Are you old enough to realize that before Danny Elfman did the theme for "The Simpson" and scored basically every Tim Burton movie in the last 40 years he was in a band called "Oingo Boingo" Well, he was, and today's song is one of theirs.
The song "Dead Man's Party" originally released on the album of the same name, but is probably not the most famous track on there, being overshadowed by songs like "Weird Science" (another good Halloween song, actually) and "No One Lives Forever". I did not come across this track for my Halloween playlist from this album originally, but from the soundtrack for "The Haunted Mansion" that I mentioned a bit back in the entry for the song "Tombstone".
Strong vocals combine with guitars and horns to make a great song to dance to, or jut play for the trick or treaters.
I did not know that this song was also in the old Rodney Dangerfield film "Back To School" until I went looking for the video. If video for "The Crypt Jam" is painfully 90's. this gem is painfully 80's. Thankfully the song stands the test of time better than this video.
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