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| Released | March 2, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | August–December 1986 | |||
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| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek | |||
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Boi-Ngo (stylized as BOI-NGO) is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1987.
Boi-Ngo was the third Oingo Boingo album to be self-produced by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek (including So-Lo ). The tracks "Pain", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Not My Slave" were released as singles.
Several other songs, "Remember My Name," "Inside", "Mama" and "Find You", were recorded for the album but not included. [1] [ better source needed ] An earlier song, "Cinderella Undercover", first performed in 1981, was also recorded but cut from release.[ citation needed ] "Mama" saw a limited release on a 7-inch vinyl box set edition of Boi-Ngo as the album's final track. New recordings of both "Cinderella Undercover" and "Mama" were subsequently featured on the "live in the studio" album Boingo Alive in 1988. The song "Happy" was also recorded in the album sessions for release on the Summer School soundtrack, under Danny Elfman's name.
"Home Again" appears over the end credits of the movies Wisdom (1986) and Home Alone 3 (1997).
"Not My Slave" appears in the film Something Wild (1986), heard briefly on a car radio. The version used in the film (and subsequently included on the soundtrack) is a different mix than the album version.
"We Close Our Eyes" appears in the final scene of the final episode of Psych , "The Break-Up" (2014), and continues through the closing credits. The same song appears in the closing credits of the film Buffy The Vampire Slayer. [2]
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]
All tracks are written by Danny Elfman
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Home Again" | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Where Do All My Friends Go" | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Elevator Man" | 4:30 |
| 4. | "New Generation" | 5:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Mama" | 4:22 |
| No. | 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 |
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| Chart (1986/87) | Position |
|---|---|
| United States (Billboard 200) | 77 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 98 |
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