Happy Halloween! We’ve got an extra spooky Throwback Thursday in store for you, and you just might get a few ideas for your Haloween party playlist! It’s to die for!
Thriller, which hit No. 4 on the Hot 100 in 1984, is the most-downloaded Halloween-themed hit of all-time, with digital sales to-date of 3.4 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (It’s also Jackson’s best-selling download, ahead of runner-up Billie Jean, which has sold 2.7 million).
Though it’s been decades since this kitschy, creepy faux-Frankenstein party tune scared up a No. 1 slot on the Hot 100 in 1962, Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers’ Monster Mash has been on Halloween party playlists ever since.
Ministry released Everyday is Halloween in 1984. The title and lyrics refer to goth subculture, particularly clothing, such as in the passage “I dress this way just to keep them at bay.” It also questions the intolerance and lack of acceptance for others who are different.
Originally released by Wax Trax! Records, the song is included on Ministry’s Twelve Inch Singles (1981-1984).
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The Misfits released their fifth single Halloween on October 31, 1981. The Halloween single was the last Misfits release to include guitarist Bobby Steele. Both songs on the single had been recorded in August 1980 for a planned album.
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In 1967, Iggy and the Stooges made their live debut when they played at a Halloween party in Michigan.
In 1985, Oingo Boingo released Dead Man’s Party from the album of the same name. It was used in the hit 1986 movie Back to School. Check out the dancing skeletons!
When October rolls around, the clear answer to the lyrical question, “Who ya gonna call?,” is Ray Parker Jr.’s Ghostbusters, which topped the Hot 100 in 1984.
Jumbie Jamberee is a calypso song credited to Conrad Eugene Mauge Jr In 1953 Lord Intruder released the song as the B-side to Disaster With Police. The song is also known as Zombie Jamboree and Back to Back.