{{Distinguish|text=the 1994 album'' [[Boingo (album)|Boingo]]''}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Boi-ngo | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Oingo Boingo]] | cover = BOI-NGO_album.jpg | alt = | released = March 2, 1987 | recorded = August–December 1986 | studio = *[[The Sound Factory|Sound Factory]] (Hollywood) *[[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound]] (Hollywood) | genre = *[[New wave music|New wave]] *[[pop rock]] | length = 41:00 | label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] | producer = [[Danny Elfman]], [[Steve Bartek]] | prev_title = [[Dead Man's Party (album)|Dead Man's Party]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[Boingo Alive]] | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Singles | name = Boi-ngo | type = studio | single1 = Pain | single1date = October 1986 | single2 = We Close Our Eyes / Where Do All My Friends Go | single2date = February 1987 | single3 = Not My Slave | single3date = 1987 }} }}
'''''Boi-ngo''''' (stylized as '''''BOI-NGO''''') is the sixth studio album by American [[new wave music|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== ''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 (album)|Dead Man's Party]]''.<ref name="Rubellan 8">{{cite AV media |people=Rubellan Remasters |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MudXgsaEe4 |title=Rubellan Remasters - The Life & Death of a Reissue Label, Episode 8 |publisher=Self-published |type=[[YouTube]] video |time=9:01 |date=June 11, 2025 |access-date=June 14, 2025}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Rubellan 8"/> The song "Happy" was also recorded during the album sessions for release on the ''[[Summer School (1987 film)|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.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Rubellan Remasters |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MudXgsaEe4 |title=Rubellan Remasters - The Life & Death of a Reissue Label, Episode 8 |publisher=Self-published |type=[[YouTube]] video |time=10:00 |date=June 11, 2025 |access-date=June 14, 2025}}</ref>
==Reissue== 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duquette |first1=Mike |title=Rubellan Puts Flesh N' Blood Into Next Wave of Oingo Boingo Reissues on CD, Vinyl (UPDATED PRE-ORDER LINKS) |url=https://theseconddisc.com/2022/11/04/rubellan-puts-flesh-n-blood-into-next-wave-of-oingo-boingo-reissues-on-cd-vinyl-updated-pre-order-links |website=The Second Disc |access-date=November 5, 2022 |date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Danny Elfman | headline = Side one | title1 = Home Again | length1 = 5:12 | title2 = Where Do All My Friends Go | length2 = 4:28 | title3 = Elevator Man | length3 = 4:30 | title4 = New Generation | length4 = 5:14 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = We Close Our Eyes | length1 = 3:37 | title2 = Not My Slave | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = My Life | length3 = 4:34 | title4 = Outrageous | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = Pain | length5 = 4:26 | total_length = 41:00 }} {{Track listing | headline = 7-inch box set bonus track | title10 = Mama | length10 = 4:22 | total_length = 45:22 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2022 CD bonus tracks | title10 = Mama | length10 = 4:24 | title11 = Pain (Extended Dance Mix) | length11 = 7:05 | title12 = Not My Slave (Extended Remix) | length12 = 5:52 | title13 = Weird Science (Boingo Dance Version) | length13 = 5:39 | title14 = Pain (A Cappella Version) | length14 = 4:31 | title15 = Not My Slave (Club Dub Mix) | length15 = 7:42 | total_length = 76:13 }}
== Personnel == {{div col|colwidth=25em}} '''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 (trumpeter)|Dale Turner]] – trumpet
'''Additional musicians''' * [[Bruce Fowler]] – trombone * [[Carmen Twillie (actress)|Carmen Twillie]] – background vocals ("Pain") * [[Maxine Waters Willard|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 Studios|Capitol]]) * Karen Siegal – second mixing engineer ([[Lion Share Studios|Lion Share]]) * Wally Traugott – mastering * [[Vartan (art director)|Vartan]] – art direction * Mike Fink – design * [[Aaron Rapoport]] – photography {{div col end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1986/87) !Position |- |United States ([[Billboard magazine|''Billboard'' 200]]) |align="center"|77 |- |Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=222}}</ref> |align="center"|98 |}
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