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Today’s Forgotten 45 @ 45!


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Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party

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It’s the title track to Oingo Boingo’s 1985 album and became hugely popular due to appearances in movie and TV soundtracks!

“Dead Man’s Party” can be heard in the Rodney Dangerfield film, Back To School, where Oingo Boingo is performing the song at the party. It’s also in TV shows like NBC’s Chuck, The Blacklist and CBS’ Supergirl, as well as a few shows from Fox, Bones, Malcom In The Middle, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and in the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts Of Stone.

Of course, singer/songwriter Danny Elfman went on to write MANY a movie score for Tim Burton and many other movies!

Jeff Winfield
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