About
Spooky Scary Skeletons is the name of a children’s Halloween song written and preformed by Andrew Gold. The song has since become associated with the online skeleton culture and mixed with various other skeleton related memes like 2spooky.
Origin
On August 20th, 1996, musician Andre Gold released the children’s song “Spooky Scary Skeletons” on the Halloween themed album Halloween Howls. Years later on May 5th, 2010, YouTuber JimmyWilson01 uploaded a video of the 1929 Disney short film The Skeleton Dance with “Spooky Scary Skeletons” edited in to play in the background (shown below). As of August 2015 the video has over 5.3 million views.[1]
Spread
On October 3rd, 2012, YouTuber 47drift uploaded a video entitled “/v/ Sings – Spooky, Scary Skeletons” which had been previously recorded through a 4chan singing thread (shown below, left).[2] On October 27th, 2013 YouTuber White Void JoJo uploaded a looped clip from a “JonTron”: video in which “Spooky Scary Skeletons” briefly plays, and edited a longer version of the song onto the clip (shown below, right).[3]
On October 31st, 2013, electronic music producer The Living Tombstone uploaded a dubstep remix of the original song (shown below, left).[4] The following year, YouTuber Nyanners uploaded a cover of the song (shown below, right).[5]
The Living Tombstone’s remix has also been used in various other animation videos, specifically those within the Minecraft and Five Nights at Freddy’s fandoms, with the most viewed from each having over 1.8 million and 2.8 million views respectively (both shown below).[6][7]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – spooky Scary Skeletons
[2]YouTube – /v/ Sings – Spooky, Scary Skeletons
[3]YouTube – Jontron – Spooky Scary Skeletons
[4]YouTube – Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) – Extended Mix
[5]YouTube – [Cover] Spooky Scary Skeletons
[6]YouTube – Minecraft – Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) – Minecraft Animation Music Video
[7]YouTube – [SFM] Spooky Scary Endoskeleton