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I know it was the title track from a film soundtrack, but I don't remember Oingo Boingo's "Weird Science" getting any radio airplay here when it was released.  Surprisingly, it was the song I heard most frequently on our former '80s station, WMLL.  To some extent, I understand it.  It sounds so overtly '80s and makes sense as a signature song for that format.  On the other hand, "Weird Science" wasn't a top 40 hit, and a lot of listeners probably reacted the way a former co-worker did.  He said, "There's so much stuff (WMLL) could be playing that's not obscure."  I had that same thought.  I didn't dislike the station, but it sounded like someone outside the St. Louis radio market programmed it.  To some degree, it was a missed opportunity--and yet, decades later, "Weird Science" has been on my mind for the past hour.