Lakewood Listens To More Halloween Music Than Any U.S. City

LAKEWOOD, OH — Spotify and the New York Times teamed up to look at which states and cities stream the most Halloween music. Well, apparently the "Monster Mash" is pretty popular in Lakewood because residents are streaming more Halloween music than any other town in the U.S.

Don't worry though, cities all over Ohio seem to be hotspots for Halloween music. West Chester and Loveland both landed on the top 20 cities streaming the most Halloween music. Ohio ranked third overall in the list of states streaming Halloween tunes.

Utah and West Virginia stream more Halloween music than Ohio overall, but no one is outpacing Lakewood on a municipal level, the New York Times found. In fact, here are the five cities where streaming Halloween music is most popular:

1. Lakewood, Ohio
2. Downers Grove, Ill.
3. Macomb, Mich.
4. Oak Park, Ill.
5. Lehi, Utah

West Chester, Ohio was ranked sixth, just missing the top five.

What are people listening to?

The "Monster Mash" is actually the second most popular Halloween song — that most streamed tune is "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. "Ghostbuster," "(Don't Fear) the Reaper," and "Highway to Hell," round out the top five most popular seasonal tunes.

To be honest, the list of songs that Spotify counted as "Halloween" tunes is suspect. We're not sure "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads or "Freaks Come Out at Night" by Whodini should be ranked in the top 20. At least "Zombie" by the Cranberries could be badly misinterpreted into a song about a literal brain-eating monster.

To read the full New York Times report, click here.

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