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“Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo

From the album Dead Man’s Party (1985)

“Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo appears on 30 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1985 and 2014. It was first released in 1985 on the album Dead Man’s Party. Its best result is #34 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 1985, #631 alternative song of all time and #352 of the '80s.

30countdowns
7stations
#34best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1985–2014years charted

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1985 39 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985 107
1985 34 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 183 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1992 422 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 446 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 477 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 474 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 167 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 450 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 460 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 255 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 452 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 432 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 857 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 673 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 673 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 308 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 673 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 580 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 673 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 674 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1159 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1091 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1106 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1145 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1182 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1239 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1276 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

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