Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #81: Halloween

Which of your spooky suggestions is in with a chance of being the latest entry in our Pop Gem Hall Of Fame?

It’s Halloween weekend! And what better way to celebrate the imminent witching hour than get you guys to nominate your favourite Halloween-themed song for Pop Gem? We kept the theme fairly vague, don't worry…

We wanted your overlooked classics or big hits of yesteryear that needed some more love with a HALLOWEEN theme. It could be scary, spooky, a bit creepy, kinda nuts – whatever. As long as it was on the dark side and wouldn't feel out of place at a Halloween bash then it was in!

We were quite surprised by some of the songs you guys missed out, but it’s all up to you, so here are the 10 we picked for our shortlist. Who are you backing?

The final 10

ARTIST	TRACK	PEAK POSITION	YEAR
RIHANNA	DISTURBIA	3	2008
THE AUTOMATIC	MONSTER	4	2006
ALLSTARS	THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT	12	2001
NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE	WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW	11	1995
SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER	STAY	1	1992
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES	PEEK-A-BOO	16	1988
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN	PEOPLE ARE STRANGE	29	1988
EIGHTH WONDER	I'M NOT SCARED	7	1988
ROCKWELL	SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME	6	1984
BOBBY 'BORIS' PICKETT & THE CRYPT-KICKERS	MONSTER MASH	3	1973

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

And don’t forget about our Pop Gem from days of yore…

Every Pop Gem ever

Fancy reliving those perfect Pop Gems we already picked all over again? No worries, get your ears wrapped round these playlists on Spotify and Deezer. SLAY.

Spotify

Deezer