Since Halloween is my favorite holiday and since I love making mixed tapes/playlists, I am now giving you the raddest Halloween gift ever … my Halloween must-have music list. You’re welcome.

1. Thriller, Michael Jackson
2. Dead Man’s Party, Oingo Boingo
3. The Devil’s in my Car, B52s
4. Satan is my Motocar, Cake
5. Highway to Hell, ACDC
6. Devil Inside, INXS
7. You’re the Devil in Disguise, Elvis Presley
8. Witchcraft, Frank Sinatra
9. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.
10. Everyday Is Halloween, Ministry
11. Superstition, Stevie Wonder
12. Collector, Nine Inch Nails
13. She Blinded Me with Science, Thomas Dolby
14. Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Smashing Pumpkins
15. Time Warp, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
16. Evil and a Heathen, Franz Ferdinand
17. Pet Semetary, Ramones
18. Fashion Zombies, The Aquabats
19. The Boogie Monster, Gnarls Barkley
20. Halloween, Dead Kennedys
21. My Doorbell, White Stripes
22. I Want Candy, (original by Bow Wow Wow or remake by The Bouncing Souls)
23. Don’t Drink Poison, Le Tigre
24. Facination Street, The Cure
25. Happy Phantom, Tori Amos
26. Killer Queen, Queen
27. Phenomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
28. The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dave Edmunds
29. Hell, Squirel Nut Zippers
30. anything from Nightmare Before Christmas (original soundtrack or the new revamped covers edition)
31. Cat with 2 Heads, The Aquabats
32. Good Stuff, B52s
33. X-Ray Man, Liz Phair
34. Wave of Mutilation, Pixies
35. Buddy Holly, Weezer
36. Three Minute Hero, The Selector

* And if you just must have a super-cheesy Halloween song, The Monster Mash or The Flying Purple People Eater always works.

— Emmily