WUSC's Top 10 Halloween Songs
By Carly Mihovich
Ah, October in South Carolina: a month full of trips to Scarowinds, fair dates, pumpkin-flavored everything, and pretending it’s fall while we sweat in 80-degree heat every day (thanks, climate change). Here at WUSC, though, we’ve been keeping cool with our favorite holiday music. In fact, the station has been having such a cool time that we’ve decided to share our definitive* list of the best Halloween songs out there to prepare everyone for the spooky, hectic, and hopefully colder times ahead. So, cozy up in front of your air conditioning with a warm (cool?) glass of apple cider as we countdown our top ten Halloween songs!- “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
- “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.
- “The Addams Family Theme” – Vic Mizzy
- “Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon
- “Halloween Theme” – John Carpenter
- “The Time Warp” – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- “Black Magic Woman” – Santana
- “Dracula’s Tango” – Toto Coelo
- “I Put a Spell on You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett