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(Borrowed from a blog I wrote last year)

Happy Halloween! Hosting a Halloween party tonight, and you’re not sure what to put on for tunes aside from Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller“? And don’t even think about “Monster Mash” if you’re over 12. Here are a few suggestions and cool tunes to make your party rock! Some are silly, some are creepy, but none of them dip into the overly lame!

Click any of the links below to listen to the songs.

“Bela Lugosi’s Dead“–Bauhaus (Listen)

“Disturbia”–Rihanna (Listen)

“Addams Family (Whoomp!)”–Tag Team (Listen)

“Dead Man’s Party“–Oingo Boingo (Listen)

“Sit Down, Stand Up”–Radiohead (Listen)

“Don’t Fear the Reaper”–Blue Oyster Cult (Listen)

“Time Warp”–Rocky Horror Picture Show (Listen)

“Nightmare on my Street”–DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Listen)

“Dragula”–Rob Zombie (Listen)

“Don’t Drink the Water”–Dave Matthews Band (Listen)

“The Killing Moon”–Echo and the Bunnymen (Listen)

“Thriller”–Michael Jackson (Listen)

“Mad World”–Gary Jules or Tears for Fears (Listen Gary) (Listen Tears)

“Psycho Killer”–Talking Heads (Listen)

“Superstition”–Stevie Wonder (Listen)

“Crypt Jam”–Tales from the Crypt (Listen)

“Halloween Theme”–John Carpenter (Listen)

“Werewolves of London”–Warren Zevon (Listen)

“Sweet Transvestite”–Rocky Horror Picture Show (Listen)

“Bark at the Moon”–Ozzy Osbourne (Listen)

“Helter Skelter”–The Beatles (Listen)

“Rat in a Cage”–Smashing Pumpkins (Listen)

“Hell’s Bells”–AC/DC (Listen)

“Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me”–U2 (Listen)

“Burn the Witch”–Queens of the Stone Age (Listen)

“Witch Hunt”–Rush (Listen)

“Zombie”–Cranberries (Listen)

“Candlelight Song”–Violent Femmes (Listen)

“Die, Die my Darling”–Misfits (Listen)

“Cemetery Polka”–Tom Waits (Listen)

“Climbing Up the Walls”–Radiohead (Listen)

“Ghouls”–Horrorpops (Listen)

“We Only Come Out at Night”–Smashing Pumpkins (Listen)

“Walking with a Ghost”–Tegan and Sara (Listen)

“This is Halloween”–Marilyn Manson (Listen)

“Red Right Hand”–Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Listen)

“Pet Semetery”–Ramones (Listen)

“Life is a Grave & I Dig It”–Nekromantix (Listen)

Now, start downloading and start rockin’! Have a safe and happy holiday.

Thanks to kansascity.com for helping me out with songs I couldn’t think of!

And a few more from Crabbie:

Night of the Vampire – Roky Erickson

Human Fly – The Cramps Jack the Ripper – The Fuzztones

Bo Meets the Monster – Bo Diddley

The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley

Big Eyed Beans From Venus – Captain Beefheart

Now, start downloading and start rockin’! Have a safe and happy holiday.

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