Boi-ngo

Boi-Ngo (stylized as BOI-NGO) is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1987 by MCA Records.

Production
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. An earlier song, "Cinderella Undercover", first performed in 1981, was also recorded but cut from release. "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.

In film and television
"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, this time sung by  Susanna Hoffs.

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.

Personnel
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 – trumpet

Additional musicians
 * Bruce Fowler – trombone
 * Carmen Twillie – background vocals ("Pain")
 * 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)
 * Karen Siegal – second mixing engineer (Lion Share)
 * Wally Traugott – mastering
 * Vartan – art direction
 * Mike Fink – design
 * Aaron Rapoport – photography