: The song has been covered by countless artists, including Vanilla Fudge , Julie Driscoll , and Lana Del Rey . It remains a go-to soundtrack choice for eerie or supernatural TV scenes, notably used in House and American Horror Story . 🎬 In Film and Literature
: Though often associated with Halloween, Donovan wrote it about the "spookiness" of 1966 London—specifically the paranoia of drug busts and the changing social landscape. Season Of The Witch
: Lines like "You've got to pick up every stitch" and "Some other cat looking over his shoulder at me" capture a sense of impending dread and societal shifts. : The song has been covered by countless