Song · Oingo Boingo
“We Close Our Eyes” by Oingo Boingo
From the album BOI-NGO (1987)
“We Close Our Eyes” by Oingo Boingo appears on 17 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album BOI-NGO. Its best result is #22 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 1987, #1,846 alternative song of all time and #165 of the '80s.
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Danny Elfman wrote "We Close Our Eyes" on his own, words and music, and Oingo Boingo released it as one of three singles from BOI-NGO, their sixth studio album, out on MCA in 1987, alongside "Pain" and "Not My Slave". Elfman and Steve Bartek produced the album themselves, the third record the pair had handled that way if you count So-Lo.
The sessions threw off a pile of extra songs that never made the album, "Mama" and "Cinderella Undercover" among them, and Elfman cut "Happy" at the same time for the Summer School soundtrack under his own name.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
| 1987 | 22 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
| 1987 | 33 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 216 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 406 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1989 | 233 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1990 | 111 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 209 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1992 | 203 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1994 | 215 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1995 | 368 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 260 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 337 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 422 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 2022 | 330 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2022 | 586 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 798 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
Also listed as: We Close our Eyes.
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