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== David Byrne Discography ==
{{See also|Talking Heads discography|David Byrne projects}}
{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist      = [[David Byrne]]
|Image        = David Byrne 2006.jpg
|Caption      = David Byrne speaking at the 2006 Future of Music Policy Summit hosted by the McGill University Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|Studio      = 10
|Live        = 5
|Compilation  =
|Video        =
|Tribute      =
|EP          =
|Singles      = 14
|Music videos =
|B-sides      =
|Soundtrack  = 12
|Option      = 1
|Option name  = Remix albums
}}


===Studio albums with Talking Heads===
Outside of [[Talking Heads]], [[David Byrne]]'s discography includes a variety of solo studio albums, collaborative studio albums, instrumental scores, soundtrack albums to films and theater projects, remix albums, live albums, and more.
{{further|Talking Heads|Talking Heads discography}}
*''[[Talking Heads: 77]]'' (1977)
*''[[More Songs About Buildings and Food]]'' (1978)
*''[[Fear of Music]]'' (1979)
*''[[Remain in Light]]'' (1980)
*''[[Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)|Speaking in Tongues]]'' (1983)
*''[[Little Creatures]]'' (1985)
*''[[True Stories (album)|True Stories]]'' (1986)
*''[[Naked]]'' (1988)


=== Solo studio albums and collaborations ===
==Albums==
{{Main|David Byrne discography}}
===Studio albums===
<!--For main studio albums-->
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
* ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]'' (1981) <small>(with [[Brian Eno]])</small>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
* ''[[Rei Momo]]'' (1989)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
* ''[[Uh-Oh]]'' (1992)
! colspan="8" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
* ''[[David Byrne (album)|David Byrne]]'' (1994)
|-
* ''[[Feelings]]'' (1997)
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard200">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-byrne/chart-history/tlp/ |title=David Byrne Chart History: Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2023-09-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915011353/https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-byrne/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=2023-09-15 }}</ref>
* ''[[Look into the Eyeball]]'' (2001)
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>Australian chart positions:
* ''[[Grown Backwards]]'' (2004)
* {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=52}}
* ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]'' (2008) <small>(with [[Brian Eno]])</small>
* ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today'': {{cite periodical |url=https://www.aria.com.au/issue989.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090219130000/https://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090220-0000/issue989.pdf |archive-date=February 19, 2009 |title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 9 February 2010 |date=February 20, 2009 |periodical=ARIA Charts |via=Trove |issue=989 |access-date=January 5, 2015 |url-status=live }}
* ''[[Love This Giant]]'' (2012) <small>(with [[St. Vincent]])</small>
* ''American Utopia'': {{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/3/aria-chart-watch-464/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #464|publisher=auspOp|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224133141/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/3/aria-chart-watch-464/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[American Utopia]]'' (2018)
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Ultratop|BEL<br>(Fl.)]]<br><ref name="Ultratop">{{cite web|title=Discografie David Byrne |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Ultratop Flanders |language=Dutch}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br><ref name="ItalianCharts">{{cite web|title=Discography David Byrne |url=https://italiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Italian Charts }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Dutch Charts|NLD]]<br><ref name="DutchCharts">{{cite web|title=Discografie David Byrne |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Dutch Charts |language=Dutch}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZCharts">{{cite web|title=Discography David Byrne |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=New Zealand Charts}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="SwedishCharts">{{cite web|title=Discography David Byrne |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |website=Swedish Charts |access-date=2023-09-15 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3376/david-byrne/ |title=David Byrne |website=Official Charts |access-date=2023-09-15 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]''<br>{{small|(with [[Brian Eno]])}}
|
*Released: February 1981
*Rereleased: March 27, 2006
*Label: [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| 44
| 47
|62
|29
|—
|8
|—
| 29
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rei Momo]]''
|
*Released: October 3, 1989
*Label: [[Luaka Bop]], Sire
| 71
| 96
|—
|—
|88
|—
|28
| 52
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Uh-Oh]]''
|
*Released: March 3, 1992
*Label: Luaka Bop, [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| 125
| 67
|—
|—
|52
|39
|26
| 26
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[David Byrne (album)|David Byrne]]''
|
*Released: May 24, 1994
*Label: Luaka Bop, Warner Bros.
| 139
| —
|—
|—
|—
|—
|20
| 43
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Feelings]]''
|
*Released: June 17, 1997
*Label: Luaka Bop, Warner Bros.
| 155
| —
|—
|—
|—
|—
|42
| 91
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Look into the Eyeball]]''
|
*Released: May 8, 2001
*Label: [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| 120
| —
|—
|15
|—
|—
|—
| 58
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Grown Backwards]]''
|
*Released: March 16, 2004
*Label: [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]], Warner Bros.
| 178
| —
|55
|29
|—
|—
|—
| 88
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]'' <br>{{small|(with Brian Eno)}}
|
*Released: August 18, 2008
*Label: Todo Mundo
| 174
| 66
|58
|—
|—
|31
|—
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Love This Giant]]'' <br>{{small|(with [[St. Vincent]])}}
|
* Released: September 10, 2012
 
*Label: [[4AD]], Todo Mundo
| 23
| —
|51
|52
|83
|—
|—
| 40
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[American Utopia]]''
|
* Released: March 9, 2018
* Label: Nonesuch
|3
| 82
|19
|32
|43
|—
|—
| 16
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}


===Soundtracks and music for theater===
===Soundtracks and music for theater===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
!rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
!colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="6" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
|-
!| [[Billboard 200|US]]
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard200" />
!| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Ultratop|BEL<br>(Fl.)]]<br><ref name="Ultratop" />
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Dutch Charts|NLD]]<br><ref name="DutchCharts" />
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZCharts" />
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="SwedishCharts" />
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UKCharts" />
|-
|-
|1981
! scope="row" | ''[[The Catherine Wheel]]''
| '''''[[The Catherine Wheel]]'''''
|
*Released: December 1981
*Released: December 1981
*Labels: Sire
*Label: Sire
|align="center"| 104
| 104
|align="center"| —
|—
|Music for the 1981 [[Twyla Tharp]] dance production of the same name.
|—
|32
|40
| —
|-
|-
|1985
! scope="row" | ''[[Music for "The Knee Plays"]]''
| '''''[[Music for "The Knee Plays"]]'''''
|
*Released: May 1985
*Released: May 1985
*Labels: [[ECM (record label)|ECM]]
*Label: [[ECM (record label)|ECM]]
|align="center"| 141
| 141
|align="center"| —
|—
|Music for [[Philip Glass]] and [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]]'s play [[The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down]]. Re-released as ''[[The Knee Plays]]'' in 2007.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|1986
! scope="row" | ''[[Sounds from True Stories]]''
| '''''[[Sounds from True Stories]]'''''
|
*Released: 1986
*Released: 1986
*Labels: Sire
*Label: Sire
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Soundtrack to the film ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]''.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|1987
! scope="row" | ''[[The Last Emperor (album)|The Last Emperor]]''<br>{{small|(with [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] and [[Cong Su]])}}
| '''''[[The Last Emperor (album)|The Last Emperor]]'''''
|
*Released: 1987
*Released: 1987
*Labels: Virgin
*Label: Virgin
|align="center"| 152
| 152
|align="center"| —
|—
|Score to the film ''[[The Last Emperor]]'', composed with [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] and [[Cong Su]].
|—
|-
|—
|1991
|—
| '''''[[The Forest (album)|The Forest]]'''''
| —
*Released: June 1991
*Labels: Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Music for the 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece of the same name.
|-
|-
|1999
! scope="row" | ''Your Action World''{{efn|Music for Byrne's art presentation of the same name.}}
| '''''[[Your Action World]]'''''
|
*Released: January 1, 1999
*Released: January 1, 1999
*Labels: Self-released
*Self-released
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Music for Byrne's art presentation of the same name.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|1999
! scope="row" | ''[[In Spite of Wishing and Wanting]]''
| '''''[[In Spite of Wishing and Wanting]]'''''
|
*Released: 1999
*Released: 1999
*Labels: Self-released
*Self-released
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Music for the [[Ultima Vez]] dance production of the same name.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|2003
! scope="row" | ''E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information)''{{efn|Music for Byrne's speaking tour and [[PowerPoint]] presentation of the same name.}}
| '''''E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information)'''''
|
*Released: July 2, 2003
*Released: July 2, 2003
*Labels: Self-released
*Self-released
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Music for Byrne's speaking tour and [[PowerPoint]] presentation of the same name.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|2003
! scope="row" | ''[[Lead Us Not into Temptation]]''
| '''''[[Lead Us Not into Temptation]]'''''
|
*Released: September 30, 2003
*Released: September 30, 2003
*Labels: [[Thrill Jockey Records|Thrill Jockey]]
*Label: [[Thrill Jockey Records|Thrill Jockey]]
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Soundtrack to the film ''[[Young Adam]]''.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|2008
! scope="row" | ''[[Big Love: Hymnal]]''
| '''''[[Big Love: Hymnal]]'''''
|
*Released: August 19, 2008
*Released: August 19, 2008
*Labels: [[Todo Mundo]]/[[HBO]]/[[Playtone]]
*Label: Todo Mundo, [[HBO]], Play Tone
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Soundtrack to the second season of ''[[Big Love]]''.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
|-
|2010
! scope="row" | ''[[Here Lies Love]]''<br>{{small|(with [[Fatboy Slim]])}}
| '''''[[Here Lies Love]]'''''
|
*Released: April 6, 2010
*Released: April 6, 2010
*Labels: [[Todomundo]]/[[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
*Label: Todomundo, [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
|align="center"| 96
| 96
|align="center"| 76
|96
|With [[Fatboy Slim]]. A disco song cycle occasionally given staged performances.
|83
|—
|—
| 76
|-
|-
|2019
! scope="row" | ''American Utopia on Broadway Original Cast Recording''
| '''''[[American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording)]]'''''
|
*Released: October 25, 2019
*Released: October 25, 2019
*Labels: [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
*Label: Nonesuch
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| —
|—
|Original cast recording of the Broadway production of ''American Utopia''.
|—
|—
|—
| —
|-
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
|}
* "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.
 
In addition to the scores and soundtracks that Byrne recorded have been released as albums, Byrne has written music for several other productions:
*''Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power'' by [[Joanne Akalaitis]]
*Main title theme for ''[[Alive from Off Center]]'' season 1 (1984)
*''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]'' by [[Jonathan Demme]]: "Loco de Amor" song co-written with Johnny Pacheco; sung with Celia Cruz backed by Ray Barretto's band (1986)
*''[[Married to the Mob]]'' by [[Jonathan Demme]] (1988)
*''A Young Man's Dream and a Woman's Secret'' by [[Philip Haas]] (1990)
*''The Giant Woman and the Lightning Man'' by [[Philip Haas]] (1990)
 
===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard charts|US<br>World]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-byrne/chart-history/wlp/ |title=David Byrne Chart History: World Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2023-09-15 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|PRT]]<br><ref name="PortugueseCharts">{{cite web|title=Discography David Byrne |url=https://portuguesecharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Byrne |website=Portuguese Charts |access-date=2023-09-15 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Between the Teeth]]''
|
*Released: 1993
*Format: VHS
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[David Byrne Live at Union Chapel]]''
|
*Released: October 26, 2004
*Label: Nonesuch
*Format: DVD
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Live from Austin, TX (David Byrne album)|Live from Austin, Texas]]''
|
*Released: October 2, 2007
*Label: [[New West Records|New West]]
*Format: CD, DVD
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno]]''
|
*Released: May 11, 2009
*Label: Todo Mundo
*Format: CD, digital download
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Live at Carnegie Hall (David Byrne and Caetano Veloso album)|Live at Carnegie Hall]]''<br>{{small|(with [[Caetano Veloso]])}}
|
*Released: March 12, 2012
*Label: Nonesuch
|8
|28
|-
! scope="row" | ''"...The Best Live Show of All Time" —NME''
|
*Released: December 11, 2018
*Label: Nonesuch, Todo Mundo
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
 
===Remix albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Album details
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Visible Man (album)|The Visible Man]]''
|
*Released: 1998
*Label: Luaka Bop
|}
 
== Singles ==
*"Regiment" b/w "America Is Waiting" (with Brian Eno)&nbsp;– 1981
*"[[The Jezebel Spirit]]" (with Brian Eno)&nbsp;– 1981
*"Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)"&nbsp;– 1981
*"The Last Emperor" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) &nbsp;– 1987
*"[[Make Believe Mambo]]"&nbsp;– 1989
*"Dirty Old Town"&nbsp;– 1989
*"[[The Forestry]]"&nbsp;– 1991
*"Hanging Upside Down"&nbsp;– 1992
*"[[She's Mad]]"&nbsp;– 1992
*"Girls on My Mind"&nbsp;– 1992
*"Angels"&nbsp;– 1994
*"Back in the Box"&nbsp;– 1994
*"Miss America"&nbsp;– 1997
*"[[Like Humans Do]]"&nbsp;– 2001
*"[[U.B. Jesus]]"&nbsp;– 2001
*"[[Strange Overtones]]" (with Brian Eno)&nbsp;– 2008
*"Who" (with St. Vincent)&nbsp;– 2012
*"Everybody's Coming to My House"&nbsp;– 2018
*''[[Hard Times / Burning Down The House]] -'' 2024
 
=== Compilation appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!|Release
!|Track(s)
|-
|1989
|''Like a Girl I Want You to Keep Coming''
|"Song for the Trees (or) I Know Sometimes the World Is Wrong"
|-
|1990
|''[[Red Hot + Blue]]''
|"Don't Fence Me In"
|-
|1993
|''Caged/Uncaged: A Rock/Experimental Homage to John Cage''
|"Cage and the Long Island Expressway" and "Enlightened Whistler"
|-
|1994
|''Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson''
|"Just the Motion", originally by [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]
|-
|1995
|''[[Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru]]''
|"Maria Lando"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
|''[[Red Hot + Rio]]''
|"Waters of March" with [[Marisa Monte]]
|-
|''[[Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip]]''
|"It Goes Back"
|-
|1997
|''Red Hot + Latin''
|"Yolonda Niguas" with [[Café Tacuba]]
|-
|1998
|''Red Hot + Lisbon''
|"Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes" with [[Caetano Veloso]]
|-
|2000
|''Mantra Mix''
|"Ain't Got So Far to Go"
|-
|2002
|''The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol. 1''
|"Pocket Monster"
|-
|2004
|''[[The Wired CD]]''
|"My Fair Lady"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|''Plum''
|"Ex-Guru", originally by [[The Fiery Furnaces]]
|-
|''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''
|"Everybody Hates [[Ned Flanders]]" medley
|-
|2009
|''[[Dark Was the Night (album)|Dark Was the Night]]''
|"Knotty Pine", with [[Dirty Projectors]]
|-
|2022
|''Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Various Artists: Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-ocean-child-songs-of-yoko-ono/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
|"[[Who Has Seen the Wind? (song)|Who Has Seen the Wind?]]"
|}
 
== Session work ==
{{Dynamic list|date=August 2019}}
 
=== As musician ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!|Artist
!|Release
!|Notes
|-
|1978
|Dinosaur
|"Kiss Me Again" single
|Guitar
|-
|rowspan="2"|1980
|[[Love of Life Orchestra]]
|"Extended Nicities" single
|Guitar
|-
|[[Robert Fripp]]
|''[[God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners]]''
|Vocals on "Under Heavy Manners"; credited as Absalam el Habib
|-
|1984
|[[The Staple Singers]]
|"Slippery People" single
|Guitar, [[Talking Heads]] [[cover version]]
|-
|1986
|[[Philip Glass]]
|''Song from Liquid Days''
|Lyrics on "Liquid Days" and "Open the Kingdom"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1988
|rowspan="2"|[[Tom Tom Club]]
|''[[Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom]]''
|Vocals on "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]"
|-
|"Femme Fatale" ([[Marshall Jefferson]] remix)
|Vocals
|-
|rowspan="2"|1990
|[[Margareth Menezes]]
|''Elegibô''
|Vocals and production on "Canto pra Subir" and "Abra a Boca"
|-
|[[Bernie Worrell]]
|''[[Funk of Ages]]''
|Co-writing and vocals on "Sing"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1992
|[[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]
|''An Acoustic Evening''
|Recorded live at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity, [[Brooklyn Heights]], March 24, 1992. (Red Phantom: RPCD 1100)
|-
|[[Balanescu Quartet]]
|''Byrne/Moran/Lurie/Torke''
|Composition on "High Life for Strings"
|-
|[[Tom Zé]]
|''[[Brazil Classics, Vol. 5: The Hips of Tradition]]''
|Vocals and guitar on "Jingle do Disco", released on Luaka Bop
|-
|1994
|[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
|''[[Sweet Revenge (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)|Sweet Revenge]]''
|Lyrics on "Psychedelic Afternoon"
|-
|1995
|[[Selena]]
|''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]''
|Vocals, co-writing, and production on "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)"
|-
|1996
|[[Café Tacuba]]
|''Avalanche de Exitos''
|Vocals on "No Controles"
|-
|2000
|[[Peret]] and Carol C
|''Tributo a Peret''
|Vocals on "Si Fulano"
|-
|2001
|[[Vinicius Cantuária]]
|''[[Vinicius (album)|Vinicius]]''
|Lyrics and vocals on "Rio"
|-
|2002
|[[X-Press 2]]
|''[[Muzikizum]]''
|Co-writing and vocals on [[Lazy (X-Press 2 song)|"Lazy"]], later rearranged and released on ''[[Grown Backwards]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|2004
|[[10,000 Maniacs]]
|''[[MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs Album)|MTV Unplugged]]''
|Vocals on 3 cover songs "Let the Mystery Be" (Iris DeMent), "Dallas" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) and "Jolene" ([[Dolly Parton]]).
|-
|[[Thievery Corporation]]
|''[[The Cosmic Game]]''
|Lyrics and vocals on "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter"
|-
|2005
|[[Fischerspooner]]
|''[[Odyssey (Fischerspooner album)|Odyssey]]''
|Lyrics on "Get Confused"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|[[Forro in the Dark]]
|''Bonfires of São João''
|Vocals on "[[Asa Branca]]" and "I Wish (Bundle of Contradictions)"
|-
|[[La Portuaria]]
|''La Portuaria''
|Lyrics and vocals on "Hoy no le temo a la muerte"
|-
|rowspan="4"|2007
|[[Baby Elephant]]
|''Turn My Teeth Up!''
|Vocals on "How Does the Brainwave?"
|-
|[[Marisa Monte]]
|''Universo Ao Meu Redor''
|Vocals on "State of Liberty"
|-
|[[David Shrigley]]
|''Worried Noodles''
|Vocals on "For You"
|-
|[[Paul Van Dyk]]
|''[[In Between (Paul van Dyk album)|In Between]]''
|Vocals on "Fall with Me"
|-
|2008
|[[The BPA]] and [[Dizzee Rascal]]
|''[[I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat]]''
|Vocals on "[[Toe Jam (The Brighton Port Authority song)|Toe Jam]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009
|N.A.S.A.
|''[[The Spirit of Apollo]]''
|Vocals on "The People Tree" and "Money"
|-
|[[Brazilian Girls]]
|"I'm Losing Myself"
|Vocals
|-
|rowspan="2"|2010
|[[If By Yes]]
|"Salt on Sea Glass"
|Vocals on "Eliza"
|-
|[[Maximum Balloon]]
|''[[Maximum Balloon]]''
|Vocals on "Apartment Wrestling"
|-
|2011
|[[Arcade Fire]]
|''[[The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album)|The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition)]]''
|Vocals on "Speaking in Tongues"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
|[[Jun Miyake]]
|''Lost Memory Theatre - act-1''
|Vocals on "[[A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes]]"
|-
|[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
|"Psychedelic Afternoon"
|Re-recording of a 1994 collaboration; new lyrics and vocals
|-
|2014
|[[Anna Calvi]]
|''[[Strange Weather (EP)|Strange Weather]]''
|Vocals on "I'm the Man, That Will Find You ([[Connan Mockasin]])" and "Strange Weather ([[Keren Ann]])"
|-
|2016
|[[De La Soul]]
|''[[And the Anonymous Nobody...]]''
|Co-writing and vocals on "Snoopies"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
| rowspan="2" |[[Montaigne (musician)|Montaigne]]
|"Always Be You" single
|Vocals
|-
|"Gravity" single
|Vocals
|-
|2022
|[[Son Lux]]
|[[Everything Everywhere All at Once (soundtrack)|''Everything Everywhere All At Once'' soundtrack]]
|Co-writing and vocals on "This Is a Life"
|}
 
===As producer===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Artist
!Release
!Notes
|-
|1982
|[[The B-52's]]
|''[[Mesopotamia (album)|Mesopotamia]]''
| —
|-
|1983
|[[Fun Boy Three]]
|''[[Waiting (Fun Boy Three album)|Waiting]]''
| —
|-
|1986
|Various artists
|''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]''
|Co-produced, also co-write and sang on "Loco de Amor"
|-
|1990
|[[Margareth Menezes]]
|''Elegibô''
|"Canto pra Subir" and "Abra a Boca" also performs vocals
|-
|1995
|[[Selena]]
|''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]''
|"God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" also performs vocals and co-wrote
|}
 
== Compositions ==
 
* ''[[The Forest (album)|The Forest]]'' (1991) – orchestral music for the 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece of the same name, released as an album.
 
==Other projects==
{{Main|David Byrne projects}}
Byrne has released a handful of books, including ''[[How Music Works]]'', ''[[Bicycle Diaries]]'', and ''[[Arboretum]]'', a collection of sketches of some of his favorite trees, and ''The New Sins'', a work about sin in the 21st century. He has also made several public art installations, speaking engagements on art and technology, and PowerPoint presentations. In addition to a recording career as a solo artist, he also founded the record Label [[Luaka Bop]] and [[Todo Mundo]].
 
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}

Latest revision as of 20:06, 1 August 2024

See also: Talking Heads discography and David Byrne projects
David Byrne discography
David Byrne speaking at the 2006 Future of Music Policy Summit hosted by the McGill University Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Studio albums10
Live albums5
Singles14
Soundtrack albums12
Remix albums1

Outside of Talking Heads, David Byrne's discography includes a variety of solo studio albums, collaborative studio albums, instrumental scores, soundtrack albums to films and theater projects, remix albums, live albums, and more.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
(Fl.)
[3] 		ITA
[4] 		NLD
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		SWE
[7] 		UK
[8]
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(with Brian Eno)
  • Released: February 1981
  • Rereleased: March 27, 2006
  • Label: Sire
 44 47 62 29 — 8 — 29
Rei Momo
  • Released: October 3, 1989
  • Label: Luaka Bop, Sire
 71 96 — — 88 — 28 52
Uh-Oh 125 67 — — 52 39 26 26
David Byrne
  • Released: May 24, 1994
  • Label: Luaka Bop, Warner Bros.
 139 — — — — — 20 43
Feelings
  • Released: June 17, 1997
  • Label: Luaka Bop, Warner Bros.
 155 — — — — — 42 91
Look into the Eyeball
  • Released: May 8, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
 120 — — 15 — — — 58
Grown Backwards
  • Released: March 16, 2004
  • Label: Nonesuch, Warner Bros.
 178 — 55 29 — — — 88
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
(with Brian Eno)
  • Released: August 18, 2008
  • Label: Todo Mundo
 174 66 58 — — 31 — —
Love This Giant
(with St. Vincent)
  • Released: September 10, 2012
  • Label: 4AD, Todo Mundo
 23 — 51 52 83 — — 40
American Utopia
  • Released: March 9, 2018
  • Label: Nonesuch
 3 82 19 32 43 — — 16
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtracks and music for theater

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		BEL
(Fl.)
[3] 		NLD
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		SWE
[7] 		UK
[8]
The Catherine Wheel
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Sire
 104 — — 32 40 —
Music for "The Knee Plays"
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: ECM
 141 — — — — —
Sounds from True Stories
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Sire
 — — — — — —
The Last Emperor
(with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su)
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Virgin
 152 — — — — —
Your Action World[lower-alpha 1]
  • Released: January 1, 1999
  • Self-released
 — — — — — —
In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
  • Released: 1999
  • Self-released
 — — — — — —
E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information)[lower-alpha 2]
  • Released: July 2, 2003
  • Self-released
 — — — — — —
Lead Us Not into Temptation — — — — — —
Big Love: Hymnal
  • Released: August 19, 2008
  • Label: Todo Mundo, HBO, Play Tone
 — — — — — —
Here Lies Love
(with Fatboy Slim)
  • Released: April 6, 2010
  • Label: Todomundo, Nonesuch
 96 96 83 — — 76
American Utopia on Broadway Original Cast Recording
  • Released: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Nonesuch
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

In addition to the scores and soundtracks that Byrne recorded have been released as albums, Byrne has written music for several other productions:

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
World
[9] 		PRT
[10]
Between the Teeth
  • Released: 1993
  • Format: VHS
 — —
David Byrne Live at Union Chapel
  • Released: October 26, 2004
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Format: DVD
 — —
Live from Austin, Texas
  • Released: October 2, 2007
  • Label: New West
  • Format: CD, DVD
 — —
Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno
  • Released: May 11, 2009
  • Label: Todo Mundo
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — —
Live at Carnegie Hall
(with Caetano Veloso)
  • Released: March 12, 2012
  • Label: Nonesuch
 8 28
"...The Best Live Show of All Time" —NME
  • Released: December 11, 2018
  • Label: Nonesuch, Todo Mundo
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title Album details
The Visible Man
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Luaka Bop

Singles

  • "Regiment" b/w "America Is Waiting" (with Brian Eno) – 1981
  • "The Jezebel Spirit" (with Brian Eno) – 1981
  • "Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)" – 1981
  • "The Last Emperor" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto)  – 1987
  • "Make Believe Mambo" – 1989
  • "Dirty Old Town" – 1989
  • "The Forestry" – 1991
  • "Hanging Upside Down" – 1992
  • "She's Mad" – 1992
  • "Girls on My Mind" – 1992
  • "Angels" – 1994
  • "Back in the Box" – 1994
  • "Miss America" – 1997
  • "Like Humans Do" – 2001
  • "U.B. Jesus" – 2001
  • "Strange Overtones" (with Brian Eno) – 2008
  • "Who" (with St. Vincent) – 2012
  • "Everybody's Coming to My House" – 2018
  • Hard Times / Burning Down The House - 2024

Compilation appearances

Year Release Track(s)
1989 Like a Girl I Want You to Keep Coming "Song for the Trees (or) I Know Sometimes the World Is Wrong"
1990 Red Hot + Blue "Don't Fence Me In"
1993 Caged/Uncaged: A Rock/Experimental Homage to John Cage "Cage and the Long Island Expressway" and "Enlightened Whistler"
1994 Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson "Just the Motion", originally by Richard Thompson
1995 Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru "Maria Lando"
1996 Red Hot + Rio "Waters of March" with Marisa Monte
Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip "It Goes Back"
1997 Red Hot + Latin "Yolonda Niguas" with Café Tacuba
1998 Red Hot + Lisbon "Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes" with Caetano Veloso
2000 Mantra Mix "Ain't Got So Far to Go"
2002 The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol. 1 "Pocket Monster"
2004 The Wired CD "My Fair Lady"
2007 Plum "Ex-Guru", originally by The Fiery Furnaces
The Simpsons: Testify "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" medley
2009 Dark Was the Night "Knotty Pine", with Dirty Projectors
2022 Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono[11] "Who Has Seen the Wind?"

Session work

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As musician

Year Artist Release Notes
1978 Dinosaur "Kiss Me Again" single Guitar
1980 Love of Life Orchestra "Extended Nicities" single Guitar
Robert Fripp God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners Vocals on "Under Heavy Manners"; credited as Absalam el Habib
1984 The Staple Singers "Slippery People" single Guitar, Talking Heads cover version
1986 Philip Glass Song from Liquid Days Lyrics on "Liquid Days" and "Open the Kingdom"
1988 Tom Tom Club Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom Vocals on "Femme Fatale"
"Femme Fatale" (Marshall Jefferson remix) Vocals
1990 Margareth Menezes Elegibô Vocals and production on "Canto pra Subir" and "Abra a Boca"
Bernie Worrell Funk of Ages Co-writing and vocals on "Sing"
1992 Richard Thompson An Acoustic Evening Recorded live at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights, March 24, 1992. (Red Phantom: RPCD 1100)
Balanescu Quartet Byrne/Moran/Lurie/Torke Composition on "High Life for Strings"
Tom Zé Brazil Classics, Vol. 5: The Hips of Tradition Vocals and guitar on "Jingle do Disco", released on Luaka Bop
1994 Ryuichi Sakamoto Sweet Revenge Lyrics on "Psychedelic Afternoon"
1995 Selena Dreaming of You Vocals, co-writing, and production on "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)"
1996 Café Tacuba Avalanche de Exitos Vocals on "No Controles"
2000 Peret and Carol C Tributo a Peret Vocals on "Si Fulano"
2001 Vinicius Cantuária Vinicius Lyrics and vocals on "Rio"
2002 X-Press 2 Muzikizum Co-writing and vocals on "Lazy", later rearranged and released on Grown Backwards
2004 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged Vocals on 3 cover songs "Let the Mystery Be" (Iris DeMent), "Dallas" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) and "Jolene" (Dolly Parton).
Thievery Corporation The Cosmic Game Lyrics and vocals on "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter"
2005 Fischerspooner Odyssey Lyrics on "Get Confused"
2006 Forro in the Dark Bonfires of São João Vocals on "Asa Branca" and "I Wish (Bundle of Contradictions)"
La Portuaria La Portuaria Lyrics and vocals on "Hoy no le temo a la muerte"
2007 Baby Elephant Turn My Teeth Up! Vocals on "How Does the Brainwave?"
Marisa Monte Universo Ao Meu Redor Vocals on "State of Liberty"
David Shrigley Worried Noodles Vocals on "For You"
Paul Van Dyk In Between Vocals on "Fall with Me"
2008 The BPA and Dizzee Rascal I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Vocals on "Toe Jam"
2009 N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo Vocals on "The People Tree" and "Money"
Brazilian Girls "I'm Losing Myself" Vocals
2010 If By Yes "Salt on Sea Glass" Vocals on "Eliza"
Maximum Balloon Maximum Balloon Vocals on "Apartment Wrestling"
2011 Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition) Vocals on "Speaking in Tongues"
2013 Jun Miyake Lost Memory Theatre - act-1 Vocals on "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
Ryuichi Sakamoto "Psychedelic Afternoon" Re-recording of a 1994 collaboration; new lyrics and vocals
2014 Anna Calvi Strange Weather Vocals on "I'm the Man, That Will Find You (Connan Mockasin)" and "Strange Weather (Keren Ann)"
2016 De La Soul And the Anonymous Nobody... Co-writing and vocals on "Snoopies"
2022 Montaigne "Always Be You" single Vocals
"Gravity" single Vocals
2022 Son Lux Everything Everywhere All At Once soundtrack Co-writing and vocals on "This Is a Life"

As producer

Year Artist Release Notes
1982 The B-52's Mesopotamia —
1983 Fun Boy Three Waiting —
1986 Various artists Something Wild Co-produced, also co-write and sang on "Loco de Amor"
1990 Margareth Menezes Elegibô "Canto pra Subir" and "Abra a Boca" also performs vocals
1995 Selena Dreaming of You "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" also performs vocals and co-wrote

Compositions

  • The Forest (1991) – orchestral music for the 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece of the same name, released as an album.

Other projects

Main article: David Byrne projects

Byrne has released a handful of books, including How Music Works, Bicycle Diaries, and Arboretum, a collection of sketches of some of his favorite trees, and The New Sins, a work about sin in the 21st century. He has also made several public art installations, speaking engagements on art and technology, and PowerPoint presentations. In addition to a recording career as a solo artist, he also founded the record Label Luaka Bop and Todo Mundo.

Notes

  1. ↑ Music for Byrne's art presentation of the same name.
  2. ↑ Music for Byrne's speaking tour and PowerPoint presentation of the same name.

References

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