When it comes to choosing a playlist of the month for October, it has to be Halloween-themed, doesn’t it? In the hope that I’ll have chance to do one again next year, I’m specifically focussing on party tunes for Halloween this time. Here’s the Spotify playlist.
- Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. As well as being the theme tune to a cult-classic film, this is a great catchy party song.
- Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) by Backstreet Boys. Whilst the lyrics are not especially Halloween-themed, the music video and accompanying dance moves are. Also, any song which unironically opens with ‘Oh my god, we’re back again!’ is good to me.
- She Wolf by Shakira. Not one of her most-played songs on Spotify (that honour goes to Hips Don’t Lie, with nearly 2 billion streams) but it fits the theme.
- Time Warp by the Cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Can you have a Halloween party without people doing a jump to the left, and a little step to the right, while being driven insane by pelvic thrusts?
- Things That Go Bump In The Night by allStars. I mentioned this song back in March, as it was one that was recently brought back onto digital platforms by Pop Music Activism. It’s now up to 5 million streams as I write this.
- Witch Doctor by The Cartoons. The Cartoons were a late 90s novelty Danish pop band, and this cover version is much better than the original 1950s song by Ross Bagdasarian.
- Scared of the Dark by Steps. Again, we can’t have a pop party without Steps. This is one of their more recent songs after a long hiatus, and, like many of their newer singles, is also one of their best.
- Super Freak by Rick James. Possibly not the sort of song to play at a kid’s birthday party if you listen closely to the lyrics. It’s the song that was famously sampled by MC Hammer for Can’t Touch This.
- Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. Oh go on, let’s throw a classic in here. I think most people know the lyrics by now.
- Disturbia by Rihanna. And finally another one with a catchy ‘bum-bum-be-dum-bum-bum-be-dim-bum’ in the lyrics.
