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 Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, Missy Elliot, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. (We've also put together guides to costume ideas, makeup ideas, and 2020-themed outfits.)
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"SICKO MODE" - Travis Scott ft. Drake
"Toxic" - Britney Spears
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
"She Wolf" - Shakira
"Supermassive Black Hole" - Muse
"Sex & Candy" - Marcy Playground
"F**k it I love you" - Lana Del Rey
"I Know" - Big Sean ft. Jhené Aiko
"Darkside" - Blink 182
"Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish
"Sweet but Psycho" - Ava Max
"The Hills" - The Weeknd
"Bury a Friend" - Billie Eilish
"Royals" - Lorde
"Runaway" - Kanye West ft. Pusha T
"Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
"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
"Demons" - Sleigh Bells
"Bionic" - Christina Aguilera
"E.T." - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"The Ghost Inside" - Broken Bells
"Witches' Rave" - Jeff Buckley
"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" - David Bowie
"Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco
"Disturbia" - Rihanna
"Wolf Like Me" - TV On the Radio
"The Killing Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen
"Maneater" - Nelly Furtado
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"Ghost Town" - The Specials
"Love Potion #9" - The White Stripes
"The Twilight Zone" - The Ventures
"Haunted" - Beyoncé
"Cannibal" - Kesha
"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.
"Time Warp" - Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Little Neil
"The Addams Family" - TV Themes
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