"Monster Mash" | |
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Single by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers | |
from the album The Original Monster Mash | |
B-side | "Monsters' Mash Party" |
Released | August 25, 1962 |
Recorded | May 1962 |
Genre | |
Length | 3:14 |
Label | Garpax (US) London (UK) |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Gary S. Paxton |
Audio sample | |
The sample shows Pickett's Bela Lugosi impression and his Boris Karloff voice style which was the inspiration for the song. |
"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween. It has been a perennial Halloween favorite ever since. In 2021, nearly 60 years after its release, "Monster Mash" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 37.
Some might suggest that music inspired by All Hallows' Eve begins with Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers's whimsical 1962 rock 'n' roll novelty number "Monster Mash"..