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"'''This is Halloween'''" is a track featured on the ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' re-release bonus disc in October 2007, originally written and performed by Danny Elfman. The song was performed live on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on October 31, 2006.
| Name        = This Is Halloween
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| Cover      = The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack.jpg
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| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
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| Album      = The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| Released    = October 24, 2006
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| Recorded    = 2006
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| Genre      = Gothic metal, Gothic rock
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| Length      = 3:22
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| Label      = Disney
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| Writer      = Danny Elfman
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| Composer    = Danny Elfman
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| Producer    = [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Tim Skold]]
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}}
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"'''This Is Halloween'''" is a track featured on the [http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Burtons-Nightmare-Before-Christmas/dp/B000IFRQHC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260257167&sr=1-1 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack reissue's bonus disc] in October 2006, originally written and performed by Danny Elfman in 1993.
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== Appearances ==
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==Appearances==
=== Soundtracks ===
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===Albums===
* ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (Reissue)
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* ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (Re-release)
* [http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=nightmare+revisited+soundtrack&sprefix=nightmare+re Nightmare Revisited]
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== Versions ==
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==Versions==
* "This Is Halloween"
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* This is Halloween
  
== Live ==
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==Live==
"This Is Halloween" has only been played live twice. The first performance was on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', on [[2006/10/31 Los Angeles, CA|October 31st, 2006]]. The second time it was played was on [[2007/10/31 Las Vegas, NV|10/31/07 in Las Vegas, Nevada]].
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"This is Halloween" was played live for the first and only time on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', on October 31, 2006.
  
== Lyrics ==
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[http://youtube.com/watch?v=YsOiFKhm5UI Here] is a video of the performance.
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==Lyrics==
 
     Boys and girls of every age
 
     Boys and girls of every age
 
     Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
 
     Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
 
     Come with us and you will see
 
     Come with us and you will see
 
     This, our town of Halloween
 
     This, our town of Halloween
   
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     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
 
     Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
 
     This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
 
     This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
     Trick-or-treat 'til the neighbor's gonna die of fright
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     Trick-or-treat till the neighbor's gonna die of fright
 
     It's our town, everybody scream
 
     It's our town, everybody scream
 
     In this town of Halloween
 
     In this town of Halloween
   
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     I am the one hiding under your bed
 
     I am the one hiding under your bed
 
     Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
 
     Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
     I am the one hiding under your stairs
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     I am the one hiding under yours stairs
 
     Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
 
     Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
   
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     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
 
     In this town we call home
 
     In this town we call home
 
     Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
 
     Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
   
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     In this town, don't we love it now?
 
     In this town, don't we love it now?
 
     Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
 
     Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
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     Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
 
     Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
 
     Scream! This is Halloween
 
     Scream! This is Halloween
     Red and black, slimy green
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     Red 'n' black, slimy green
 
     Aren't you scared?
 
     Aren't you scared?
 
     Well, that's just fine
 
     Well, that's just fine
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     Take a chance and roll the dice
 
     Take a chance and roll the dice
 
     Ride with the moon in the dead of night
 
     Ride with the moon in the dead of night
   
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     Everybody scream, everybody scream
 
     Everybody scream, everybody scream
 
     In our town of Halloween!
 
     In our town of Halloween!
   
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     I am the clown with the tearaway face
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     I am the clown with the tear-away face
 
     Here in a flash and gone without a trace
 
     Here in a flash and gone without a trace
 
     I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
 
     I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
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     I am the shadow on the moon at night
 
     I am the shadow on the moon at night
 
     Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
 
     Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
   
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     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
 
     Halloween! Halloween!
 
     Halloween! Halloween!
   
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     Tender lumplings everywhere
 
     Tender lumplings everywhere
 
     Life's no fun without a good scare
 
     Life's no fun without a good scare
 
     That's our job, but we're not mean
 
     That's our job, but we're not mean
 
     In our town of Halloween
 
     In our town of Halloween
   
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     In this town
 
     In this town
 
     Don't we love it now?
 
     Don't we love it now?
   
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     Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
 
     Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
 
     And scream like a banshee
 
     And scream like a banshee
 
     Make you jump out of your skin
 
     Make you jump out of your skin
 
     This is Halloween, everyone scream
 
     This is Halloween, everyone scream
     Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
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     Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy
     Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
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     Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin Patch
 
     Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King
 
     Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King
   
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     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     This is Halloween, this is Halloween
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
 
     Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
   
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     In this town we call home
 
     In this town we call home
 
     Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
 
     Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
   
 
    La la la la-la
 
    La la la la-la
 
    La la la la-la
 
    La la la
 
  
== Trivia ==
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    La la-la la, Halloween! Halloween!
* In an [http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/24459 interview with NME] [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] stated, "It will be the vampire national anthem, black panties all across the world will moisten at the sound of my voice."
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* ''This Is Halloween'' has only been performed live on two occasions: [[2006/10/31 Los Angeles, CA]] and [[2007/10/31 Las Vegas, NV]], and both times were on Halloween.
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