Monster Mash

About Monster Mash

"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in October 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20 of that year, just in time for Halloween. It has been a perennial holiday favourite ever since. .

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About this song

Credited to

Bobby "Boris" Pickett, The Crypt-Kickers, Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

Album

The Original Monster Mash · Track 1 of 16 · Opens the album

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

3:12

Ranking

#1 most played Bobby "Boris" Pickett track on Foxsoundi

Top countries on Foxsoundi

United States (100 %)

On Last.fm

28,374 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: The Original Monster Mash