# ‘Golden Girls’ Theme Song Writer Earns First Billboard No. 1 Thanks to ‘Spooky’ Halloween Hit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/golden-girls-theme-song-writer-earns-first-billboard-no-1-thanks-to-spooky-halloween-hit/
- Published: 2026-11-10T23:27:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:35:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/spooky-scary-skeletons-andrew-gold-golden-girls-hot-100-1236379046/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” debuts at No. 35 on the Hot 100.
- Its album reaches No. 1 on the Kid Albums chart.
- The chart-topper is Andrew Gold’s first Billboard No. 1.

## Summary

Andrew Gold’s 1996 song “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” has entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, debuting at No. 35 in the week after Halloween. Its seasonal popularity has also taken the album Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music to No. 1 on the Kid Albums chart, giving the late singer-songwriter his first Billboard chart-topper.

Gold wrote, performed and produced the original song. It gained attention in 2010 when a YouTuber paired it with a 1920s Disney cartoon, then found a new audience through The Living Tombstone’s 2013 remix. Gold, who died in 2011 aged 59, also wrote “Thank You for Being a Friend”, later used as the theme for The Golden Girls; his earlier chart successes included “Lonely Boy”, which reached No. 7 in 1977.

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