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Dead Man's Party 
Studio album by Oingo Boingo Released October 28, 1985 Recorded August 1985 Genre New Wave Length 41:00 Label MCA Records Producer Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek Oingo Boingo chronology So-Lo
(1984)Dead Man's Party
(1985)Boi-ngo
(1987)Singles from Dead Man's Party - "Weird Science"
Released: 1985 - "Just Another Day"
Released: January 28, 1986 - "Dead Man's Party"
Released: April 29, 1986 - "Stay"
Released: 1986
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[1]Dead Man's Party is the fourth album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1985. It is considered by some to be their breakthrough, due to the inclusion of songs from this album in two films. The title track was used in the film Back to School (wherein Boingo performs the song at a party) and the dancing skeletons in its music video became one of the most recognized symbols of the band.[2] It was also used in the Chuck television series in "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock". The album also includes the song "Weird Science" which was written for the John Hughes film of the same name and later the television series on the USA network. Another track, "No One Lives Forever", was used in the 1986 Cannon Group production of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Casper: A Spirited Beginning, a direct-to-video release from 20th Century Fox and Saban Entertainment in 1997. It is also used as the theme for the October 29, 2010 episode of Rachael Ray.
The song "Stay" was used as the theme song for the Brazilian telenovel Top Model, which increased the popularity of the band in the country.
The album cover art is a homage to the Day of the Dead.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman.
No. Title Length 1. "Just Another Day" 5:14 2. "Dead Man's Party" 6:23 3. "Heard Somebody Cry" 4:39 4. "No One Lives Forever" 4:16 5. "Stay" 3:39 6. "Fool's Paradise" 4:36 7. "Help Me" 3:47 8. "Same Man I Was Before" 3:26 9. "Weird Science" 6:10 Total length:41:00 Personnel
- Oingo Boingo
- Danny Elfman - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Steve Bartek - lead guitar
- John Avila - bass, vocals
- Mike Bacich - keyboards
- Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums, percussion
- Sam Phipps - tenor saxophone
- Leon Schneiderman - baritone & alto saxophones
- Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone
References
Danny Elfman · Steve Bartek · Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez · Sam "Sluggo" Phipps · Dale Turner · Leon Schneiderman · John Avila · Warren Fitzgerald · Doug Lacy · Marc Mann
Kerry Hatch · Richard Gibbs · Carl Graves · Michael BacichStudio albums Only a Lad · Nothing to Fear · Good for Your Soul · So-Lo (as Danny Elfman) · Dead Man's Party · BOI-NGO · Dark at the End of the Tunnel · Boingo (as Boingo)Live albums Compilations Boingo Alive • The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet • Stay • Best O' Boingo • Anthology • The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium CollectionExtended plays Singles "You Got Your Baby Back" • "Only a Lad" • "Wake Up (It's 1984)" • "Weird Science" • "Just Another Day" • "Dead Man's Party" • "Stay" • "Pain" • "Not My Slave" • "Winning Side" • "Flesh 'N Blood" • "Out of Control" • "When the Lights Go Out" • "Insanity" • "Hey!"Related articles Discography • List of members • Richard Elfman • Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo • Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust • Forbidden Zone (soundtrack) • Tito & Tarantula • Psychotic Aztecs
Categories:- 1985 albums
- Oingo Boingo albums
- I.R.S. Records albums
- Albums produced by Danny Elfman
- Albums produced by Steve Bartek
- 1980s album stubs
- "Weird Science"
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