If you’re the kind of person who loves a little fright with your playlist, Billboard just dropped the ultimate list for you: 20 of the spookiest music videos of all time.
Some of the picks make perfect sense, others might leave you thinking, “Wait, that song?” But hey, sometimes it’s the cheerful ones that hide the creepiest visuals.
The lineup includes everything from pop icons like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter to horror legends like Rob Zombie and Ozzy Osbourne. Whether it’s the zombie dance that defined a generation or a surreal fever dream that makes you question your reality, these are the videos that prove music and horror go hand in hand.
Here’s Billboard’s spooky countdown (in no particular order):
- “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
- “All Good Girls Go to Hell” – Billie Eilish
- “Look What You Made Me Do” – Taylor Swift
- “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” – Backstreet Boys
- “The Dead Dance” – Lady Gaga
- “Closer” – Nine Inch Nails
- “Come to Daddy” – Aphex Twin
- “Bark at the Moon” – Ozzy Osbourne
- “Taste” – Sabrina Carpenter
- “Demons” – Doja Cat
- “Dinner & Diatribes” – Hozier
- “Disturbia” – Rihanna
- “Dragula” – Rob Zombie
- “Everybody Scream” – Florence + the Machine
- “Grave” – Kid Cudi
- “How Low” – Ludacris
- “All Nightmare Long” – Metallica
- “Emperor’s New Clothes” – Panic! At the Disco
- “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is obviously the granddaddy of all spooky music videos, but newcomers like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” and Lady Gaga’s “The Dead Dance” prove that the genre is still thriving. There’s everything from undead choreography to psychological horror to straight-up weirdness.
So, if you’re building a Halloween playlist or just want to creep yourself out on a random Tuesday night, this list is your new binge.