"Weird Science" | ||||
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Single by Oingo Boingo | ||||
from the album Dead Man's Party | ||||
B-side | "Weird Mama" (Ira and the Geeks) | |||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | August 1985 | |||
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Length | 6:10 (album version) 3:45 (single version) | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Danny Elfman | |||
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Oingo Boingo singles chronology | ||||
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"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.