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