Jack’s Lament is the hit song from Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion musical film The Nightmare Before Christmas. The notional singer, Jack Skellington, is the nasty king of Halloween Town who longs for a less empty life and plots to take over the Christmas holiday. The song was written by Danny Elfman, who also provided the singing voice of Jack in the film.

Click/tap on the play button above to hear Charlie Macdonald’s rendition of this sinister yet sad song.