Oingo Boingo, “Reptiles and Samurai”

(Danny Elfman as a member of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo in the 1982 film “Forbidden Zone”)

Oingo Boingo in most minds is remembered as the one-hit wonder maker of the title track to the silly 1985 John Hughes film, “Weird Science,” starring Brat Packer Anthony Michael Hall. Some might make the connection that bandleader Danny Elfman went on to create the title theme for “The Simpsons.”

But Oingo Boingo had plenty of other songs that in a decent world would have been hits, such as nearly every song off its second album, 1982’s “Nothing to Fear.”

An ode to anyone who’s ever taken the “brown acid,” my pick for best track is “Reptiles and Samurai,” a rollicking, juicy nugget of new wave, with lyrics that actually seem to be cautioning against drug use. (Too bad for the band that none of Nancy Reagan’s psychics were Oingo Boingo fans, which strikes me as somewhat implausible.)

Exhibit A:

Reptiles and Samurai
Are under my skin
They hide in my mind
They speak with my tongue
They run amuck in my terrain
They are not friends
But they are forced reluctantly
To share my brain

Be warned, however: This is the kind of song that pops up in your head and drives you crazy when you’re in the midst of a stress attack.

Oh, and the jury’s still out on the accompanying video, but beggars can’t be choosers.