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Bela Lugosi's Dead (Official version)Bauhaus turns the death of the actor who played Dracula into a vigil for the Count. Try the original studio recording when you have time for the bass, echo, and guitar scrapes to settle in before Peter Murphy sings. The delay makes his entrance feel like something that has been waiting in the room.0 - 2
Love Song for a VampireAnnie Lennox recorded this for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. Her voice moves from a close, guarded delivery to an open plea. If the theatrical voices on this list make the Count seem untouchable, play this for the lonely side of the romance.0 - 3
Dracula's WeddingAndré 3000's vampire can handle garlic and stakes, then loses his nerve around Kelis. Their voices turn the song into a little scene about commitment, helped along by a beat that never waits for him to get over himself. Play it when you want the Count to make the first move and immediately regret…0 - 4
Dracula's Tango (Sucker for Your Love)Toto Coelo sings straight to the Count, piling on jokes about mirrors, necks, and blood types. Choose this for maximum pop camp. The chorus has the bright insistence of a playground chant, even when the lovers are making plans for a double tomb.0 - 5
Dinner with Drac, Pt. 1John Zacherle tells a dinner story in limericks over a bouncing backing track. He gives the invitation just enough courtesy to set up the meal's final indignity. Try Part 1 if you want a Halloween record with the timing of an old comedy routine.0 - 6
Dracula Cha ChaBruno Martino sings about the Count to a cha-cha, a premise that takes less than a verse to make perfect sense. It came from the Italian horror comedy Tempi duri per i vampiri. Use it to take a playlist from creepy to inviting without leaving the castle.0 - 7
Dracula's DaughterScreaming Lord Sutch shifts the attention to the Count's daughter and delivers the greeting with an extravagant howl. This is for listeners who like a hopping early rock beat with their haunted-house carry-on. The singer sounds like he could scare a dance floor into starting without him.0 - 8
Soul DraculaHot Blood gives the Count a disco pulse and lets the groans and breathy noises keep interrupting it. The joke works because the rhythm section sounds quite serious about getting everyone to dance. Follow Toto Coelo with this if you want the party to get sillier without slowing down.0 - 9
NosferatuBlue Öyster Cult puts Lucy and the vampire at the center of a slow-building story. Try it when you want the sense of a film playing in your head, with the repeated cries of the title getting more urgent as the arrangement grows around them.0 - 10
DraculaGorillaz turns the Count into a voice floating through a dubby groove. Listen for how the little spoken interruptions cut across the bass. It works as a reset after a bigger rock track, when the playlist needs an eerie room to wander through for a few minutes.0
