If you're a dark-tempered hostess devising scare tactics for your next Halloween party, you're going to need a chilling playlist to set the scene. To help you and your guests channel your inner ghost, ghoul, or goblin this year, press play on these hair-raising Halloween tracks—including hits from Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Florence + the Machine, Missy Elliot, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
"Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
"Pretty When You Cry" - Lana Del Rey
"I Put a Spell on You" - Nina Simone
"Dark Horse" - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
"Beware" - Big Sean ft. Lil Wayne and Jhene Aiko
"Alice" - Avril Lavigne
"Did It On 'Em" - Nicki Minaj
"Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
"Dirty Talk" - Wynter Gordon
"Black Magic Woman" - Fleetwood Mac
"Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Monster" - Kanye West, JAY Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson
"Demons" - Sleigh Bells
"Bionic" - Christina Aguilera
"E.T." - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
"The Ghost Inside" - Broken Bells
"Psychotic Girl" - The Black Keys
"True Blood" - Justin Timberlake
"Witches' Rave" - Jeff Buckley
"Halloweenhead" - Ryan Adams
"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" - David Bowie
"Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco
"Disturbia" - Rihanna
"Teeth" - Lady Gaga
"Wolf Like Me" - TV On the Radio
"The Killing Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen
"Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Vampire" - John & Jehn
"Human" - Goldfrapp
"Maneater" - Nelly Furtado
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"Ghost Town" - The Specials
"Love Potion #9" - The White Stripes
"The Twilight Zone" - The Ventures
"So Haunted" - Cut Copy
"Evil Eye" - Franz Ferdinand
"Haunted" - Beyoncé
"Seven Devils" - Florence + the Machine
"Halloween" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Ghost Tonight" - Chairlift
"Cannibal" - Kesha
"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.
"Time Warp" - Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Little Neil
"Burn the Witch" - Queens of the Stone Age
"The Addams Family" - TV Themes
"Double Trouble" - John Williams
"The Exorcist" - Halloween All-Stars
"Black Mirror" - Arcade Fire
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