Song · Oingo Boingo
“Wild Sex (In the Working Class)” by Oingo Boingo
From the album Nothing to Fear (1982)
“Wild Sex (In the Working Class)” by Oingo Boingo appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1982 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Nothing to Fear. Its best result is #47 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1982 and #3,904 alternative song of all time.
Danny Elfman wrote both the words and the music of "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)", and it turned up in 1982 on Nothing to Fear, the second studio album from Oingo Boingo, released through A&M Records. With a title like that, the song never needed a press agent.
Nothing to Fear is the record where the new wave band sharpened its elbows. Set against what came before, the electric guitars are louder and the percussion hits harder, the synthesizers turn up more often and in more guises, and on some tracks sequencers start ticking for the first time. The band also hauled in a strange arsenal of instruments, a few of them designed and built by the members themselves, which goes some way toward explaining why the album sounds like a factory floor running a fever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 47 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 331 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 2002 | 1439 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 945 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Wild Sex (in the Working Class); Wild Sex (In The Working Class).
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