Song · Oingo Boingo
“Sweat” by Oingo Boingo
From the album Good for Your Soul (1983)
“Sweat” by Oingo Boingo appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Good for Your Soul. Its best result is #1540 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,302 alternative song of all time.
Danny Elfman wrote "Sweat", and Jimmie Wood sits in on harmonica as a guest. It's on Good for Your Soul, Oingo Boingo's third album, which A&M released in 1983 with Robert Margouleff producing; it turned out to be their last record for the label.
The new wave band had books on the brain that year. Around "Sweat", the album runs from "No Spill Blood", inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau and its 1932 film version, to "Wake Up (It's 1984)", built on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, while Elfman described "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" as a song that is really about getting involved.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1540 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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