Halloween is all about tapping into your dark side, so if you're a hostess devising scare tactics for your next party, it's only fitting that you've got the chilling playlist to set the scene.
Before you and your guests channel your inner ghost, ghoul, or goblin this year, press play on this medley of hair-raising Halloween tracks and sinister dance numbers that will spook you to your core—from the likes of Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Florence + the Machine, Missy Elliot, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Cast a spell with our 50-track set, below, and be sure to subscribe to the Marie Claire Spotify profile for all the best playlists.
1. "I Put a Spell on You" - Nina Simone
2. "Black Magic Woman" - Fleetwood Mac
3. "Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. "Spooky" - Dusty Springfield
5. "Monster" - Kanye West, JAY Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj
6. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson
7. "Season of the Witch" - Donovan
8. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones
9. "Demons" - Sleigh Bells
10. "Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
11. "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
12. "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
13. "Monster Mash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
14. "The Ghost Inside" - Broken Bells
15. "Psychotic Girl" - The Black Keys
16. "True Blood" - Justin Timberlake
17. "Witches' Rave" - Jeff Buckley
18. "Halloweenhead" - Ryan Adams
19. "Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell
20. "Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
21. "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
22. "The Boogie Monster" - Gnarls Barkley
23. "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" - David Bowie
24. "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco
25. "Disturbia" - Rihanna
26. "Teeth" - Lady Gaga
27. "Wolf Like Me" - TV On the Radio
28. "The Killing Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen
29. "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
30. "Vampire" - John & Jehn
31. "Human" - Goldfrapp
32. "Maneater" - Nelly Furtado
33. "Killer Queen" - Queen
34. "Ghost Town" - The Specials
35. "Love Potion #9" - The White Stripes
36. "The Twilight Zone" - The Ventures
37. "So Haunted" - Cut Copy
38. "Evil Eye" - Franz Ferdinand
39. "Haunted" - Beyoncé
40. "Seven Devils" - Florence + the Machine
41. "Halloween" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
42. "Ghost Tonight" - Chairlift
43. "Cannibal" - Kesha
44. "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.
45. "Time Warp" - Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Little Neil
46. "Burn the Witch" - Queens of the Stone Age
47. "The Addams Family" - TV Themes
48. "Double Trouble" - John Williams
49. "The Exorcist" - Halloween All-Stars
50. "Black Mirror" - Arcade Fire
