2022 Ultimate Halloween Playlist

Normally, I post my annual list of Halloween themed songs for your end of October festivities on my personal website, and link to it here. My webhost is acting up, and I wanted to get this out a week before the big holiday. If you are planning an office party or personal one, this year's list includes 412 songs - 72 more than last year. Thank you to everyone who has been sending me suggestions. Please keep 'em coming.

These are not all meant to be scary; just thematically related to the usual Halloween tropes of monsters, characters, candy, nighttime, as well as death and spooky stuff.

For those who might want to tell me this doesn't belong on LinkedIn, the response to my previous posts here linking to the previous Halloween lists on my website demonstrate to me that there is an audience for this content here, so I'll ask you not to bother asking me to move this elsewhere.

Listed alphabetically by artist. Italics = new addition Underlined = kid-friendly

13 Cats – Hell Bop; Jungle Man; Poison Candy

AC/DC – Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap); Hell's Bells; Highway to Hell

Al Wilson – The Snake

Alan Jackson – Midnight in Montgomery

Andrew Gold – Spooky Scary Skeletons

Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein; No More Mr. Nice Guy; Poison; Welcome to My Nightmare

Andi Almqvist – Low–Dive Jenny

The Animals – We've Gotta Get Out of This Place

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Spooky

Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You

Avett Brothers – Die Die Die

The Band Perry – Better Dig Two; If I Die Young

Barrington Levy – Murderer

Barry Dransfield – The Werewolf

The Baseballs – Bleeding Love; Candy Shop

Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead

The Beatles – Bad Boy; Devil in Her Heart; I’ll Get You; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Run for Your Life; Savoy Truffle

Beck – Devil’s Haircut

Bernard Herrmann & Marius Constant – The Twilight Zone Theme

Betty Johnson – The Little Blue Man

Billy Fury – Magic Eyes

Billy Idol – Eyes without a Face

Billy Joel – Stiletto

Bing Crosby – The Headless Horseman

The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath; Iron Man; Paranoid; Children of the Grave; The Wizard

Blind Faith – Sleeping in the Ground

Bloc Party – Hunting for Witches

Blood, Sweat & Tears – When I Die; Lucretia Mac Evil

Bloodrock – D.O.A.

Blue ?yster Cult – (Don't Fear) The Reaper; Godzilla

Bob Kelly & The Pikes – Boo!

Bob Malone – Halloween; So What If It’s Halloween

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Rat Race

Bobby Bare – Marie Laveau

Bobby "Boris" Pickett – Monster Mash

Bobby Darin – Mack The Knife

Boney M. – Ma Baker; Rasputin

Bon Jovi – Captain Crash and The Beauty Queen from Mars

The Bonzo Dog Doo–Dah Band – Death–Cab for Cutie; Look Out There's a Monster Coming

Bounce Patrol – Halloween Rules

Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy

Brian Reitzell (ft. Mark Lanegan) – In the Pines

Brian Setzer – Don’t Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac); Calamity Jane

The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Wild Wind; Ghost Radio; Trouble Train; That’s the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes; Hoodoo Voodoo Doll; Dead Man Incorporated

Britney Spears – Freakshow; Toxic

Bruce Springsteen – Spirit in the Night

Buck Owens – (It’s A) Monster’s Holiday

Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale – Vampire Girl

Carrie Underwood – Two Black Cadillacs

The Cars – Candy-O; Dangerous Type

Cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show – I Can Make You a Man; Over at The Frankenstein Place; Time Warp

The Castle Kings – You Can Get Him Frankenstein

Charles Gounod – Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme (Funeral March of a Marionette)

The Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down to Georgia; The Legend of Wooley Swamp

Cheetah Girls – Cinderella

Cher – Dark Lady

Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Zoot Suit Riot

The Chieftains & Mick Jagger – The Long Black Veil

The Chordettes – Lollipop

Chris Cornell & The Zac Brown Band – Heavy is the Head

Christina Aguilera – Candyman; Genie in a Bottle

Cliff Richard – Devil Woman

The Clovers – Love Potion No. 9; Devil or Angel

Coldplay – Cemeteries of London**

Colter Wall – The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie

Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting

Corb Lund – Dig Gravedigger Dig

Ida Cox – Coffin Blues

The Cramps – Human Fly

The Cranberries – Zombie

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire

Cream – Crossroads; Strange Brew

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising

Crew Cuts – Gum Drop

The Cult – Lil’ Devil

The Cure – Lullaby

Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s Dead

Cutting Crew – Died in Your Arms

Dandy Livingstone – Suzanne Beware of the Devil

Daniel Johnston– Haunt

Danny Elfman – This Is Halloween

Dave Edmunds – Creature from The Black Lagoon; Crawling from the Wreckage; I Hear You Knockin'

David Allan Coe – The Ride

David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

David Byrne – Fuzzy Freaky

David Seville & The Chipmunks – Witch Doctor

DJ Bobo – Vampires Are Alive

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare on My Street

The Dead South – In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company

Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar on Me; Hysteria

Dodie Stevens – Pink Shoe Laces

Doja Cat – Freak

Don Hinson & The Rigormorticians – Riboflavin–Flavored, Non–Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood

Donovan – Sunshine Superman

The Doors – Peace Frog; People Are Strange; Queen of the Highway

Dove “Mal” Cameron – Keep Your Head on Halloween

Dr. John – I Walk on Guilded Splinters; Season of The Witch

Drowning Pool - Bodies

Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf

The Eagles – Witchy Woman; Victim of Love

Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon

Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) – Evil Woman; Strange Magic

Elton John – Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Elvis Costello – Shallow Grave

Elvis Presley – Devil in Disguise; Wolf Call

Eminem (ft Rihanna) – The Monster

Eric Church – Monsters

Eric Clapton – Hoodoo Man

Fifth Harmony – I’m in Love with a Monster

Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized

Florence + The Machine – Howl; Call Me Cruella

Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft

Frantic Flintstones – Your Time Is Up

Gary Paxton – Spooky Movies

Gene Simmons – Radioactive

Gene (Willy Wonka) Wilder – Pure Imagination

George Harrison – Beware of Darkness

George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers – Alley Oop [Live]; Bad to the Bone; Born to Be Bad; Cops and Robbers; Crawling King Snake; Devil in Disguise; Hellbound Train (Downbound Train); Killer’s Bluze; Night Rider; Night Time; Purple People Eater

Gerard Way – Baby You’re a Haunted House

Golden Earring – Twilight Zone

The Ghouls– Dracula’s Deuce

Grateful Dead – Friend of The Devil; Hell in a Bucket

Groucho Marx – Lydia the Tattooed Lady

Guns N' Roses – Used to Love Her

Hannah Montana – Ice Cream Freeze

Harry Belafonte – Zombie Jamboree

Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar

Heart – Magic Man

The Herd – From the Underworld

The Highwaymen – Highwayman

Huey Lewis & The News – Bad Is Bad

Imagine Dragons – Demons; Thunder

INXS – Devil Inside

J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers – Last Kiss

The J. Geils Band - Nightmares

Jace Everett – Bad Things

Jack & Jim – Midnight Monsters Hop

Jack Marshall – The Munsters Theme

James Gang – The Devil is Singing Our Song

Jan and Dean – Dead Man’s Curve

Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart – I Ain’t Superstitious

Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hanging Tree (Rebel Remix)

Jim Stafford – Spiders and Snakes

Joe Jackson – Jack, You're Dead!

John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band – On the Dark Side; A Season in Hell (Fire Suite)

John Cougar – Rain on the Scarecrow

John Fred & His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise

John Lennon – Mr. Hyde’s Gone (Don’t Be Afraid); My Mummy's Dead (Acoustic Demo); Scared

John Zacherle – Let’s Twist Again (Mummy Time Is Here Again)

Johnny Cash – Ghost Riders in The Sky; Mean Eyed Cat; Long Black Veil

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Castin’ My Spell

Johnny Paycheck – (Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone to Kill

Judas Priest – Living After Midnight????????

Julie Andrews – A Spoonful of Sugar

Jumpin' Gene Simmons – Haunted House

K.C. & The Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man

Kate Bush – Waking the Witch; The Fog

Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone

Ke$ha – Cannibal

The Keytones – I Was a Teenage Monster

The Kingston Trio – Tom Dooley

The Kinks – Destroyer; Lola; Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues

KISS – Creatures of The Night; God Of Thunder; Hotter Than Hell; King Of The Night Time World; Magic Touch; Unholy

Kris Jensen – Torture

Lady Gaga – Monster

Larry Groce – Junk Food Junkie

Led Zeppelin – Gallows Pole; In My Time of Dying

Lee Rocker – Evil; Put Your Cat Clothes On

Levi Stubbs & Rick Moranis – Feed Me, Seymour (Git It)

Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly

Little Big Town – Bones

Little Richard - Heeby-Jeebies; Keep a Knockin; OOh My Soul

Lonnie Donegan – Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour

Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan – Oreo Cookie Blues

Loretta Lynn – The Devil Gets His Due; This Haunted House

Lou Christie – Lightning Strikes

Lou Reed – Halloween Parade

Lynryd Skynryd – Dead Man Walking; That Smell; Outta Hell in My Dodge

Mark Knopfler - Cannibals

Maroon 5 – Sugar

Marty Robbins – Devil Woman; A White Sport Coat and A Pink Carnation

Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell

Metallica – Enter Sandman

The Meteors – Psycho For You

Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman – The Phantom of The Opera

Michael Jackson – Bad; Thriller

Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson – Scream

Michael Sembello – Maniac

Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop

Ministry – Everyday is Halloween

Molly Hatchet – The Creeper

Motley Crüe – Shout at the Devil

My Chemical Romance – Dead!; Welcome to the Black Parade

Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down

Neil Sedaka – Little Devil

Nekromantix – Trick Or Treat

The New York Dolls – Frankenstein

Ne–Yo – Beautiful Monster

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Death Is Not the End

Nine Inch Nails – Dead Souls

Norma Tanega – You’re Dead

October Country – My Girlfriend is a Witch

Oingo Boingo – Dead Man's Party; Weird Science

OMC – How Bizarre

Osmond Brothers – One Bad Apple

OutKast – Dracula's Wedding

Ozzy Osbourne – Under the Graveyard

Pale Honey – Killer Scene

Pat Benetar – Shadows of the Night

Pat Carroll – Poor Unfortunate Souls

Paul McCartney – Dress Me Up as a Robber; Let 'Em In; Magneto And Titanium Man; Suicide; Vintage Clothes

Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

Pink – Funhouse

Pink Floyd – Lucifer Sam

The Police – Spirits in the Material World

Porter Wagoner – The Rubber Room

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – Jeanie’s Afraid of the Dark

Prince Buster – Madness

Queen – Another One Bites the Dust; Killer Queen

Queen Latifah – Walk the Dinosaur

The Rainmakers – The Lakeview Man

Ramones – Pet Sematary; Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Randy Travis – Diggin’ Up Bones

Ray Charles & Willie Nelson – Seven Spanish Angels

Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

Redbone – The Witch Queen of New Orleans

Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe

Red Sovine – Phantom 309

The Rescues & Brad Gordon – Terrible Thing

The Rhythm Shakers – Voodoo

Richard Cheese – Creep

Richard Thompson – I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life

Rick James – Super Freak

Ricky Martin – La Vida Loca

Rihanna – Disturbia

Ringo Starr – Devil Woman

Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl; Dragula

Robbie Williams & Michael Bublé – Soda Pop

Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – My Wife and My Dead Wife

Rockwell – Somebody's Watching Me

Rodney Atkins – If You’re Going Through Hell

The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers; Doom and Gloom; Paint It Black; Sympathy for The Devil; Undercover Of The Night

Rose & The Arrangements – The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati

Roy Orbison – Candy Man; Running Scared

Royal Blood – Little Monster

Rush – Witch Hunt

Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs – Li'l Red Riding Hood

Sammy Davis Jr – The Candy Man

Santana – Black Magic Woman

Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery

Screamin' Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You

Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages – She's Fallen in Love with The Monster Man

The Sharks – Dracula's Daughter; Jack the Ripper

Sheb Wooley – Purple People Eater

Shenandoah – Ghost in This House

Shirley Temple – Good Ship Lollipop

Silvasteon (ft. Bellsaint) – Full Moon Tonight

Siouxsie and The Banshees – Halloween

Smash Mouth – Everyday Superhero

The Specials – Ghost Town

The Spiders – Witchcraft

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell

The SteelDrivers – Ghosts of Mississippi

Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild

Steve Martin – Dentist; King Tut

Steve Miller Band – Abracadabra

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Superstition

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Stray Cats – Cry Danger

Styx – Mr. Roboto

Sublime – Santeria

Suki Waterhouse – The Devil I Know

Tab Benoit – Too Sweet for Me

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

Terry Jacks – Seasons in the Sun

Tom Jones – Daughter of Darkness

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Ways to Be Wicked; Nightwatchman; Zero from Outer Space

Tom T. Hall – Sneaky Snake

Tom Waits – What's He Building?

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – The Devil You Know

Tommy Roe – Blue Ghost

Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Round to Die

Trace Adkins – Welcome to Hell

Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye

The Traveling Wilburys – Devil’s Been Busy

The Troggs – Wild Thing

Trooper – Raise a Little Hell

Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

Valerie Broussard – A Little Wicked

Van Halen – Ice Cream Man; Running with the Devil

Vic Mizzy – The Addams Family Theme

Vicki Lawrence – The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Wade Bowen – Ghost in this Town

Wanda Jackson – Who Shot Sam?

Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy; Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead; Werewolves of London

Whodini – Freaks Come Out at Night

The Who – Boris The Spider; Substitute

Will Smith – Men in Black

Willie Nelson – Gravedigger

Wilson Pickett – Sugar Sugar

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll

Yoko Ono – Don’t Be Scared; Beautiful Boys

Yoko Ono & The Brothers Brothers – Yes, I’m a Witch {remix}

Yungblud – Cotton Candy

Zarif – Box of Secrets

ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man; El Diablo

Ziggy Marley – Black Cat