Culture October 31, 2019

Songs by Rihanna, Michael Jackson top list of YouTube's most popular Halloween tunes

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Happy Halloween, all you monsters and ghouls! In honor of the world's scariest holiday, YouTube has unveiled a list of the top 31 songs on the site last Halloween. They include timeless and occasionally spooky tunes by quite a few veteran artists.

Topping the list is Ray Parker Jr.'s smash hit theme song to the 1984 film "Ghostbusters," followed at No. 2 by the Michael Jackson classic "Thriller." In third place is perhaps the quintessential Halloween song, Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash."

The No. 4 song is one-hit-wonder Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me," which famously features guest vocals by Jackson. Further down in the top 10 is Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" at No. 8.

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Other tunes on the list by veteran pop and rock acts include the Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra" at No. 14, Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" at No. 15 and KC and The Sunshine Band's "I'm Your Boogie Man" at No. 16.

Further down the tally, it's The Searchers' "Love Potion No. 9" at No. 19, Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" at No. 20, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" at No. 25, Alice Cooper's "Feed My Frankenstein" at No. 28 and Van Halen's "Runnin' with the Devil" at No. 29.

Here's YouTube's full list of the "31 Songs that Peak on Halloween":

1. "Ghostbusters" -- Ray Parker Jr.

2. "Thriller" -- Michael Jackson

3. "Monster Mash" -- Bobby Pickett

4. "Somebody's Watching Me" -- Rockwell

5. "I'm In Love with a Monster" -- Fifth Harmony

6. "This Is Halloween" -- Marilyn Manson

7. "Disturbia" -- Rihanna

8. "Werewolves of London" -- Warren Zevon

9. "A Nightmare on My Street" -- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

10. "Halloween" -- John Carpenter

11. "Day O (Banana Boat Song)" -- Harry Belafonte

12. "Witch Doctor" -- Cartoons

13. "Dragula" -- Rob Zombie

14. "Abracadabra" -- Steve Miller Band

15. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" -- Blue Öyster Cult

16. "I'm Your Boogie Man" -- KC and The Sunshine Band

17. "Halloween" -- Kodak Black

18. "The Time Warp" -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show

19. "Love Potion No. 9" -- The Searchers

20. "Psycho Killer" -- Talking Heads

21. "Heads Will Roll" -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs

22. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" -- Geto Boys

23. "Freaks Come Out at Night" -- Whodini

24. "Every Day Is Halloween" -- Ministry

25. "I Put a Spell on You" -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins

26. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" -- Bauhaus

27. "It's Almost Halloween" -- Panic! at the Disco

28. "Feed My Frankenstein" -- Alice Cooper

29. "Runnin' with the Devil" -- Van Halen

30. "Last Caress" -- Misfits

31. "Addams Groove" -- MC Hammer