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Dead Man's Party is the fifth album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1985. The album contains the only two singles by the band to chart on the Billboard Hot 100: "Weird Science" at number 45, and "Just Another Day" at number 85.[1]
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| Released | October 28, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | April–August 1985 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood) | |||
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| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek | |||
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The album cover art is an homage to the Mexican holiday Día de Los Muertos.
Composition
Elfman stated that he wrote the album's lead single, "Weird Science", spontaneously in his car, after receiving a call from director John Hughes about composing a song for his upcoming film of the same name. The song went on to become the band's most commercially successful single, which Elfman later regretted, as he believed it "just didn't feel like it was really a part of [the band's] repertoire".[2]
In film and television
"Just Another Day" was featured as the opening theme for the 1985 film That Was Then... This Is Now. It also appears in season 2, episode 1 of the Netflix series Stranger Things, where it underscores Hopper's introduction scene, though somewhat anachronistically, as the episode takes place on October 28, 1984, a full year before the actual release date of the Dead Man's Party album.
The title track appears in the 1986 film Back to School, wherein the band performs the song live at a party.[3] It also appeared in the Chuck television series, in the episode "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock".
"No One Lives Forever" appears within the opening minutes of two Cannon Group films: the 1986 production of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and the 1987 production of Down Twisted. It was later used in Casper: A Spirited Beginning (a 1997 direct-to-video release from 20th Century Fox and Saban Entertainment) and as the theme for the October 29, 2010 episode of Rachael Ray.
The song "Stay" became a hit in Brazil and was used as the theme song for the Brazilian telenovela Top Model, which increased the popularity of the band in that country and resulted in a Brazilian compilation album, Stay. It was also featured in Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut,[4] as well as in the 2012 Australian film Any Questions for Ben?.
The final track, "Weird Science", was written for the aforementioned John Hughes film of the same name and was used again as the theme to the television series on the USA Network.
Reissue
In 2021, Rubellan Remasters issued a remastered version of Dead Man's Party on CD with seven bonus tracks.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
2021 CD bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 10. | "Take Your Medicine" | 4:31 |
| 11. | "Just Another Day (Single Version)" | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Dead Man's Party (Short Version)" | 3:48 |
| 13. | "Weird Science (Single Version)" | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Stay (Stay Late Mix)" | 6:00 |
| 15. | "Dead Man's Party (Party 'Til You're Dead Mix)" | 8:36 |
| 16. | "Weird Science (Extended Dance Version)" | 6:30 |
Charts
| Chart (1985/86) | Position |
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| United States (Billboard 200) | 95 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 65 |
Personnel
Oingo Boingo
- Danny Elfman – vocals, rhythm guitar
- John Avila – bass guitars, vocals
- Steve Bartek – guitars
- Mike Bacich – keyboards
- John Hernandez – drums, percussion
- Sam Phipps – tenor saxophone
- Leon Schneiderman – baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
- Dale Turner – trumpet, trombone
Technical
- Danny Elfman – co-producer
- Steve Bartek – co-producer
- Michael Frondelli – mixing
- Bill Jackson – engineer
- David Leonard – engineer, mixing ("Weird Science")
- Stuart Farusho – second engineer (recording)
- Paul Levy – second engineer (recording)
- Mike Kloster – second engineer (recording)
- Judy Clapp – second engineer (mixing)
- Charlie Pakkari – second engineer (mixing)
- Laura Engel – studio production assistant
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- Larry Vigon – art direction, design
- Jayme Odgers – art direction, photography
- Celeste Williams – clay figure creation
References
- "Oingo Boingo | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2017-11-16.
- "Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman". The A.V. Club.
- Dead Man's Party Songfacts
- "Donnie Darko soundtrack - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- Duquette, Mike (July 1, 2021). "It's a Dead Man's Party: Rubellan Plans CD, Vinyl Reissues for Oingo Boingo". The Second Disc. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 222. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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