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The 55+ Best Songs About Ghosts, Spirits, And Hauntings

Boo! Ghosts have haunted the minds of musicians propelling them to creating spooky, great music. This is Ranker's list of the best songs about ghosts, influenced by your votes. Great ghost songs are usually about supernatural aberrations, but sometimes ghost songs are about the ghosts of past relationships. This list includes great rock songs about ghosts, great rap songs about ghosts and everything in between. “I ain't afraid of no ghosts,” Ray Parker Jr. sings in his hit, “Ghostbusters.” The track was on the soundtrack for the 1984 film of the same name. Bruce Springsteen has written several songs about ghosts. His tunes “The Ghost of Tom Joad” and “Spirit in the Night” both appear on this list of the greatest ghost songs.In 1998, Phish released an album entitled Story of the Ghost. The album's first track, “Ghost,” appears on this list. Tegan & Sarah had a hit with their track, “Walking with the Ghost,” and Alice Cooper had a good ghost song with, “Steven.” You don't have to believe in ghosts to have a favorite ghost song. Vote the best ghost songs to the top of this list and share your ghost story in the comments section.

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Ghostbusters
69% upvoted
2
Ghost Town
66% upvoted
3
Dead Souls
67% upvoted
4
Haunted
65% upvoted
5
Midnight in Montgomery, Alan Jackson
67% upvoted
6
The Ghost of Tom Joad
66% upvoted
7
Steven
66% upvoted
8
Ghost of the Navigator
64% upvoted
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Ghost Song
63% upvoted
10
Ghost Town
65% upvoted
11
Ghost Rider
63% upvoted
12
The Ghost in You
58% upvoted
13
Born as Ghosts
61% upvoted
14
Ghost Love Score
61% upvoted
15
19 Ghosts III
57% upvoted
16
Happy Phantom
56% upvoted
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Ghost Behind My Eyes
58% upvoted
18
Little Ghost
53% upvoted
19
Misguided Ghosts
56% upvoted
20
3 Ghosts I
57% upvoted
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Walking With a Ghost
52% upvoted
22
Ghost Train
53% upvoted
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Spirit in the Night
53% upvoted
24
Ghost Bitch
54% upvoted
25
Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man
52% upvoted
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Ghost of a Chance
52% upvoted
27
Ghost Town
62% upvoted
28
4 Ghosts I
57% upvoted
29
Ghosts in My Machine
58% upvoted
30
A Child With The Ghost
50% upvoted
31
Ghost of Perdition
53% upvoted
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Ghosts of Cape Horn
48% upvoted
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The Ghost Who Walks
48% upvoted
34
Glass and the Ghost Children
48% upvoted
35
Ghost Town
46% upvoted
36
Ghost Town Blues
50% upvoted
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Ghost Dancing
50% upvoted
38
Ghost of Corporate Future
44% upvoted
39
To Repel Ghosts
47% upvoted
40
Old Ghosts
46% upvoted
41
The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)
47% upvoted
42
Ghost of a Chance
44% upvoted
43
Ghost Wiring
43% upvoted
44
Headful of Ghosts
43% upvoted
45
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
44% upvoted
46
Ghost of the Ocean
36% upvoted
47
Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove
36% upvoted
48
Ghosts in the Wind
37% upvoted
49
Ghosts of a Different Dream
33% upvoted
50
Ghost in the Glass
33% upvoted
51
Ghosts Are Everywhere
33% upvoted
52
Shake Off the Ghosts
33% upvoted
53
Ghosting
33% upvoted
54
Ashes and Ghosts
27% upvoted
55
Ghostwriter
The Arcana
29% upvoted
56
Spirit Got Lost
25% upvoted