Playlist: Witch Vibes

feature image: “The Witch’s Dance In, Tam-O’Shanter” by J.M. Wright

We’ve always been big fans of witches (and many of us are witches ourselves), but now that we’ve been named as an instigator of the Modern Witch movement by The Guardian, we figured that we should step up our witch game. I mean, our personal witch games are strong as ever, but as a site we could always use some more witchiness, you know?

With that mission in mind, here’s a playlist full of songs for all you brujas, witches, sea hags and fortune tellers. These songs are prefect for all the times when you may be mixing potions in your kitchen, preparing to perform dark rituals with friends or just lounging around your house with your favorite black cat. Some of these songs are on the nose and are explicitly about witches or witchcraft, others are sung by witches, others just give off a good witch vibe, some fall into all of those categories.

'Warlocks and witches in a dance" by John Faed

“Warlocks and witches in a dance” by John Faed

Witch Vibes

Spellbound – Siouxsie and the Banshees
La Llorona – Chavela Vargas
Beez in the Trap – Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz (or Nicki’s verse on Monster or My Chick Bad)
Philosophy of the World – The Shaggs
Werewolf – CocoRosie
Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby  – Alison Krauss
Bad Girls – M.I.A.
I Put a Spell on You – Nina Simone
Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
The Initiation – Mykki Blanco
Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
House of the Rising Sun – Lauren O’Connell
Poor Unfortunate Souls – Pat Carroll
I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles
Creep – Brandi Carlile
O Death – Bessie Jones
La Bruja – Salma Hayek and Los Vega
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
Defying Gravity – Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
Witch – the bird and the bee
Siren Song – Bat for Lashes
Heavy Metal and Reflective – Azealia Bank
Supreme – Angel Haze
Fire Leap – Magnet (From The Wicker Man Soundtrack)

https://play.spotify.com/user/autostraddle/playlist/2xIVIjsgDOwOrMcE4exqjg

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22 Comments

  2. so far i’m three songs deep and this playlist is just so good! gracias, bruja ::witch hat tip off to you::

  4. La Llorona may be my favorite song ever, all of its versions. One of my witchy songs is Witches by Switchblade Symphony.

  5. No Eagles, Witchy woman or Black Magic woman(original Fleetwood Mac version if you want something more bluesy, or the version Santana made famous)?

  7. This made my day. Beez in the Trap being on the playlist made my day even more. It rotates as my favorite Nicki track.

  10. how timely! I used up so much witchy energy yesterday getting my longboard back this is just what i need to recharge ~~~~

  14. This list makes me incoherently happy, like the other witch list you made. My brain is having a happy quit.
    Bessie Jones and Chavela Vargas on the same playlist, I can’t even.
    My face is broken. I look like the Joker, but it’s okay I look good in purple.
    *is goo*

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