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Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo (pronounced /ˈɔɪ̯ŋgo ˈbɔɪ̯ŋgo/) was an American rock band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions, and their high energy Halloween concerts. The band was founded in 1972 as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, a performance art group. From 1976 it was led by songwriter/vocalist Danny Elfman, who has since achieved success as a composer for film and television.

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Song	Album	Duration
Ain't This the Life	Anthology 1999	3:39
Ain't This the Life	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:14
Ain't This the Life	10 Inch EP 1980
Ain't This the Life	Urgh! A Music War 1981	3:02
Bachelor Party	Bachelor Party 2009	3:49
Bachelor Party	Blockbuster Movie Hits [Capitol] 2010	3:49
Bachelor Party	Bachelor Party (Remastered)/O.S.T. 1984	3:49
Burn Me Up	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	2:58
Can't See (Useless)	Boingo 1994	4:35
Can't See (Useless)	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:28
Capitalism	Only a Lad 1981	3:41
Capitalism	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005	3:41
Capitalism	Boingo Alive 1988	4:13
Change	Boingo 1994	15:59
Change	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	8:50
Cinderella Undercover	Anthology 1999	4:40
Cinderella Undercover	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:46
Cinderella Undercover	Boingo Alive 1988	4:40
Clowns of Death	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	6:51
Controller	Only a Lad 1981	3:26
Controller	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	2:51
Country Sweat	Boingo Alive 1988	5:14
Dead Man's Party	Why? 2K: Anti-Millennium Party Collection 1999	6:21
Dead Man's Party	Dead Man's Party [LP] 1985	6:17
Dead Man's Party	Monsters, Ghouls, Goblins, and Demons 1999	6:22
Dead Man's Party	Anthology 1999	6:17
Dead Man's Party	Elvira Presents Haunted Hits [Bonus Tracks] 1988
Dead Man's Party	Halloween Classics [Shout Factory] 2008	6:22
Dead Man's Party	Now That's What I Call Halloween 2015	6:17
Dead Man's Party	Soundtrack Smashes: The 80's & More ... 1990	4:14
Dead Man's Party	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	6:12
Dead Man's Party	20 No. 1’s: 80's Pop	6:19
Dead Man's Party	Shock Rock 1999	6:22
Dead Man's Party	The Haunted Mansion: Haunted Hits 2003	4:19
Dead Man's Party	Rock of the 80's, Vol. 6 [Priority] 1993
Dead Man's Party	Best O' Boingo 1992	6:24
Dead Man's Party	Dead Man's Party 1985	6:17
Dead Man's Party	Boingo Alive 1988	6:22
Dead Man's Party	Hard to Find Classics: Alternative 80's 1997	6:23
Dead Man's Party	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	6:20
Dead Man's Party	Halloween Party Songs	6:17
Dead Man's Party	Elvira Presents Haunted Hits 1988	6:21
Dead Man's Party	Classic Alternatives, Vol. 2 1994
Dead Man's Party	Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween 1998	6:21
Dead Man's Party	Why?2K 2000	6:22
Dead Man's Party	Halloween Music 2017	6:23
Dead Man's Party	Awesome '80s 2011	6:21
Dead Man's Party	'80s Hits Back, Vol. 3 1997	4:18
Dead Man's Party	Culture Shock, Vol. 5
Dead Man's Party [From Back to School]	Don't You Forget About Me 2001	6:19
Dead Man's Party [Party 'Til You're Dead Mix]	Classic Alternatives	8:37
Dead Man's Party [Party 'Til You're Dead Mix]	Classic Alternatives, Vol. 2 1994	8:37
Dead or Alive	Good for Your Soul 1983	4:04
Dead or Alive	Boingo Alive 1988	4:04
Dead or Alive	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	4:05
Dead or Alive	Unknown Album	4:04
Dead or Alive [Version]	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	4:04
Dean Man's Party [Party 'Til You're Dead Mix]	Classic Alternatives, Vol. 5 2002	8:36
Dream Somehow	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:37
Elevator Man	Boingo Alive 1988	4:26
Elevator Man	Boi-ngo 1987	4:31
Fill the Void	Good for Your Soul 1983	3:42
Fill the Void	Unknown Album	3:42
Flesh 'N Blood	Anthology 1999	4:06
Flesh 'N Blood	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:18
Flesh 'N Blood	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:16
Flesh 'N Blood	Ghostbusters II 1989	4:17
Flesh 'n Blood	Ghostbusters 2 1989	4:17
Fool's Paradise	Dead Man's Party 1985	4:33
Glory Be	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	5:02
Goodbye, Goodbye	Why? 2K: Anti-Millennium Party Collection 1999	3:31
Goodbye, Goodbye	Anthology 1999	3:30
Goodbye, Goodbye	Boingo Alive 1988	3:32
Goodbye, Goodbye	Fast Times at Ridgemont High [LP] 1982
Goodbye, Goodbye	Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982	4:34
Goodbye-Goodbye	Best O' Boingo 1992	3:30
Gratitude	Best O' Boingo 1992	5:14
Gratitude	So Lo 1984	5:12
Gratitude	Boingo Alive 1988	4:47
Gratitude [Danny Elfman]	Anthology 1999	5:12
Grey Matter	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	5:53
Grey Matter	Nothing to Fear 1982	5:52
Grey Matter	Anthology 1999	5:52
Grey Matter	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	6:20
Grey Matter	Boingo Alive 1988	5:42
Grey Matter	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	5:42
Grey Matter [Version]	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	5:42
Heard Somebody Cry	Dead Man's Party 1985	4:40
Help Me	Dead Man's Party 1985	3:44
Help Me	Boingo Alive 1988	5:23
Helpless	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:56
Hey	Out of Bounds: Journey Through Modern Rock 1999	4:06
Hey!	Boingo 1994	7:44
Hey!	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	7:47
Home Again	Boingo Alive 1988	5:25
Home Again	Boi-ngo 1987	5:14
Home Again	Home Alone 3 1997	5:26
I Am the Walrus	Boingo 1994	4:09
I Am the Walrus	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:04
I'm So Bad	I'm So Bad [Digital Single]	3:56
I'm So Bad	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:38
I'm So Bad	10 Inch EP 1980
Imposter	Only a Lad 1981	3:00
Insanity	Boingo 1994	7:59
Insanity	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	7:43
Insanity	Unknown Album	7:58
Insects	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:05
Insects	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:04
Insects	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:09
Is This	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	3:27
Islands	Nothing to Fear 1982	4:41
It Only Makes Me Laugh	Unknown Album	6:49
Just Another Day	Anthology 1999	5:10
Just Another Day	Best O' Boingo 1992	5:14
Just Another Day	Dead Man's Party 1985	5:10
Just Another Day	Boingo Alive 1988	5:07
Just Another Day	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	5:15
Just Another Day	Rock of the 80's, Vol. 13 1994
Little Girls	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:45
Little Girls	Only a Lad 1981	3:44
Little Girls	Anthology 1999	3:36
Little Girls	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:56
Little Guns	Good for Your Soul 1983	3:42
Little Guns	Unknown Album	3:42
Long Breakdown	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:37
Lost Like This	Boingo 1994	4:54
Mama	Anthology 1999	4:51
Mama	Boingo Alive 1988	4:53
Mary	Boingo 1994	6:29
Mary	Anthology 1999	6:26
Mary	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	6:15
Minnie the Moocher	Forbidden Zone [Video] 1984
My Life	Boingo Alive 1988	4:46
My Life	Boi-ngo 1987	4:37
Nasty Habits	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	5:52
Nasty Habits	Only a Lad 1981	4:08
Nasty Habits	Anthology 1999	4:08
Nasty Habits	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	5:32
New Generation	Boi-ngo 1987	5:16
No One Lives Forever	Casper: A Spirited Beginning 1997	4:14
No One Lives Forever	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:13
No One Lives Forever	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:13
No One Lives Forever	Dead Man's Party 1985	4:13
No One Lives Forever	Boingo Alive 1988	4:06
No One Lives Forever	Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pt. 2 1986	1:23
No Spill Blood	Good for Your Soul 1983	3:42
No Spill Blood	Anthology 1999	3:42
No Spill Blood	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	5:23
No Spill Blood	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:34
No Spill Blood	Boingo Alive 1988	4:33
No Spill Blood	Unknown Album	3:42
Not My Slave	Anthology 1999	4:41
Not My Slave	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:46
Not My Slave	Boingo Alive 1988	4:08
Not My Slave	Boi-ngo 1987	4:43
Not My Slave	Something Wild 1986	4:23
Not My Slave	Smash Alternatives, Vol. 2 1999	4:44
Nothing Bad Ever Happens	Good for Your Soul 1983	3:44
Nothing Bad Ever Happens	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:45
Nothing Bad Ever Happens	Anthology 1999	3:44
Nothing Bad Ever Happens	Unknown Album	3:42
Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:45
Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:56
Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:54
Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)	Boingo Alive 1988	3:49
On The Outside	Only a Lad 1981	3:52
On the Outside	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:53
On the Outside	Anthology 1999	3:52
On the Outside	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:37
On the Outside	Boingo Alive 1988	3:44
Only A Lad	Only a Lad 1981	3:58
Only A Lad	Best O' Boingo 1992	3:50
Only Makes Me Laugh	Boingo Alive 1988	3:42
Only a Lad	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	4:00
Only a Lad	Anthology 1999	3:58
Only a Lad	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:24
Only a Lad	Boingo Alive 1988	3:50
Only a Lad	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	3:50
Only a Lad	On the Charts: I.R.S. Records 1979-1994 1994	3:57
Only a Lad	These People Are Nuts 1989	3:33
Only a Lad	10 Inch EP 1980
Only a Lad	Unknown Album
Out Of Control	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:10
Out of Control	Anthology 1999	4:08
Out of Control	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:10
Outrageous	Boi-ngo 1987	3:47
Pain	Boi-ngo 1987	4:28
Perfect System	Only a Lad 1981	3:46
Pictures of You	Good for Your Soul 1983	4:04
Pictures of You	Unknown Album	4:03
Piggies	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	6:54
Piggies	Unknown Album	6:47
Private Life	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:19
Private Life	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:18
Private Life	Anthology 1999	3:17
Private Life	Boingo Alive 1988	3:09
Private Life	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	3:19
Reptiles and Samurai	Nothing to Fear 1982	5:19
Reptiles and Samurai	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	5:41
Return of the Dead Man	Boingo Alive 1988	1:47
Return of the Dead Man 2	Boingo Alive 1988	2:40
Right to Know	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	3:57
*Right to Know []**	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	3:57
Run Away (The Escape Song)	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:19
Running on a Treadmill	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:21
Same Man I Was Before	Dead Man's Party 1985	3:23
Skin	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:42
Skin	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:40
Something Isn't Right	Something Isn't Right [Digital Single]	3:42
Something Isn't Right	Bachelor Party (Remastered)/O.S.T. 1984	3:42
Spider	Boingo 1994	5:27
Stay	Anthology 1999	3:35
Stay	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	3:40
Stay	Best O' Boingo 1992	3:38
Stay	Dead Man's Party 1985	3:35
Stay	Boingo Alive 1988	3:57
Stay	Rock Internacional: O Melhor das Novelas 2005
Sweat	Good for Your Soul 1983	4:50
Sweat	Anthology 1999	4:49
Sweat	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:49
Sweat	Boingo Alive 1988	4:32
Sweat	Unknown Album	4:48
Tender Lumplings	Boingo 1994	0:38
The Cat Is Dead	Unknown Album
This Is Not America	Blockbuster Movie Hits [Capitol] 2010	3:48
Try to Believe	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:32
Violent Love	Boingo Alive 1988	2:21
Violent Love	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	2:21
Violent Love	10 Inch EP 1980
Violent Love [10" EP]	Violent Love [Digital Single]	2:38
Violent Love [Version]	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	2:20
Wake Up	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	4:44
Wake Up (It's 1984)	Good for Your Soul 1983	4:43
Wake Up (It's 1984)	Unknown Album	4:43
Wake up (It's 1984)	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	4:44
War Again	Boingo 1994	5:53
Water	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:04
We Close Our Eyes	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:13
We Close Our Eyes	Boingo Alive 1988	3:30
We Close Our Eyes	Boi-ngo 1987	3:39
We Close Our Eyes	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	3:39
We Close Our Eyes	Unknown Album	3:38
Weird Science	Modern Rock 1986: Hang the DJ 1996	3:52
Weird Science	Throwback 1980's 2015	6:13
Weird Science	18 New Wave Classics, Vol. 2 1997	3:45
Weird Science	Poptronica: Sci-Fi 1999	6:05
Weird Science	Totally '80s for Kids 2008	3:49
Weird Science	Monsters, Ghouls, Goblins, and Demons 1999	3:49
Weird Science	Greatest Ever! Electric 2014	6:12
Weird Science	Rock of the 80's, Vol. 3 [Priority] 1995
Weird Science	Weird Science 1985
Weird Science	Soundtrack Smashes: The 80's 1989	3:49
Weird Science	Best O' Boingo 1992	6:10
Weird Science	Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) 2002	3:49
Weird Science	Dead Man's Party 1985	6:00
Weird Science	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	6:13
Weird Science	Just Can't Get Enough: Movie Hits of the '80s 2010	3:48
Weird Science	VH1: The Big 80's The Big Movies 1998	4:17
Weird Science	Chart Toppers: Modern Rock Hits of the 80s, Vol. 2 1998	3:50
Weird Science	Revenge of the Monster Hits 1995	3:51
Weird Science	80s Movie Hits 2006	3:49
Weird Science	I Want My 80's Box 2001	6:12
Weird Science	The Brat Pack: Movies Music Collection [DVD/CD] 2005	3:47
Weird Science	Classic 80s Movie Songs 2019	3:48
Weird Science	Cosmic Grooves: Aquarius 2001	3:49
Weird Science	Halloween Music 2017	6:13
Weird Science	'80s Hits Back 1996	3:51
Weird Science	Weird Science [Original Soundtrack] 1985	3:48
Weird Science	The Brat Pack Years 2001	3:52
Weird Science	100 Hits: Movies 2009	6:04
Weird Science	Culture Shock, Vol. 5
Weird Science	Unknown Album	6:00
Weird Science [From Weird Science]	Another Lost Decade: The '80s: At the Movies 2005	3:47
Weird Science [Weird Science/Soundtrack Version]	Totally '80s for Kids 2008	3:49
Weird Science [alternate mix]	Anthology 1999	6:05
What You See	Only a Lad 1981	3:55
When The Lights Go Out	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:11
When the Lights Go Out	Rrrrrock 2008	4:10
When the Lights Go Out	Anthology 1999	4:10
When the Lights Go Out	Dark at the End of the Tunnel 1990	4:11
When the Lights Go Out	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	4:11
Where Do All My Friends Go	Anthology 1999	4:28
Where Do All My Friends Go	Boi-ngo 1987	4:30
Who Do You Want To Be	Best O' Boingo 1992	3:33
Who Do You Want to Be	Good for Your Soul 1983	3:34
Who Do You Want to Be	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:33
Who Do You Want to Be	Anthology 1999	3:33
Who Do You Want to Be	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	2:59
Who Do You Want to Be	Boingo Alive 1988	3:21
Who Do You Want to Be	Unknown Album	3:32
Whole Day Off	Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet 1989	3:58
Whole Day Off	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:57
Whole Day Off	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:37
Whole Day Off	Unknown Album	3:57
Why'd We Come	Nothing to Fear 1982	3:58
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	Nothing to Fear 1982	4:07
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	Anthology 1999	4:08
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre 1996	4:39
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	Boingo Alive 1988	4:16
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:17
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	4:17
Wild Sex (In the Working Class) [Version]	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo 2002	4:16
Wild Sex [In The Working Class]	Best O' Boingo 1992	4:15
Winning Side	She's out of Control [Original Soundtrack] 1990	3:56
Winning Side	Boingo Alive 1988	3:58
Witch's Egg	Unknown Album
You Really Got Me	Only a Lad 1981	4:37

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