TOP 3 HALLOWEEN SONGS

People obsess over Christmas music, but, hot take, it’s really not that good. The better holiday for music? Halloween! Here are my top 3 Halloween songs:

3. DRACULA’S WEDDING by Outkast — Outkast has a long history with the otherworldly, mostly focused on aliens, but I’ve never found aliens to be very Halloween-y. On this track from THE LOVE BELOW, André 3000 leans fully into the spooky, singing from the perspective of a Dracula with butterflies in his tummy from his crush. The song is undoubtedly corny but still sweet. 

2. WEREWOLF BAR MITZVAH by Jeff Richmond & Tracy Morgan — The chorus of this parody novelty song from 30 ROCK is one of the funniest things ever written: “Boys becoming men…men becoming wolves!” Thankfully it’s streaming on major platforms as part of the 30 ROCK ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK, so you can, and should, play it at your Halloween party this weekend.

1. MONSTER MASH by Bobby “Boris” Pickett — It’s the most famous Halloween song for a reason. I genuinely love it for how dumb and silly it is, and in 1962, America agreed with me. Bobby “Boris” Pickett and his MONSTER MASH somehow made it to #1 on the Hot 100 the last week of October that year!

—Nolan Russell, Executive Assistant