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Revision as of 18:00, 29 July 2009
| Oingo Boingo discography | |
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| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 9 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 5 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Tribute albums | 2 |
The discography of Oingo Boingo, an American New Wave band consists of eight studio albums, one live album, six compilation albums, one extended play, one soundtrack, five singles, nine music videos, and a list of soundtrack appearances.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1981 | Only a Lad
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— | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Nothing to Fear | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Good for Your Soul | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | So-Lo 1
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— | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Dead Man's Party
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98 | Gold | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Boi-ngo | 77 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Dark at the End of the Tunnel
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72 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Boingo 2 | 71 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
- 1 Danny Elfman solo album, but generally thought of as an Oingo Boingo release.
- 2 Released as Boingo.
Live albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995 |
Compilations
| Year | Album details |
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| 1988 | Boingo Alive
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| 1989 | The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
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| 1990 | Stay
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| 1991 | Best O' Boingo
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| 1999 | Anthology
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| 2002 | The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
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| 2008 | Forbidden Boingo
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Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Demo EP
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| 1980 | Oingo Boingo
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Soundtracks
| Year | Album details |
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| 1980 | Forbidden Zone
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Tribute albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo
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| 2006 | Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. Modern Rock | UK | |||
| 1985 | "Weird Science" | 45 | - | - | Dead Man's Party |
| 1986 | "Just Another Day" | 85 | - | - | |
| 1988 | "Winning Side" | - | 14 | - | Boingo Alive |
| 1990 | "When the Lights Go Out" | - | 15 | - | Dark at the End of the Tunnel |
| 1994 | "Hey!" | - | 23 | - | Boingo |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Little Girls" | Only a Lad | |
| 1982 | "Private Life" | Nothing to Fear | |
| 1983 | "Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me" | Good for Your Soul | |
| 1984 | "Gratitude" | So-Lo | |
| 1985 | "Weird Science" | Dead Man's Party | |
| 1986 | "Just Another Day" | ||
| "Dead Man's Party" | |||
| "Stay" | |||
| 1990 | "Out of Control" | Dark at the End of the Tunnel | |
| 1994 | "Insanity" | Boingo |
Soundtrack appearances
- The studio recording of "Goodbye, Goodbye" appears on the soundtrack to the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The song can only be found elsewhere on Boingo Alive and Best O' Boingo as a live recording.
- "Better Luck Next Time" appears on the soundtrack to the 1982 film The Last American Virgin. This song can not be found on any Oingo Boingo albums.
- "Bachelor Party" and "Something Isn't Right" appear on the soundtrack to the 1984 film Bachelor Party. These songs can not be found on any Oingo Boingo albums. The soundtrack also includes "Who Do You Want To Be", from the album Good for Your Soul.
- In the 1984 John Hughes film Sixteen Candles, the character of Farmer Ted dances spastically to "Wild Sex (In The Working Class)", from the album Nothing To Fear.
- "Hold Me Back" and "Only A Lad" are featured during the opening and closing credits, respectively, of the 1984 film Surf II.
- "No One Lives Forever" can be heard during the bridge scene in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
- "Not My Slave" can be heard on the car radio during a scene in the 1986 film Something Wild.
- "Home Again" can be heard at the end credits of the 1986 film Wisdom Written and Directed by Emilio Estevez. The soundtrack to Wisdom is also the first all electronic film score that Danny Elfman created for the film.
- "Dead Man's Party" and an appearance by the band in the 1986 film Back to School, which starred Rodney Dangerfield.
- "Not My Slave" plays during the 1987 film Like Father Like Son starring Kirk Cameron.
- "Happy" appears on the soundtrack to the 1987 film Summer School. This song can not be found on any Oingo Boingo albums.
- "Who Do You Want To Be" appears on the soundtrack to the 1987 film Teen Wolf Too.
- "Try To Believe" (performed by Oingo Boingo under the alias "Mosley and the B-Men") can be heard in the 1988 film Midnight Run, which was scored by Danny Elfman. This version of the song is different from the version on the album Dark at the End of the Tunnel.
- "Same Man I Was Before" can be heard in the 1988 film My Best Friend Is a Vampire.
- The studio version of "Winning Side" appears on the soundtrack to the 1989 film She's Out of Control.
- "Flesh 'N Blood" appears on the soundtrack to the 1989 film Ghostbusters II. A short snippet is played as background music during the film.
- "Skin" can be heard on the radio (though not performed by Oingo Boingo) during a scene in the 1990 Clive Barker film Nightbreed.
- "Violent Love" can be heard in the 1990 film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
- Susanna Hoffs covered "We Close Our Eyes" for the soundtrack to the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The song can be heard during the closing credits.
- "No One Lives Forever" can be heard in the 1997 television film Casper: A Spirited Beginning.
- "Home Again" appeared in the John Hughes film Home Alone 3 in 1997.
- A slightly altered version of "Forbidden Zone" was the theme song to the animated television show Dilbert (1999).
- "Stay" can be heard in the director's cut of the 2001 film Donnie Darko.
- "Capitalism" appears on the soundtrack to the 2005 film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
- The live recording of "Who Do You Want To Be" (from the album Boingo Alive) appears on the soundtrack to the 2005 video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. It is also featured in the 2005 Nintendo DS version of Tony Hawk's American Sk8land.
- "Dead Man's Party" can be heard during a costume party in the "Witch Hunt" (2006) episode of the television show NCIS.
- "Dead Man's Party" is a selectable song in the 2006 Xbox video game Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4.
- "Only A Lad" was featured in the 2007 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.
- "Weird Science" made an appearance in Beavis and butthead as a music video. however the duo disliked the song because Butthead believes that "this guy (Danny Elfman) thinks he's smart". Beavis disliked it because he said that " college music sucks". The duo decided to change the channel.
- "Weird Science" also made an appearance on the eighth season of American Idol during the San Francisco auditions.