| Artist: | Oingo Boingo |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 5 |
| Tribute: | 2 |
| Ep: | 1 |
| Singles: | 19 |
| Music Videos: | 10 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
The discography of Oingo Boingo, an American new wave band, consists of eight studio albums, two live albums, five compilation albums, two extended plays, one soundtrack, seventeen singles, ten music videos, and a list of soundtrack appearances.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[1] | |||||
| 1981 | Only a Lad | 172 | — | ||
| 1982 | Nothing to Fear
| 148 | — | ||
| 1983 | Good for Your Soul
| 144 | — | ||
| 1984 | So-Lo
| — | — | ||
| 1985 | Dead Man's Party
| 98 | 65 | ||
| 1987 | Boi-ngo
| 77 | 98 | ||
| 1990 | Dark at the End of the Tunnel
| 72 | — | ||
| 1994 | Boingo
| 71 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||
1 Released as a Danny Elfman solo album but often retrospectively attributed to Oingo Boingo
2 Released as "Boingo"
| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Boingo Alive
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| 1996 | Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995
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| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 |
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| 2006 | Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo
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| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[3] | [4] | ||||
| 1976 | "You Got Your Baby Back" | — | x | — | "You Got Your Baby Back" single |
| 1980 | "Only a Lad" | — | x | — | Oingo Boingo |
| 1981 | "Only a Lad" | — | x | — | Only a Lad |
| "Little Girls" | — | x | — | ||
| 1982 | "Private Life" | — | x | — | Nothing to Fear |
| 1983 | "Wake Up (It's 1984)" | — | x | — | Good for Your Soul |
| 1984 | "Gratitude" | — | x | — | So-Lo |
| 1985 | "Weird Science" | 45 | x | 39 | Dead Man's Party |
| 1986 | "Just Another Day" | 85 | x | — | |
| "Dead Man's Party" | — | x | — | ||
| "Stay" | — | x | 30 | ||
| "Pain" | — | x | — | Boi-ngo | |
| 1987 | "Not My Slave" | — | x | — | |
| 1988 | "Winning Side" | — | 14 | — | Boingo Alive |
| 1989 | "Flesh and Blood" | — | — | — | Dark at the End of the Tunnel |
| 1990 | "Out of Control" | — | — | — | |
| "When the Lights Go Out" | — | 15 | — | ||
| 1994 | "Insanity" | — | — | — | Boingo |
| "Hey!" | — | 23 | — | ||
1 As "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo"
2 As Danny Elfman
3 As Boingo
| Year | Song | Director(s) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Little Girls" | Richard Elfman | Only a Lad | |
| 1982 | "Private Life" | Nothing to Fear | ||
| 1983 | "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" | Good for Your Soul | ||
| 1984 | "Gratitude" | Graeme Whifler | So-Lo | |
| 1985 | "Weird Science" | — | Dead Man's Party | |
| 1986 | "Just Another Day" | Stephen R. Johnson | ||
| "Dead Man's Party" | — | |||
| "Stay" | David Hogan | |||
| 1990 | "Out of Control" | — | Dark at the End of the Tunnel | |
| 1994 | "Insanity" | — | Boingo |
This section is intended to be a compendium of the many tracks that Oingo Boingo has recorded for TV and film soundtracks, as well as various artists compilation albums. It also includes previously released songs that have been included in TV, film and other media.
| Year | Song | Appearance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "I'm Afraid" | L.A. In: A Collection of Los Angeles Rock and New Wave Bands compilation | The first official release to be credited to "Oingo Boingo", as opposed to "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo". | |
| 1981 | "I've Got to Be Entertained" | Longshot | No official soundtrack release. Band appears in film, performing the song. | |
| "Ain't This the Life" | Band appears in film, performing the song. Recorded at The Whisky in Hollywood, CA on August 17, 1980. Original studio versions previously released on Oingo Boingo demo EP and Oingo Boingo EP. | |||
| 1982 | "Better Luck Next Time" | — | ||
| "Goodbye, Goodbye" | Fast Times at Ridgemont High film Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack | |||
| 1984 | "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" | Sixteen Candles | No official soundtrack release; previously released on Nothing to Fear. | |
| "Something Isn't Right" | — | |||
| "Bachelor Party" | ||||
| "Who Do You Want to Be" | Does not appear on soundtrack; previously released on Good for Your Soul. | |||
| "Hold Me Back" | Surf II | No official soundtrack release. | ||
| "Only a Lad" | No official soundtrack release; previously released on Only a Lad. | |||
| 1985 | "Weird Science" | Also released as a single. A longer, different mix would later appear on Dead Man's Party. | ||
| 1986 | "Fast Times" | Fast Times | No official soundtrack release. | |
| "Take Your Medicine" | Live! For Life compilation | Compilation album of previously unreleased live and studio tracks with the intent of raising funds for the AMC Cancer Research Center. | ||
| "Dead Man's Party" | Band appears in film, performing the song. Previously released on Dead Man's Party. | |||
| "No One Lives Forever" | From Dead Man's Party. | |||
| "Not My Slave" | A different mix would later appear on BOI-NGO. | |||
| 1987 | "Home Again" | Wisdom | Does not appear on soundtrack; reissued on BOI-NGO. | |
| "Same Man I Was Before" | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | No official soundtrack release; previously released on Dead Man's Party. | ||
| "Happy" | Credited to Danny Elfman, who also scored the film. | |||
| "Who Do You Want to Be" | From Good for Your Soul. | |||
| "Not My Slave" | Like Father Like Son | No official soundtrack release; previously released on BOI-NGO. | ||
| 1988 | "Try to Believe" | Credited to Mosley & The B-Men. Instrumental version appears in film; vocal version appears on soundtrack. A different version would later appear on Dark at the End of the Tunnel. | ||
| 1989 | "Flesh 'N Blood" | A different mix would later appear on Dark at the End of the Tunnel. | ||
| "Winning Side" | From Boingo Alive. | |||
| 1990 | "Country Skin" | Country & western version of "Skin", performed by Michael Stanton. Oingo Boingo version previously released on Dark at the End of the Tunnel. | ||
| "Violent Love" | Does not appear on soundtrack; previously released on Oingo Boingo EP. | |||
| 1992 | "We Close Our Eyes" | Performed by Susanna Hoffs. Oingo Boingo version previously released on BOI-NGO. | ||
| 1993 | "Weird Science" | Beavis and Butt-Head | Appears in season 2 episode "Scientific Stuff". From Dead Man's Party. | |
| 1994–1998 | Used as intro theme song. From Dead Man's Party. | |||
| 1997 | "No One Lives Forever" | From Dead Man's Party. | ||
| "Home Again" | From BOI-NGO. | |||
| 1999–2000 | "Forbidden Zone" | Dilbert | Re-recorded and rearranged version used for intro theme song. No official soundtrack release; original Oingo Boingo versions previously released on Oingo Boingo demo EP and Forbidden Zone soundtrack. | |
| 2001 | "Stay" | Does not appear on original soundtrack but was included on the British two-disc reissue in 2004. From Dead Man's Party. | ||
| 2005 | "Capitalism" | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room soundtrack | From Only a Lad. | |
| "Who Do You Want to Be" | Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's American Sk8land | From Boingo Alive. | ||
| 2006 | "Dead Man's Party" | NCIS | Appears in season 4 episode "Witch Hunt". From Dead Man's Party. | |
| Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 | From Dead Man's Party. | |||
| 2007 | "Only a Lad" | From Only a Lad. | ||
| 2009 | "Weird Science" | Appears during San Francisco auditions in season 8. From Dead Man's Party. | ||
| 2011 | Rock Band 3 | Supplemental downloadable content for video game. From Dead Man's Party. | ||
| 2015 | Rick and Morty | Appears in season 2 trailer. From Dead Man's Party. | ||
| 2017 | "Just Another Day" | Stranger Things | Appears in season 2 episode "Madmax". From Dead Man's Party. |