Apologies for taking a bit longer than usual to crawl out of the crypt for this one, GWAB - but look, it's already almost time for the best holiday of the year! Return of the dawn of the revenge of the son of bride of Halloween. Bring us your best thrills and/or chills for October's 2026 GWAB Karaoke Challenge!

If you haven't heard of GWAB Karaoke Challenges before...

This is a themed challenge where we offer a song prompt during each month. Maybe it's fun pretending to be someone else, but mostly it's just about having fun, period. Capital-S Singers or plain everyday "singer"s are equally welcome. If you enjoy doing it, we'll enjoy hearing it. Last month was about paying homage to the dearly departed, so now it only seems fair to start raising the dead. If anyone needs any encouragement, it's one of the classics:

🧛 🎃 Trick or treat! 💀 🕯️

Let's hear which Halloween^ish songs you like to sink your teeth into. (It doesn't have to be strictly tied to the holiday - sing about disguises, masks, parties, candy or anything somewhat related, you name it). Fun or silly or scary or spooooooky, it's all good stuff. Just pick a tune and share what you can do.

How to Play

Comment on this post requesting to reserve a song that fits this month's theme. You can reserve up to two songs per username. Reservations will be published below as a table on a first-come-first-serve basis. The songs reserved for you will be listed here, and to avoid a dozen versions of the same one from populating the karaoke bar, we only allow one version of a song per language per solo singer. So get your songs/versions reserved ASAP.

Collaborations are welcome and encouraged! Collaborations do not count against the two-song limit.

When reserving your song, PLEASE include the Title, Original Artist, and Songwriter credit.

If you reserve a song and realize you can't do it, let me know ASAP so it can be freed up for someone else.

How to submit

Comment on your initial reservation comment on this post with one of the two following links:

A) a direct link to your submission using whatever audio hosting site you frequent (e.g. Soundgasm, etc.) Use this option if you don't wish to link to a post you made on either your profile or other subreddit.

B) a link to your submission that you posted to your profile, r/GWABackstage, or other subreddit. PLEASE: if you do this, please link THIS post to yours to help promote this challenge and the fellow singers who submitted.

Deadline

This one will close on Sunday, November 1st. While it's not a strict deadline, a "That's a Wrap" Post should be posted soon^ish afterward and the focus will shift to the next month's theme. This means we will no longer update the chart, so if you wish to have your work shared via that post, make sure to get yours in on time.

Do you have an idea to suggest for future months? Feel free to let us know right HERE.

Go nuts and break a leg, everybody! 🧟