Addams Family Groove – MC Hammer – welcome to the late eighties, kids. A real song.
Black Magic Woman – Carlos Santana – The seventies in its purest enjoyable sense
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band – the seventies in its wretchedly cheesy enjoyable sense
Pet Sematary – The Ramones – lovely piece
The Great Pumpkin Waltz – Vince Guaraldi Trio – after a year, my five-year old still remembers where she heard this song
Witch Doctor – David Seville or David Seville and the Chipmunks – stupid, but fun
I Put a Spell on You – CCR – Not really a CCR fan, but with two songs, can’t ignore them, either.
I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Overblown, but not poorly done
Bad Moon Rising – CCR – more dance-y, but worthwhile
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo – repetitive. Be prepared to be singing it the rest of the time
Disco Inferno – The Trammps – when the seventies celebrates a burning building…
Monster Mash – “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-kickers – completely classic. Completely chees-fest
Haunted House – Jumpin Gene Simmons – dated, but almost has to be on the list.
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker, Jr. – this is what the eighties were about
Out of Limits – The Marketts – a part of the fifties/sixties instrumental obsession
The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley – silly pop music junk
Welcome to My Nightmare – Alice Cooper – great build
Twilight Zone – Neil Norman – this one’s the theme song
The Twilight Zone – Golden Earring – this one’s the eighties one-hit wonder
I Was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps – more of that fifties pop junk
The Fog – John Carpenter – still makes me shudder. Not Halloween, but not far
Night on Bald Mountain – Classical (Various) – GOT to listen to this
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1 Op. 46 In the Hall of the Mountain King – Classical version of searching. Delicate staccato beats. Builds to a fevered frenzy. You’ll recognize it/
Funeral March of a Marionette – sad, haunting searching
Sorcerer’s Apprentice – you won’t look at Mickey the same way again
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata – The classic organ beginning
Witch’s Ride from Hansel and Gretel – probably the least-known classical on the list
Die Wlakure: Ride of the Valkyries – seeing one too many commercials when I hear this, but…
Requiem: Dies Irae – hard, driving
Theme from Jaws – Can’t miss it
The Murder from Psycho: A Suite for Strings – See it when you hear it
Freaks Come Out at Night – Whodini – Crap eighties loveliness
Ghost Riders in the Sky – Spiderbait – the version from the last Ghost Rider film credits. You can’t tell me this isn’t your fave version of this song.
A Nightmare on My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – actually sued over this song.
Hell Raiser – Sweet – My kids sang, “HELL Raiser” over and over with the chorus on this
Hell Raiser – Def Leppard
Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers – theme song from one of my wife’s fave shows
I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow – get it?
Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra – a little out of place on the list, but still works
Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives – Mel Torme – from Quackbusters
Thriller – Michael Jackson – The classic great song
The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber – love the looks from this song
I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones – YELL it out
I Wanna Live – The Ramones – Not my fave song, but works on the list
Spooky – Classics IV – Classic, sexy song
Dragula – Rob Zombie – modern angry song
The Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show – try to not sing along
Love Potion No. 9 – The Searchers – Tons of versions of this song –a little light, but fun
My Beloved Monsters – Eels – Shrek song
Witchy Woman – The Eagles – more the topic than the song works
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon – LOVE this song
Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult – MORE cowbell!
Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell – MJ actually sings the chorus
Halloween Theme – John Carpenter – Scares me to my soul
Addams Family Theme – Snap along
Boris the Spider – The Who – perhaps the worst Who song ever
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