Halloween is a fun time of the year to host a costume party and get down. The question is, what kind of music to play at a Halloween party? There is a variety of music that can make a party, especially if it has any kind of theme, and Halloween is the greatest at getting the perfect music list together. Any genre of music can be added to a Halloween playlist, the idea is to make it spooky and to have a fun time. This makes it even better with mixing genres of music together.
Most Halloween parties are for families, which is a good thing. This is good because kid music and adult music can be mixed together. Other Halloween parties are sometimes work-related, and can be adult only events. This is also fine. The music can be more adult-oriented or music that is appropriate for the workplace.
No matter which kind of party, Halloween is fun and so the music should be just as fun as the party and the time of year itself. Below is a list of music that is from a variety of genres to get anyone off their feet and enjoying any Halloween party! Note: not all music below may be appropriate for all parties, so pleas be sure and check out the songs and lyrics before you decide to add to your playlist!
- Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Elvira – The Oakridge Boys
- Dragula – Rob Zombie
- Voodoo – Godsmack
- Werewolf of London – Warren Zevon
- Tubular Bells Part 1 (from The Exorcist) – Mike Oldfield
- Pure Imagination – Primus
- I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Pet Semetary – The Ramones
- Poison – Alice Cooper
- Bring me to Life – Evanescence
- Season of the Witch – Donovan
- Room 13 – Black Flag
- Raised by Wolves – Falling in Reverse
- 3 Little Pigs – Green Jelly
- Oddity – Coal Chamber
- Trip the Darkness – Lacuna Coil
- Bodies – Drowning Pool
- Evil will Prevail – The Flaming Lips
- Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
- Purple People Eater- Sheb Wooley
- Miss Murder – AFI
- Dead and Gone – The Black Keys
- This is Halloween – Marilyn Manson
- Beautiful Tragedy – In this Moment
- Helter Skelter – The Beatles
- Wicked Games – Stone Sour
- Land of Confusion – Disturbed
- It’s the End of the World – REM
- Gravedigge r- Dave Mathews Band
- Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Halloween theme (the 1978 Halloween movie theme) – John Carpenter
- Bury me with my Guns on- Bobaflex
- Bad Moon Rising – Credance Clearwater Revival
- Back on Black – AC/DC
- Hurt – Johnny Cash
- In the Middle of the Night – Billy Joel
- Jack’s Obsession – Danny Elfman
- Halloween Head – Ryan Adams
This is only a few that would make for a great Halloween party. This list can be added to by quite a few more. It all depends on how long or how short the music playlist needs to be. This is from all genres which make it more interesting and more flexible to fit whatever one’s Halloween music needs are. Have fun and stay safe!! Happy Halloween!!!!
