| Dead Man's Party | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Oingo Boingo |
| Cover: | Dead_Mans_Party_album.jpg |
| Released: | October 28, 1985 |
| Recorded: | April–August 1985 |
| Studio: | Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood) |
| Length: | 41:45 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek |
| Prev Title: | So-Lo |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Boi-ngo |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Dead Man's Party is the fifth album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1985 by MCA Records. 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] The album was the band's first to be certified gold for sales of 500,000 units.[2] The album cover art is an homage to the Mexican holiday Día de Los Muertos.
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".[3]
In 2021, Rubellan Remasters issued a remastered version of Dead Man's Party on CD with seven bonus tracks.[4]
| Chart (1985–1986) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 95 | |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 65 |
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