-time

15. Stevie Wonder- Superstition

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Bonus scare points for the awful old people dancing in the video

16. Will Smith- Men in Black

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Another classic that is an absolute MUST for your playlist

17. The Talking Heads- Psycho Killer

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Few things are scarier than a Psycho Killer

18. Knife Party- Internet Friends

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A song about a psycho internet stalker.. sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it

19. Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train

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20. Bow Wow Wow- I Want Candy (Performed by Aaron Carter)

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Why is this here? Because it's about candy!

I look for any excuse to put Aaron Carter on a playlist

21. Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London

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22. Blue Oyster Cult- Don't Fear The Reaper

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23. Skrillex- First Of The Year (Equinox)

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Say what you want about dubstep but this song brings all the elements of creepy-- Creepy Old Man, eerie piano, crazy scream, and a possessed little girl

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