It's Almost Halloween
{{Short description|2008 song by Panic! at the Disco}}
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| recorded = October 2008
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| prev_title = That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Northern Downpour
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"It's Almost Halloween" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco.{{cite news|last=Hollands|first=Courtney|date=November 1, 2008|title=Panic takes a side trip throughs '60s psychedelia|newspaper=The Boston Globe|location=Boston, Massachusetts|page=G10}} The song was released as a digital download on October 25, 2008, through Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen.
Background and recording
{{quote box|align=right|width=20%|quote=It was our version of doing a Christmas song. Halloween definitely fit Panic! better at that time, and with Halloween you don't have to compete with Mariah Carey and Josh Groban.|source= – Panic! at the Disco drummer Spencer Smith on "It's Almost Halloween".{{cite web|url=https://rocksound.tv/features/read/spencer-smith-on-10-years-of-panic-at-the-discos-its-almost-halloween|title=Spencer Smith on Panic! at the Disco's 'It's Almost Halloween'|last=Jamieson|first=Brii|date=October 28, 2019|website=Rock Sound|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029140651/https://rocksound.tv/features/read/spencer-smith-on-10-years-of-panic-at-the-discos-its-almost-halloween|archive-date=October 29, 2019|url-status=dead}}}}
"It's Almost Halloween" features lead vocals by Panic! at the Disco guitarist Ryan Ross and vocalist Brendon Urie. According to the band's drummer, Spencer Smith, the song's vocals were recorded in a bathroom, as "purely a result of being on tour and having to make the most of what you have to work with." Describing the genesis of the song, Smith stated, "We were really just trying to have fun. Doing something less composed and orchestrated felt different and unexpected for us at that point. Also, around that time Ryan was wanting to sing more, so doing that on a casual, fun song seemed like a low pressure way to ease into it."
Music video
A music video for the song was uploaded on YouTube on October 25, 2008,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/panic-at-the-disco-music-video-evolution-8464873/|title=Every Panic! at the Disco Music Video From 2006 to Today: Watch Their Evolution|last=Schiller|first=Rebecca|date=July 11, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2023}} by Panic! at the Disco's label, Fueled by Ramen. Filmed outside of St. Louis in Defiance, Missouri, in a forested area and at an indoor Halloween party, the video features the members of the band dressed in Halloween costumes purchased from a local Party City.
Critical reception
In 2018, the song was ranked number 57 on a PopBuzz list of every Panic! at the Disco song "ranked from worst to best".{{cite web|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/music/artists/panic-at-the-disco/features/every-panic-at-the-disco-song-ranked-worst-to-best/|title=All 71 Panic! At The Disco Songs Ranked From Worst To Best|last=Wilson-Taylor|first=James|date=January 4, 2018|website=PopBuzz|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106200810/http://www.popbuzz.com/music/artists/panic-at-the-disco/features/every-panic-at-the-disco-song-ranked-worst-to-best/|archive-date=January 6, 2018|url-status=live}} In 2019, Brii Jamieson of Rock Sound wrote that, "Over the past 11 years, 'It's Almost Halloween' has transcended its cultural bounds, and become a scene staple – a cult classic, the likes of which we haven't seen since."
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/youtube_ranks_halloween_tracks/|title=YouTube ranked P!ATD and Twenty One Pilots in their top Halloween tracks|date=October 26, 2017|website=Alternative Press|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024051640/https://www.altpress.com/youtube_ranks_halloween_tracks/|archive-date=October 24, 2023|url-status=live}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTFnNU3AYg "It's Almost Halloween"] on YouTube
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081103071757/https://store.fueledbyramen.com/albumview.asp?idproduct=68872 "It's Almost Halloween"] at Fueled by Ramen (archived from the [https://store.fueledbyramen.com/albumview.asp?idproduct=68872 original] on November 3, 2008)
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Category:Panic! at the Disco songs