Back to School is a 1986 movie starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his troubled son (Gordon) and learns that he cannot buy his education.

Author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. has a cameo as himself, as does the band Oingo Boingo, whose frontman, Danny Elfman, composed the score for the film.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison was used as a backdrop for the movie, although it was called the fictional "Grand Lakes University."

The soundtrack was only released in LP format, but the score was later released with selections from the score of Pee-wee's Big Adventure on CD.

Track listing (Soundtrack):
"Back to School" (Jude Cole) – 4:16
"Educated Girl" (Bobby Caldwell) – 4:07
"Learnin' and Livin'" (Tyson & Schwartz) – 3:25
"Everybody's Crazy" (Michael Bolton) – 4:37
"I'll Never Forget Your Face" (Philip Ingram) – 4:07
"Twist and Shout" (Rodney Dangerfield) – 2:51
"Dead Man's Party" (Oingo Boingo) – 6:17
"On My Way" (Tyson & Schwartz) – 3:30
"Respect" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:24