A spine-chilling scary song: masterful tracks that evoke fear and eerie recommended songs
For those curious folks who want to feel fear from scary songs or pore over creepy lyrics, we’ve researched eerie classics and popular frightening tracks you shouldn’t miss.
We’ll introduce a wide range—from songs beloved by music fans to selections chosen by our site’s music-specialist writers—blending them together.
We’ve carefully picked both Japanese and Western music, old and new.
Some tracks might not seem scary just by listening, but depending on how you interpret the lyrics, they can be chilling.
It could be fun to talk about the stories behind these songs when sharing summer ghost tales.
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A spine-chilling scary song. Masterpieces that evoke fear and eerie recommended tracks (61–70)
Stalker’s Song: 3rd Block, Your HouseAbe Mao
Mao Abe is a singer-songwriter popular with both men and women for her empathetic lyrics and powerful vocals.
She’s known for a sound that blends rock as a base with pop.
One of her scary songs is “Stalker’s Song ~3-Chome, Your House~.” The title alone is so straightforward it’s already frightening.
Starting with the refreshing tone of an acoustic guitar, the lyrics depict stalking someone you’re obsessed with, and the uncannily realistic content makes it overwhelmingly terrifying.
Onahamaoni
This is a track by Oni, a hip-hop MC from Onahama, Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture.
It’s included on his first album, Aka-ochi, released in 2008.
As the title suggests, it centers on his hometown and tells the story of his own life.
The rawness of the lyrics cuts straight to the heart.
It’s an intense kind of music that can’t be summed up by calling it “cool hip-hop.”
Manabu Yoshikai, 17 years old (unemployed)Shido
Sid’s “Gakkai Yoshi 17: Unemployed” is a poem about a reclusive man who can’t control himself and teeters on the brink of committing a desire-driven crime.
It’s a chilling song that foreshadows the terrifying days awaiting a woman who has caught his eye.
Lament of ResentmentKaji Meiko
This is a signature song by Meiko Kaji, who gained popularity as an actress and singer.
It was the theme song for the Female Prisoner Scorpion film series and was released in 1972.
As the title suggests, the lyrics express the lament of a woman whose life was ruined by being swayed by others’ words.
Film director Quentin Tarantino, a huge fan of hers, featured the song in the action movie Kill Bill, bringing it worldwide recognition.
Blue Headscarftaiyou koumon
The band calls themselves the most fearsome trance sorcery band.
This song’s theme is cannibalism.
Today, a daughter has died.
For the sake of her memorial, they tried to entrust the rites to a temple monk, but the monk had no intention of performing the memorial; after embracing the dead, he then ate the flesh.
I ended up listening to this in the middle of the night and rather regret it.
And when someone told me, “You can trip on this,” I didn’t know how to respond.
Also, this track is 13 minutes long, so please look forward to it.
doppelgängerCreepy Nuts
Set over a tense, hard‑hitting beat, this is a tour‑de‑force from Creepy Nuts that portrays the wavering and split of the self.
It depicts the inner alter ego—or mask—that everyone carries as a “doppelgänger,” sharply capturing the modern psyche’s inner conflict.
Melodic hooks intertwine exquisitely with unstable rhythms to vividly express a churning state of mind.
The track was written as the theme song for the film Under Ninja, released in January 2025.
It’s the perfect song for facing the many faces within yourself—or for releasing the unease and urgency inside your heart.
Sweet fruitSuga Shikao
Precisely because you’re so in love with someone, you end up harboring a dim, shadowy feeling.
Jealousy wells up out of nowhere—even though it isn’t aimed at anyone in particular.
Some of you may recognize this emotion.
This is a song by Shikao Suga, a singer-songwriter who has written many songs for well-known artists.
It was released in 1999 as his eighth single.
With its solid, biting guitar sound, it’s a slightly scary love song.