Weird Science (song)

"Weird Science"
Single by Oingo Boingo
from the album Dead Man's Party
B-side"Weird Mama" (Ira and the Geeks)
Released1985
RecordedAugust 1985
Genre
Length6:10 (album version)
3:45 (single version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Danny Elfman
Producer(s)
Oingo Boingo singles chronology
"Gratitude"
(1984)
"Weird Science"
(1985)
"Just Another Day"
(1986)

"Weird Science" is a song by American new wave band Oingo Boingo. Written by frontman Danny Elfman, it is the theme song to the Weird Science film and television series. It was released on the film's soundtrack, as well as Oingo Boingo's fifth studio album, Dead Man's Party (1985), in a longer mix. The song reached No. 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[1] No. 21 on the US Dance Club Charts,[2] and No. 81 in Canada.[3] It is Oingo Boingo's most successful single.

  1. ^ "Oingo Boingo | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Oingo Boingo - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 12, 1985" (PDF).