"Skeleton Sam" is a song by the musical project LVCRFT, released in 2019 as part of their album The Sequel. The song is a Halloween-themed rap that features a character named Skeleton Sam, who makes people dance in a cemetery with other spooky creatures. Influenced by hip-hop, pop, and dance music genres, it has a catchy chorus and a playful tone.
In 2022, the song was used as the opening song for the Disney+ movie Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to the 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus. The song plays during the transition from the prologue set in 1693 to the present day, introducing the new protagonists of the movie: Becca, Izzy, and Cassie.
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We gather here for this special occasion
One night only in limited engagement
So stomp your feet and clap your hands
For Skeleton Sam and his graveyard band
I was just a little ghoul when I heard his name
He's the graveyard legend of the danging game
Rumor has it he invented how to knock 'em dead
He's the reason that we all say "break a leg"
When the sun goes down all the ghosts come out
Zombies rise up from the ground
Monsters come from all the lands
Just to see the bones of Skeleton Sam
Dance, dance, dance
The way he move you in a
Trance, trance, trance
Ooh he make you wanna
Dance, dance, dance
Until you can't
Shaking every bone
Like Skeleton Sam
Every bone is double-jointed, he can twist 'em all
Spin his head on his finger like a basketball
No one knows where he's from but I hear he's the king
Of the Lafayette Cemetary in New Orleans
When the werewolves howl and the witches fly
That's when you know Sam's nearby
When you hear the sound of a million scream
They're probably watching him on ghost TV
Dance, dance, dance
The way he move you in a
Trance, trance, trance
Ooh he make you wanna
Dance, dance, dance
Until you can't
Shaking every bone
Like Skeleton Sam
Dance, dance, dance
The way he move you in a
Trance, trance, trance
Ooh he make you wanna
Dance, dance, dance
Until you can't
Shaking every bone
Like Skeleton Sam
Dance, dance, dance
The way he move you in a
Trance, trance, trance
Ooh he make you wanna
Dance, dance, dance
Until you can't
Shaking every bone
Like Skeleton Sam
