Iconic Halloween Tunes
According to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ what?
a. Yellow Human Eater
b. Orange Person Chomper
c. Purple People Eater
d. Blue Human Moncher
c. Purple People Eater.
“Disturbia” is a Halloween-themed song by which artist?
a. P!nk
b. Rihanna
c. Beyonce
d. Christina Aguilera
b. Rihanna.
Which band performed the song “Sympathy for the Devil”?
a. The Who
b. The Rolling Stones
c. Led Zeppelin
d. The Beatles
b. The Rolling Stones.
Ray Parker Jr. sang the theme song to which 1984 film?
a. Halloween
b. The Shining
c. Ghostbusters
d. Friday the 13th
c. Ghostbusters.
Which Halloween song is famous for the line, “Ooh, ee, ooh ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang”?
a. Ghostbusters
b. Monster Mash
c. Witch Doctor
d. Spooky Scary Skeletons
c. Witch Doctor.
Which artist provided backing vocals on the hit “Somebody’s Watching Me”?
a. Prince
b. Michael Jackson
c. Stevie Wonder
d. David Bowie
b. Michael Jackson.
Who sings the song “Somebody’s Watching Me”, often associated with Halloween?
a. Rockwell
b. Lionel Richie
c. George Michael
d. Gotye
a. Rockwell.
Ozzy Osbourne warns of a spooky transformation in which song?
a. Bark at the Moon
b. Crazy Train
c. No More Tears
d. Mr. Crowley
a. Bark at the Moon.
“This is Halloween” is a song from which animated movie?
a. Nightmare on Elm Street
b. Coraline
c. Hotel Transylvania
d. The Nightmare Before Christmas
d. The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Finish the song lyric to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”: “It’s close to midnight and something evil’s _________________”.
a. Hiding in the night
b. Lurking in the dark
c. Creeping up behind
d. Waiting for the kill
b. Lurking in the dark.
Which horror actor narrated the spoken section of “Thriller”?
a. Christopher Lee
b. Vincent Price
c. Boris Karloff
d. Peter Cushing
b. Vincent Price.
Which artist performed the song “Bury a Friend”, featured in a Halloween-themed music video?
a. Dua Lipa
b. Beyonce
c. Billie Eilish
d. Mariah Carey
c. Billie Eilish.
The Cranberries released their hit song “Zombie” in what year?
a. 1989
b. 1994
c. 2000
d. 2003
b. 1994.
Who recorded “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, used in the movie “Halloween”?
a. The Doors
b. Blue Oyster Cult
c. The Rolling Stones
d. AC/DC
b. Blue Oyster Cult.
Finish the song lyric to Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”:
I will survive
Oh, as long as I
Know how to _________
I know I’ll stay alive.
a. Love
b. Fight
c. Live
d. Run
a. Love.
In “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels Band, what kind of duel takes place between the devil and Johnny?
a. A dance-off
b. Fiddle-playing
c. Guitar battle
d. Piano showdown
b. Fiddle-playing.
Who sang the original Halloween classic “Monster Mash”?
a. David Seville
b. Bobby “Boris” Pickett
c. Sheb Wooley
d. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
b. Bobby "Boris" Pickett.
Which band performed “Hungry Like the Wolf”?
a. A-Ha
b. Tears for Fears
c. Depeche Mode
d. Duran Duran
d. Duran Duran.
Who performed “I Put a Spell on You”, famously featured in Hocus Pocus?
a. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
b. Nina Simone
c. Aretha Franklin
d. Stevie Nicks
a. Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
Finish the song lyric to “I Put A Spell On You”:
I put a spell on you
Because you’re mine
Stop the __________________
Watch out, I ain’t lyin
a. Things you do
b. Day is true
c. Way you move
d. Night is blue
a. Things you do.
This Halloween novelty song was written to capitalize on a dance craze and at one point had “Potato” in its title.
a. Monster Mash
b. Thriller
c. Purple People Eater
d. Ghostbusters
a. Monster Mash.
Which band wrote the hit, “Heads Will Roll”?
a. No No Nos
b. Yes Yes Yes
c. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
d. Now Now Nows
c. Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare” follows the nightmares of a child by what name?
a. Billy
b. Jeremy
c. Tommy
d. Steven
d. Steven.
Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” was used in which famous 1973 horror movie?
a. The Exorcist
b. Halloween
c. The Shining
d. Poltergeist
a. The Exorcist.
Finish the song lyric to “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC:
Don’t need reason
Don’t need ______________
Ain’t nothin’ I’d rather do
a. Heaven
b. Bargain
c. Rhyme
d. Time
c. Rhyme.