This Is Halloween

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"**This is Halloween**" is a song 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 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 music video games *Just Dance 3* and *Just Dance 2016*. the song is played by Marilyn Manson in the soundtrack The Nightmare Revisited.

Despite it’s dark and sinister theme, it is still a hero song since the Citizens of Halloween Town explain that although they scare people, they are actually very friendly.

## 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!

**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?

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]

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

**Citizens**: Whee!

## Videos

#### Official

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***Animated Sequels***
Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend) • Forget About Love • There's a Party Here in Agrabah • Out of Thin Air • Father and Son  • As Long As There's Christmas • Where Do I Go from Here? • What a Day in London • Between Two Worlds • He Lives in You • We Are One • Upendi • Love Will Find a Way • Welcome Home • World Without Fences • I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way • Always There • Perfectly Perfect • More Than a Dream • At the Ball • Be True to Your Groove • Down to the Sea • For a Moment • Tip and Dash • Here on the Land and Sea • I Remember • The Jungle Rhythm • W-I-L-D • Right Where I Belong
***Other Animated Films***
City of Light • Remember That Day • Super Highway • Hang in There, Kid • I See a New You • Humans • Home Again • Small But Mighty • A Whole Bunch of World • I Wanna Be a Boy • Proud to Be a Dog • A Boy Needs a Dog • All for One and One for All • Love So Lovely • Sweet Wings of Love • Chains of Love
***Animated Series***
DuckTales • Three Cheers for Bubba Duck • Darkwing Duck • Little Girl Blue • Kickin' in the Groove • I'm Darkwing Duck • Spin It • Home is Where the Heart Is • Goof Troop • Gotta Be Gettin' Goofy • Rescue Rangers • Gummi Bears Theme • Gummiberry Juice • Mighty Ducks • Bonkers • Duck Daze • T-Squad Theme Song