Dead Man's Party (album)

"Weird Science"
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
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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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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman.

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