October 30, 2025 | 04:52 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The spooky season is fast approaching, ushering in a whirlwind of haunting decor, elaborate costumes, and spectacular festivities. Amid the eerie excitement, no celebration feels truly complete without a masterfully curated playlist of top Halloween songs to set the perfect chilling mood.
For years, these musical masterpieces have remained an enduring staple in households everywhere, flawlessly capturing the essence and spirit of Halloween. Though they may never rival the commercial triumph of Christmas anthems, their ability to resurface on the charts each year unquestionably earns them resounding applause.
Billboard has officially released its definitive list of the biggest Halloween songs of all time, determined by each track’s historical performance on the Hot 100. The ranking follows an inverse point system, where weeks spent at No. 1 hold the highest weight, while lower chart positions contribute proportionally less. To ensure fairness across decades, Billboard also adjusts for evolving chart methodologies, balancing disparities in turnover rates between different musical eras.
Top Halloween Songs of All Time
- Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
- Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
- The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
- Eminem feat Rihanna - The Monster
- Bobby Brown - On Our Own (From Ghostbusters II)
- Rockwell - Somebody’s Watching Me
- Cher - Dark Lady
- Janet Jackson - Black Cat
- Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly
- INXS - Devil Inside
- Imagine Dragons - Demons
- Classics IV - Spooky
- Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
- Santana - Black Magic Woman
- Kodak Black - Super Gremlin
- The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
- Justin Bieber - Ghost
- Bobby Vee - Devil or Angel
- Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
- Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - (You’re the) Devil in Disguise
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
- Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
- Eagles - Witchy Woman
Much like how pop reigns supreme in broader Billboard rankings, it also casts a spell here, with legendary performers like Cher, Janet Jackson, and Imagine Dragons securing their places among the season’s most replayed hits.
What makes this lineup so captivating is perhaps its musical range, which involves classic rock anthems, pop sensations, and even modern hip-hop hits into a single spine-chilling collection. While the mischievous humor of Ghostbusters and the haunting allure of Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire capture a distinct flavor of fantasy, the emotional pull of Justin Bieber’s Ghost conjures its own spell of fright and fascination.
Songs like Blue Oyster Cult’s (Don’t Fear) The Reaper or Santana’s Black Magic Woman remind listeners that Halloween’s allure lies not only in spooks and scares, but in its celebration of the unknown.
More than anything else, this chart is a spellbinding anthology, weaving together melodies that echo the spirit of the season across decades. Like a cauldron bubbling with sounds from every era, it celebrates music’s power to shape the mood of October’s darkest nights.
Just as no Halloween is complete without eerie melodies, it also wouldn’t be the same without a bucketful of sweet indulgence. Check out these top Halloween candies that surely embody the season’s playful spirit of colorful, nostalgic, and irresistibly tempting.
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