"Alien Boy" was the seventh song on the Wipers first album, Is This Real? (Park Ave Records), released in 1979. Alien Boy is also the title of a 1980 EP with this track on side A, and three outtakes from the Is This Real? album sessions on side B. The EP was originally released without the band's authority or knowledge. In 1993 the tracks were added to the Sub Pop reissue of the album Is This Real?.