Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Top 25 80s Halloween Songs for your Party (the 2011 edition): by DJ Purple Sneakers and Friends

Welcome back! Its that time again, to go over 80s Halloween compatible songs, and after last year's I've added a few, check em out (some old and some new):


1.) "Thriller" by Michael Jackson (1983) (note: This one is an 80s Halloween staple)
2.) "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell (1984)
3.) "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo (1985)
4.) "Peek-A-Boo" by Siouxsie & the Banshees (1988)
5.) "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. (1984)
6.) "Dead Souls" by Joy Division (1980)
7.) "Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo (1985)
8.) "Lost in the Shadows" by Lou Gramm (1987)
9.) "Bad Ghostbusters" by Michael Jackson & Ray Parker Jr. (1987) (note: it seems arduous to locate a high quality version of this song?)
10.) "Sweet Dreams (Dance Remix or Original Mix)" by Eurythmics (1983)
11.) "I Got You" by Split Endz (1980)
12.) "Sex Dwarf" by Soft Cell (1981)
13.) "Living on a Video" by Trans X (1981)
14.) "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue (1983)
15.) "People are Strange" by Echo and The Bunnymen (1987)
16.) "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" by The Cramps (1980)
17.) "(Every Day Is) Halloween" by Ministry (1984)
18.) "Cry Wolf" by A-ha (1986)
19.) "Killer Klowns" by The Dickies (1988)
20.) "Obsession" by Clan of Xymox (1989)
21.) "Cry Little Sister" by Gerard McMann (1987)
22.) "The Darkest Side of the Night" by Metropolis (1989)
23.) "Self Control" by Laura Branigan (1984)
24.) "I'm Your Lover" by Joe Yellow (1986)
25.) "Burning In the Third Degree" by Tahnee Caine and the Tryanglz (1984)

Well that's a start anyways, I could keep going and going but I think I have given you all a good starter-list to warm up your Halloween Parties. Cheers everyone, I Hope this helps ring in All-Hallows Even 2011, and perhaps even some future ones too.


***I just want to note here that I will be posting a Top 20 or 25 (or so) 80's Christmas Songs in December again this year, so stay tuned for that as well :-)

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