This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Columbia Barnard chapter.
You can’t deny it, we all love Halloween: the vibes, the costumes, the food (candies!), the decorations, the movies… but we tend to overlook one of the most important aspects: the music.
Spooky playlists contain all kinds of music ranging many genres and artists — that’s the magic of it. Spotify, for instance, has thousands of Halloween-related playlists created by users like you and me. In this article, I have recompiled some of the best (and most popular) Halloween songs for this festive time of the year so that you can start getting into a dark, spooky mood. From this moment, I wish you a Happy Halloween!
- “Thriller” – Michael Jackson (a classic!)
- “Heathens” – Twenty One Pilots
- “All The Good Girls Go to Hell” – Billie Eilish
- “Oh god” – Mothica
- “This is Halloween” – Marylin Manson
- “Sympathy for the Devil” – The Rolling Stones
- “This is Halloween” – Danny Elfman, “The Nightmare Before Christmas“
- “Freak” – Sub Urban (feat. REI AMI)
- “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.
- “Somebody’s Watching Me” – Rockwell
- “This Is Halloween” – Panic! At The Disco
- “The Monster” – Eminem (feat. Rihanna)
- “Halloween” – Phoebe Bridgers