As Halloween draws near, there are several  "spooktacular" songs that set the earthly mood .

Any respectable playlist will include Michael Jackson’s 1982 iconic  “Thriller,” which has sold more than 105 million copies worldwide.

We've put together a list of music for Halloween.  Some songs deal with paranormal themes.  Others have different themes but include words like ghost, vampire, devil or witch in the title.

Here is our list of 12 other songs to go “boo” by:

Annie Lennox - “Love Song for a Vampire”

Johnny Cash - “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”

Bobby Pickett - “Monster Mash”

Rockwell - “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Eagles - “Witchy Woman”

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff - “Nightmare on My Street”

Stevie Wonder - “Superstition”

Marilyn Manson - “This is Halloween”

Mike Oldfield - “Tubular Bells” (aka the theme from “The Exorcist”)

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - “I Put a Spell on You”

Bauhaus - “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”

Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Bad Moon Rising”

What’s on your Halloween playlist?

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