The Connections Between Scary Horror Movies and Music Videos of the 80s and 90s

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (1988): “Are You Ready for Freddy?” » by the Fat Boys / “A Nightmare on My Street” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

And now we come to the Great Freddy Rap War of 1988. One of the most memorable groups of the ’80s was the Fat Boys, a trio of upbeat, overweight gentlemen who rubbed shoulders with Chubby Checker and the Beach Boys, and also starred in their own zany comedy called Troubles. It’s not that bad! Anyway, they had their own music video for Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dreammasterwho challenged them to spend a night in a haunted house, only to be chased away by a rapping Freddy. I call bullshit, because the Fat Boys were obviously woke about all of this.

They weren’t the only hokey rap crew who wanted a spot on the soundtrack. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince composed a single called “A Nightmare on My Street” in hopes of making it big, but with no dice. Will Smith reportedly hugged his uncle while tearfully asking him why New Line Cinema didn’t want him. It was still released, but with a disclaimer emphasizing that it had nothing to do with the films. A video clip was still produced in full, but lawyers prevented its broadcast. They slapped him with a lawsuit and told Smith to keep Freddy’s name out of his fucking mouth.

Beetlejuice (1988): “Day-O” by Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte had already been singing this song for 30 years, but the session scene Beetle juice was so big at the time and gave the song such a boost that he ended up making a video for it. This one looks 90% like a movie sequence, but it shows alternate and extended shots from the sequence that didn’t make it into the final film.

Aside from the endless montage, we see occasional shots of Harry Belafonte walking alone through the city streets while singing this song. Normally I’d attribute this to the fact that they’re filming Belafonte doing his average daily activities, but in the end he calls a cab, only to be surprised to see a terrible superimposed effect of Beetlejuice as the driver. Between this and Scrooged1988 was all about evil, unsanitary ghosts driving taxis, I guess.

Ghostbusters II (1989): “Alone” by Bobby Brown

It took a while, but we finally got to an entry about a rap song that explains the plot of the film over the end credits. Classic. Bobby Brown had big shoes to fill creating a new Ghostbusters theme and… he’s fine. It peaks at his first line, which is why he repeats it several times throughout the song.

Instead of being a charming creeper like Ray Parker Jr., Bobby Brown spends the video commandeering video screens, bus posters and newspaper front pages all over New York City. Just clips of him, his backing singers and stuff from the movie itself. Like in the first movie’s video, random celebrities appear, but this time there’s no way for them to scream at the camera. Instead, they all seem confused by Brown’s outburst. Appearances include Christopher Reeve, the Ramones, Rick Moranis and a giant elephant in the room.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (1988): “Are You Ready for Freddy?” » by the Fat Boys / “A Nightmare on My Street” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Beetlejuice (1988): “Day-O” by Harry Belafonte

Ghostbusters II (1989): “Alone” by Bobby Brown

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