Halloween (Dave Matthews Band song)

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"Halloween"
Song by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Before These Crowded Streets
ReleasedApril 28, 1998
Recorded The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA & Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
Genre Rock
Length5:07 (6:30 on Recently )
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) David J. Matthews
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite

"Halloween" is a song by Dave Matthews Band from the 1998 album Before These Crowded Streets . The song was originally released as a live track on their Recently EP in 1994. It debuted live on Halloween of 1992 and was originally titled "The Halloween Song." It opened the show, and included Kristen Asbury on vocals. The debut was different from newer versions of Halloween, and it is also the longest version of the song (12:07) to date. [1]

"Halloween" is the only track on Before These Crowded Streets not to have lyrics included in the CD cover.

Live releases

Footnotes

  1. Rob Bokon; Andy Bouwman; Matias Niño; Henry Hart. "dmbalmanac.com" . Retrieved 2008-04-02.

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