"You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is a song by English rock band Muse, released as the fifth track from the band's ninth studio album Will of the People. It was also released as a standalone single alongside a music video. The song has a horror theme, with a music video referencing popular horror media such as IT and The Shining.
Composition and lyrics "You Make Me Feel Like it's Halloween" has been described as an electronic rock, dance-rock, synth-pop, alternative rock and glam rock song, featuring a 1980s pop aesthetic. The synthesizer work has been described as "ominous" and John Carpenter-esque. The track also experiments with "frazzled, spooky distortion", and features organs throughout.
Lyrically, the song is about "the claustrophobia of an abusive relationship," such as domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Music video The music video, directed by Tom Teller, features a group of masked figures sneaking into a house only to discover that it is haunted. The video features many references to horror media such as IT, Friday the 13th, Poltergeist, The Shining, and a nod to Corey Taylor's Slipknot mask, who was an influence on the new album. Band members Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, and Dominic Howard appear as framed paintings in the background.
Personnel Muse Matthew Bellamy – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards Dominic Howard – drums, percussion Chris Wolstenholme – bass guitar
Technical Matt Bellamy – production, engineering Dominic Howard – engineering Chris Wolstenholme – engineering Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer Bryce Bordone – mixing engineer Chris Gehringer – mastering Andy Maxwell – studio assistant (Abbey Road) Tommy Bosustow – studio runner (Abbey Road) Chris Whitemyer – technical assistant Paul Warren – technical assistant
Charts +Chart performance for "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" Chart (2022) Peakposition New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 32 UK Singles Sales (OCC) 3 UK Physical Singles (OCC) 1
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