"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween. It has been a perennial Halloween favorite ever since.
The song is narrated by a character who appears to be Victor Frankenstein, or possibly Frankenstein's Monster. They hosted a lively dance party at their manor which includes Igor as a musician. The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and Dracula's son are among the guests. While Dracula at first disapproves of the new fashioned music in favor of the old timey Transylvania Twist, he soon comes around and likes the new song.