Boi-ngo

Not to be confused with the 1994 album Boingo.

1987 studio album by Oingo Boingo

Boi-ngo

Studio album by

Oingo Boingo

Released| March 2, 1987
Recorded| August–December 1986
Studio|

* Sound Factory (Hollywood)
* Sunset Sound (Hollywood)

Genre|

* New wave
* pop rock

Length| 41:00
Label| MCA
Producer| Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek
Oingo Boingo chronology
| Dead Man's Party
(1985)  | Boi-ngo
(1987)  | Boingo Alive
(1988)

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Singles from  Boi-ngo

1. "Pain"
Released: October 1986
2. "We Close Our Eyes / Where Do All My Friends Go"
Released: February 1987
3. "Not My Slave"
Released: 1987

Boi-ngo (stylized as BOI-NGO) is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1987 by MCA Records. The tracks "Pain", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Not My Slave" were released as singles.

## Production

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Boi-ngo was the third Oingo Boingo album to be self-produced by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek (including So-Lo).

"Not My Slave" and "New Generation" were outtakes from the 1985 sessions for Dead Man's Party.[1] Similarly, the sessions for Boi-ngo yielded a number of songs that did not appear on the album, including "Mama", "Inside", "Remember My Name", "Cinderella Undercover", "Tears Will Flow" and "Find You".[1] The song "Happy" was also recorded during the album sessions for release on the Summer School (1987) soundtrack, under Elfman's name.

In addition to the three singles, "Mama" saw a limited release on a 7-inch vinyl box set edition of Boi-ngo. New recordings of both "Cinderella Undercover" and "Mama" appeared on the "live in the studio" album Boingo Alive in 1988.

A 12-inch single release of "Elevator Man", featuring several remixes of the song, was assembled but ultimately never issued.[2]

## Reissue

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In 2022, Rubellan Remasters issued a remastered version of Boi-ngo on both colored vinyl and CD, the latter as an expanded edition with six bonus tracks.[3]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Home Again"| 5:12
2.| "Where Do All My Friends Go"| 4:28
3.| "Elevator Man"| 4:30
4.| "New Generation"| 5:14

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "We Close Our Eyes"| 3:37
2.| "Not My Slave"| 4:41
3.| "My Life"| 4:34
4.| "Outrageous"| 3:44
5.| "Pain"| 4:26
Total length:| 41:00

7-inch box set bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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10.| "Mama"| 4:22
Total length:| 45:22

2022 CD bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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10.| "Mama"| 4:24
11.| "Pain (Extended Dance Mix)"| 7:05
12.| "Not My Slave (Extended Remix)"| 5:52
13.| "Weird Science (Boingo Dance Version)"| 5:39
14.| "Pain (A Cappella Version)"| 4:31
15.| "Not My Slave (Club Dub Mix)"| 7:42
Total length:| 76:13

## Personnel

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Oingo Boingo

* John Avila – bass guitar, vocals
* Steve Bartek – guitars
* Mike Bacich – keyboards
* Danny Elfman – vocals, rhythm guitar
* Johnny (Vatos) Hernandez – drums, percussion
* Sam Phipps – tenor saxophone
* Leon Schneiderman – baritone saxophone
* Dale Turner – trumpet

Additional musicians

* Bruce Fowler – trombone
* Carmen Twillie – background vocals ("Pain")
* Maxine Waters – background vocals ("Pain")
* Michael Vlatkovich – trombone

Technical

* Danny Elfman – co-producer
* Steve Bartek – co-producer
* Bill Jackson – engineer; mixing ("Where Do All My Friends Go", "Elevator Man", "Not My Slave", "Outrageous")
* Michael Frondelli – mixing ("Home Again", "New Generation", "Pain")
* Humberto Gatica – mixing ("We Close Our Eyes", "My Life")
* John Avila – deputy vocal producer
* Laura Engel – studio production assistant
* David Knight – second recording engineer
* Jimmy Preziosi H.R.E. – second recording engineer, second mixing engineer (Sunset Sound)
* Judy Clapp – second mixing engineer (Capitol)
* Karen Siegal – second mixing engineer (Lion Share)
* Wally Traugott – mastering
* Vartan – art direction
* Mike Fink – design
* Aaron Rapoport – photography

## Charts

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Chart (1986/87)  | Position

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United States (Billboard 200)  | 77
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 98

## References

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1. ^ a b Rubellan Remasters (June 11, 2025). Rubellan Remasters - The Life & Death of a Reissue Label, Episode 8 (YouTube video). Self-published. Event occurs at 9:01. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
2. ^ Rubellan Remasters (June 11, 2025). Rubellan Remasters - The Life & Death of a Reissue Label, Episode 8 (YouTube video). Self-published. Event occurs at 10:00. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
3. ^ Duquette, Mike (November 4, 2022). "Rubellan Puts Flesh N' Blood Into Next Wave of Oingo Boingo Reissues on CD, Vinyl (UPDATED PRE-ORDER LINKS)". The Second Disc. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
4. ^ 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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Oingo Boingo

* Leon Schneiderman
* Dale Turner
* Sam Phipps
* Danny Elfman
* Steve Bartek
* Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez
* John Avila

* Kerry Hatch
* Richard Gibbs
* Michael Bacich
* Carl Graves
* Warren Fitzgerald
* Doug Lacy
* Marc Mann
* Dan Schmidt

Studio albums|

* Only a Lad
* Nothing to Fear
* Good for Your Soul
* So-Lo (as Danny Elfman)
* Dead Man's Party
* Boi-ngo
* Dark at the End of the Tunnel
* Boingo

Live albums|

* Boingo Alive
* Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995

Extended plays|

* Oingo Boingo

Compilations|

* The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
* Best O' Boingo
* Anthology

Songs|

* "Little Girls"
* "Weird Science"
* "Dead Man's Party"

Related articles|

* Discography
* List of members
* Richard Elfman
* The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
* Hot Tomorrows
* Forbidden Zone (soundtrack)
* Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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