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"This is Halloween" is a song composed by Danny Elfman from the 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It is performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town", which is the film's main setting during the opening of the film. The song then ends when Jack Skellington is introduced, just as the citizens all celebrate Halloween with Jack's arrival.

The song is featured in HalloWishes at both the Magic Kingdom and at Disneyland's Halloween Screams. In Calaway Park, it is featured in the haunted mansion. It is also used as the background music for the Halloween Town world in the Kingdom Hearts video game series, as well as the Toy Box mode in the Disney Infinity series, with the Halloween Town Sky in use. The song is featured in the video games Just Dance 3, Just Dance Now, and Just Dance Unlimited. The song is played by Marilyn Manson in the soundtrack The Nightmare Revisited. The song is featured in Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular at Magic Kingdom.

Lyrics[]

Shadows (Ghost / Werewolf):
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Siamese Shadow:
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

Ghosts:
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween

Monster Under the Bed:
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

Monster Under the Stairs:
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

Chorus:
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Vampires:
In this town, we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

Mayor:
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Chorus:
Round that cornerman hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...

Harlequin Demon, Werewolf & Melting Man:
Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, and slimy green

Werewolf:
Aren't you scared?

Witches:
Well, that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night

Hanging Tree:
Everybody scream, everybody scream!

Hanging Skeletons:
In our town of Halloween...

Clown:
I am the clown with the tear-away face
(deeper voice) Here in a flash and gone without a trace

Voice:
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair...

Oogie Boogie Shadow:
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!

Chorus:
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

(extra verse only in soundtrack version)
Halloween! Halloween!

Corpse Child, Winged Demon:
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare

Parent Corpses:
That's our job, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween

Mayor:
In this town, don't we love it now?
(with chorus joining in; soundtrack version only) Everyone's waiting for the next surprise!

Chorus:
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back and scream like a banshee, make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everyone scream
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy?

Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
Everyone, hail to the Pumpkin King now

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Corpse Child & Mummy:
In this town, we call home
Everyone, hail to the pumpkin song

Citizens:
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, Halloween, Halloween! (repeat two more times)

(Backing Chorus: La, la, la, la-la-la,
La, la, la-la-la,
La, la, la-la-la,
La-la-la...)

Undersea Gal:
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

Citizens:
Whee!

Covers[]

"This is Halloween" was covered by Marilyn Manson in 2006 and later put on the 2008 album Nightmare Revisited. The song was also covered by Panic! at the Disco for the The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack 2006 reissue bonus disc. It has also been rerecorded for foreign language versions of the film, including Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Thai. Powerglove has done an instrumental version on their album Saturday Morning Apocalypse. The Candy Spooky Theater covered the song on their 2010 album SpookyWonderland. Kidz Bop also performed a cover of the song in the album Kidz Bop Halloween. On the 2011 album V-Rock Disney, which features visual kei artists covering Disney songs, Sadie covered this song.

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • An instrumental version is played as background music for Halloween Town in the Kingdom Hearts game series.
  • In addition to the Kingdom Hearts series, This is Halloween is featured in all related media, making it an anthem of sorts to the franchise.
  • A sped up version of this song (as well as Grim Grinning Ghosts) is the main background music in the Halloween Fireworks display at some of the Disney parks.
  • An instrumental version is played in Disney Infinity when the player uses the skydome Power Disc of The Nightmare Before Christmas in the Toy Box mode.
  • In the Soundtrack, The Nightmare Revisited, this song (Sung by Marilyn Manson) is played well and covered by heavy rock music.
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Films: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Books: Zero's JourneyLong Live the Pumpkin QueenThe Nightmare Before Christmas: The Full Film Script
Video games:Kingdom HeartsKingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesKingdom Hearts IIKingdom Hearts 358/2 DaysThe Pumpkin KingOogie's RevengeDisney UniverseDisney InfinityDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney Sorcerer's Arena
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Disney Parks
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Entertainment: Oogie Boogie's Freaky Funhouse
Parades: Disney's Fantillusion
Halloween: Disney's Not So Spooky SpectacularDisney Villains Wicked GatheringFrightfully Fun ParadeGlow in the Park Halloween ParadeHappy HallowishesHocus Pocus Villain SpelltacularJack Skellington’s Villainous GatheringJourney to the Halloween TownKaribuni MarketplaceThe Annex“This IS Halloween!” Dance PartyVillains Night Out!World of Color: Villainous!
Christmas: Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!What's This? Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along

Characters
Jack SkellingtonSallyOogie BoogieLock, Shock, and BarrelDr. FinkelsteinMayor of Halloween TownSanta ClausZeroClown with the Tear-Away FaceEaster BunnyMr. HydeHarlequin DemonVampire TeddyToy DuckPumpkin-in-the-BoxVampiresIgorBehemothMonster Who Lives Under the StairsMonster Who Lives Under the BedThe Grim ReaperThe DevilWolfmanWinged DemonCorpse FamilyMummy BoyUndersea GalHanging Tree and SkeletonsGhostsMelting ManHalloween Town BandAttic SnakeMan-Eating WreathJewelCyclopsCitizens of Halloween Town
Objects
Worm’s WortFrog’s BreathDeadly Night ShadeFrog GunWorm's Wort SoupBat BoomerangPumpkin BombDog BiscuitsShrunken HeadBathtubRun-Over TurtleSoul Robber
Locations
Halloween TownChristmas TownHinterlandsSpiral Hill
Songs
This Is HalloweenJack’s LamentWhat’s This?Town Meeting SongJack’s ObsessionKidnap the Sandy ClawsMaking ChristmasOogie Boogie's SongSally’s SongPoor Jack FinaleDr. Finkelstein's Song
See Also
The Original Poem


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Other media
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween PartyAgrabah (Kingdom Hearts pilot)
Incorporated Films and Shorts
Aladdin/The Return of JafarAlice in WonderlandBeauty and the BeastBig Hero 6CinderellaFantasiaFrozenHerculesThe Hunchback of Notre DameLilo & StitchThe Lion KingThe Little MermaidMickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three MusketeersMonsters, Inc.MulanThe Nightmare Before ChristmasPeter PanPinocchioPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndSleeping BeautySnow White and the Seven DwarfsSteamboat WillieTangledTarzanToy StoryTron/Tron: LegacyWinnie the PoohWreck-It Ralph
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Main Characters: SoraRikuKairiKing MickeyDonald DuckGoofyRoxasAxel/LeaNaminéXionAquaTerraVentus

Villains: XehanortAnsemXemnasMaleficentPeteVanitasXigbar/BraigXaldinVexenLexaeusZexionSaïx/IsaDemyxLuxordMarluxiaLarxeneTerra-XehanortYoung XehanortXehanort's Guardian
Other Characters: Jiminy CricketAnsem the Wise/DiZYen SidMaster EraqusDilanEvenAeleusIenzoLingering WillHaynerPenceOletteKairi's GrandmaRiku ReplicaJiminy's JournalForetellersMaster of MastersLuxuEphemerSkuldChirithyStrelitziaLauriamYozoraVorHermod
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Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Queen MinnieDaisy DuckPlutoChip and DaleHuey, Dewey, and LouieMagic BroomsAliceWhite RabbitDoorknobCheshire CatQueen of HeartsCard SoldiersTarzanJane PorterClaytonTerkKerchakKalaSaborHerculesPhiloctetesHadesCerberusRock TitanIce TitanAladdinAbuJasmineGenieCarpetJafarIagoPeddlerCave of WondersPinocchioGeppettoMonstroCleoArielFlounderSebastianUrsulaKing TritonFlotsam and JetsamGlutJack SkellingtonZeroSallyOogie BoogieLock, Shock, and BarrelDr. FinkelsteinMayor of Halloween TownPeter PanTinker BellCaptain HookMr. SmeeWendyCrocodileMerlinWinnie the PoohTiggerPigletEeyoreRabbitOwlRooBeesBeastBelleSnow WhiteCinderellaFairy GodmotherAuroraPongoPerditaDalmatian PuppiesSimbaMushuDumboBambiChernabog
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts II: Flora, Fauna, and MerryweatherMaleficent's RavenScrooge McDuckMulanLi ShangShan YuHayabusaYao, Ling, and Chien PoThe EmperorLumiereCogsworthMrs PottsChipWardrobePegasusMegaraPain and PanicHydraHorace HorsecollarClarabelle CowClara CluckJack SparrowElizabeth SwannWill TurnerCaptain BarbossaBo'sunJacobyTwiggCursed CrewPrince EricAttinaAndrinaSanta ClausSkeletal ReindeerTimonPumbaaNalaRafikiScarShenzi, Banzai, and EdMufasaKiaraPridelandersHyenasTronMaster Control ProgramCommander SarkKangaGopherStitchChicken Little
Disney Characters introduced in Birth by Sleep: Prince PhillipMaleficent's GoonsDocGrumpyHappySleepyBashfulSneezyDopeyThe PrinceEvil QueenMagic MirrorPrince CharmingJaqLady TremaineAnastasiaDrizellaLuciferGrand DukeGrand CouncilwomanCaptain GantuJumbaExperiment 221Lost Boys
Disney Characters introduced in Dream Drop Distance: QuasimodoEsmeraldaPhoebusJudge Claude FrolloVictor, Hugo, and LaverneKevin FlynnSam FlynnQuorraCLUBlack GuardsBlue FairyBeagle BoysChernabog's MinionsJulius
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ: Mad HatterMarch HareRazoulRoyal GuardsMauriceGaston
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ: SultanSamsonVanellope von SchweetzFix-It Felix Jr.Sergeant CalhounKing CandySour BillCy-BugsHero's Duty Troops
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts III: ZeusApolloAthenaHermesLava TitanTornado TitanLittle ChefWoodyBuzz LightyearRexHammSargeGreen Army MenLittle Green MenRapunzelFlynn RiderPascalMaximusMother GothelSulleyMike WazowskiBooRandall BoggsChild Detection AgencyTrailer FolkElsaAnnaKristoffOlafSvenMarshmallowHansMr. GibbsTia DalmaDavy JonesKrakenCutler BeckettDavy Jones' Locker CrabsBaymaxHiro HamadaGo Go TomagoHoney LemonFredWasabiLumpyWreck-It Ralph
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Disney Characters introduced in the manga: CaterpillarChi-Fu
Square Enix Characters: LeonCloudMoogleOthers

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Objects
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Locations
Original Worlds: Destiny IslandsTraverse TownRadiant Garden/Hollow BastionDisney Castle/Disney Town/Timeless RiverDive to the HeartEnd of the WorldRealm of DarknessTwilight Town/Mysterious TowerThe World That Never WasCastle That Never WasLand of Departure/Castle OblivionKeyblade GraveyardDaybreak Town/Scala ad Caelum

Disney Worlds: WonderlandDeep JungleOlympus Coliseum/Underworld/OlympusAgrabahAtlanticaHalloween Town/Christmas TownNeverlandHundred Acre WoodThe Land of DragonsBeast's CastlePort Royal/The CaribbeanPride LandsSpace ParanoidsDwarf WoodlandsCastle of DreamsDeep SpaceLa Cité des ClochesThe GridPrankster's ParadiseCountry of the MusketeersToy BoxKingdom of CoronaMonstropolisArendelleSan FransokyoGame Central Station/Niceland/Cy-Bug Sector/Candy Kingdom

Organizations/Groups
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Songs
"Dearly Beloved" • "Simple and Clean" • "Sanctuary" • Face My FearsDon't Think TwiceMickey Mouse Club MarchSwim This WayPart of Your WorldUnder the SeaUrsula's RevengeA New Day is DawningDestatiThis is HalloweenHe's a PirateBeauty and the BeastBibbidi-Bobbidi-BooIt's a Small WorldNight on Bald MountainWinnie the PoohThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeThe Pastoral SymphonyNutcracker SuiteYou've Got a Friend in MeHealing IncantationPut That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help MeLet It GoDo You Want to Build a SnowmanYo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)A Whole New WorldCircle of Life
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