Song · Oingo Boingo
“Out of Control” by Oingo Boingo
From the album Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990)
“Out of Control” by Oingo Boingo appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1990 on the album Dark at the End of the Tunnel. Its best result is #28 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 1990.
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"Out of Control" comes from Dark at the End of the Tunnel, the seventh studio album Oingo Boingo put out on MCA in 1990, and Danny Elfman wrote both the words and the music. By then Elfman had a thriving second career scoring films, Tim Burton's among them, and the record reined in the band's wired, frenetic new wave in favor of cleaner, more mainstream pop that wore its heart on its sleeve.
This one started in Elfman's mailbag: he wrote it after fans sent him letters saying they were thinking about suicide. Chris Lord-Alge mixed the track, Bill Jackson and Jeff Lord-Alge handled the recording, and Talley Sherwood engineered.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 28 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
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