Halloween with Ozzy Osbourne
While the Halloween night opens its doors to the darkness, over this day hovers the shadow of the Prince of Darkness, whose legacy continues to resonate. As per tradition, Ozzy Osbourne shared every year a playlist curated by him for the scariest night of the year. The latest themed selection, shared by the former Black Sabbath in 2023 and simply titled “Ozzy’s Halloween horrors playlist”, included 67 songs and now it also sounds like a tribute to the musician, who passed away last July 22nd.
“The Prince of Darkness casts a shadow over your Halloween with these spooky classics“, read the caption of the playlist, opened by one of Osbourme’s best-known songs, “Bark at the moon”, from his third studio album in 1983. In addition to some of his famous songs and Black Sabbath classicslike “Children of the grave” and “God is dead?”, Ozzy had also included in his musical selection for Halloween workhorses of other artists.
Also chosen in the playlist, available for listening on Spotify and then transformed into a Christmas collection Ramones with “Pet Sematary”, i Meat Loaf with “Bat Out of Hell” and the Anthrax with “Madhouse”. The selection also includes “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC“The Four Horsemen” by Metallica“Living Dead Girl” by Rob Zombie and “Runnin’ With the Devil” by Van Halen. For Halloween, Ozzy Osbourne also chose “Helter Skelter” by Beatles“Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” by David Bowie“I Walked With a Zombie” by Roky Erickson“Dead Man’s Party” by Oingo Boingo and “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon.
Here are the songs included in the Halloween playlist curated by Ozzy Osbourne:
1. Ozzy Osbourne – “Bark at the Moon
2. The Beatles – “Helter Skelter”
3. Ozzy Osbourne – “Dairy of a Madman”
4. Ramones – “Pet Sematary”
5. Ozzy Osbourne – “Eat Me”
6. David Bowie – “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
7. Judas Priest – “Night Crawler”
8. Ozzy Osbourne – “Zombie Stomp”
9. Metallica – “The Four Horsemen”
10. Black Sabbath – “Black Sabbath”
11. Rob Zombie – “Living Dead Girl”
12. Misfits – “Horror Hotel”
13. Ozzy Osbourne – “Spiders”
14. Sex Pistols – “Bodies”
15. Judas Priest – “Jawbreaker”
16. Roky Erickson – “I Walked With a Zombie”
17. Ozzy Osbourne – “Waiting for Darkness”
18. Motörhead – “Killed by Death”
19. Ozzy Osbourne – “Scary Little Green Men”
20. Mudhoney – “Halloween”
21. AC/DC – “Highway to Hell”
22. Ozzy Osbourne – “Ghost Behind My Eyes”
23. John Lennon – “My Mummy’s Dead – Ultimate Mix”
24. Faith No More – “Surprise! You’re Dead!”
25. Metallica – “Last Caress/Green Hell”
26. Ozzy Osbourne – “Party With the Animals”
27. King Diamond – “Abigail”
28. Paul McCartney – “Run Devil Run”
29. Ozzy Osbourne – “Facing Hell”
30. Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man’s Party”
31. Ozzy Osbourne – “Straight to Hell”
32. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put a Spell on You”
33. AC/DC – “Hells Bells”
34. Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley”
35. The Dickies – “Killer Klowns”
36. Ozzy Osbourne – “Today Is the End”
37. Eagles – “Witchy Woman”
38. Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Motörhead – “Hellraiser”
39. Warren Zevon – “Werewolves of London”
40. Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde – “Evil Shuffle (feat. Zakk Wylde)”
41. Van Halen – “Runnin’ With the Devil”
42. Black Sabbath – “Electric Funeral”
43. Alice Cooper – “I Love the Dead”
44. Diamond Head – “Am I Evil”
45. Black Sabbath – “God Is Dead?”
46. The Beatles – “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
47. Social Distortion – “Mommy’s Little Monster”
48 Black Sabbath – “Children of the Grave”
49. Donovan – “Season of the Witch”
50. Twisted Sister – “Burn in Hell”
51. Suicidal Tendencies – “Waking the Dead”
52. Black Sabbath – “Hand of Doom”
53. The Accüsed – “Devil Woman”
54. Elton John – “I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself”
55. Electric Light Orchestra – “Evil Woman”
56. The Hellacopters – “The Creeps”
57. Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone”
58. Motörhead – “Boogeyman”
59. Black Sabbath – “Am I Going Insane (Radio)”
60. The Adicts – “My Baby Got Run Over By a Steamroller”
61. Anthrax – “Madhouse”
62. KISS – “God of Thunder”
63. The Beatles – “Octopus’s Garden”
64. Turbonegro – “All My Friends Are Dead”
65. Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde – “Mr. Darkness (feat. Zakk Wylde)”
66. Meat Leaf – “Bat Out of Hell”
67. Zeal & Ardor – “Devil Is Fine”
