List of songs recorded by Talking Heads

Talking Heads performing in 1978. L–R: Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, and Tina Weymouth.

Talking Heads recorded at least 96 songs between 1975 and 1991, at least 12 of which were not officially released until after their break-up.

Talking Heads released their debut single, Love → Building on Fire, in early 1977, followed by their debut album, Talking Heads: 77, later that year. Their final album, Naked was released in 1988, and they have since released several singles, compilation albums, and reissues that contained previously unreleased songs.

In 1991, the year their breakup was officially announced, they released their final song, Sax and Violins, released on the Until the End of the World soundtrack. Since their breakup, 12 previously unreleased songs have been officially released. The compilation album Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992) included five and the box set Once in a Lifetime (2003) included one, In Asking Land, an outtake from the Naked sessions. In 2005 their studio albums were reissues, with a deluxe edition of Talking Heads: 77 including the previously unreleased I Feel It in My Heart, and the deluxe editions of Fear of Music, Remain in Light, and Speaking in Tongues including unfinished outtakes from those albums' sessions.

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Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release
Song	Writer(s)	Original release	Year	Ref.
"Air"	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"And She Was" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Animals"	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Artists Only"	David Byrne Wayne Zieve	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Template:Sort"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Big Daddy"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Bill"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Blind" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Template:Sort"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Burning Down the House" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Cities" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"City of Dreams"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Template:Sort" (live)	David Byrne Template:‡	Template:Sort	1982	^[9]
"Cool Water"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Creatures of Love"	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Crosseyed and Painless" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Dancing for Money"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music (CD reissue)	2006	^[10]
"Template:Sort"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Don't Worry About the Government"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Double Groove"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light (CD reissue)	2006	^[11]
"Dream Operator"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Drugs"	David Byrne Brian Eno	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Electric Guitar"	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Template:Sort"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Fela's Riff"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light (CD reissue)	2006	^[11]
"First Week/Last Week... Carefree"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Found a Job"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Gangster of Love"	Talking Heads	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites	1992	^[12]
"Girlfriend Is Better" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Template:Sort"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Give Me Back My Name"	Talking Heads	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Template:Sort"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Template:Sort"	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Happy Day"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Heaven"	David Byrne Jerry Harrison	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Hey Now"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Houses in Motion" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"I Feel It in My Heart"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77 (reissue)	2005	^[13]
"I Get Wild/Wild Gravity"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"I Want to Live" (demo)	David Byrne Template:‡	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites	1992	^[12]
"I Wish You Wouldn't Say That"^{[lower-alpha 2]} Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Non-album single B-side to "Psycho Killer"	1977	^[14]
"I Zimbra" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Brian Eno Hugo Ball	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"I'm Not in Love"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"In Asking Land"	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime (box set)	2003	^[15]
"Template:Sort"	Talking Heads	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Life During Wartime" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Lifetime Piling Up"	Talking Heads	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites	1992	^[12]
"Listening Wind"	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Love for Sale"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Love → Building on Fire"^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Non-album single	1977	^[16]
"Making Flippy Floppy"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Memories Can't Wait"	David Byrne Jerry Harrison	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Mind"	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"Mommy Daddy You and I"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Moon Rocks"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Mr. Jones"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"New Feeling"^{[lower-alpha 4]} Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"No Compassion"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Template:Sort" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Once in a Lifetime" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Template:Sort"	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Papa Legba"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Paper"	David Byrne Template:‡	Fear of Music	1979	^[1]
"People Like Us"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Perfect World"	David Byrne Chris Frantz	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Popsicle"	Talking Heads	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites	1992	^[12]
"Psycho Killer" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Chris Frantz Tina Weymouth	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Pull Up the Roots"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Pulled Up" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Puzzlin' Evidence"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Radio Head"	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"Right Start"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light (CD reissue)	2006	^[11]
"Road to Nowhere" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Ruby Dear"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Sax and Violins" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991	^[17]
"Seen and Not Seen"	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light	1980	^[6]
"Slippery People"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Stay Hungry"	David Byrne Chris Frantz	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Stay Up Late"	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Sugar on My Tongue" (demo)	David Byrne Template:‡	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites	1992	^[12]
"Swamp"	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Take Me to the River" Template:Dagger (Al Green cover)	Al Green Mabon "Teenie" Hodges	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"Television Man"	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Tentative Decisions"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" Template:Dagger	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983	^[7]
"Totally Nude"	Talking Heads	Naked	1988	^[4]
"Two Note Swivel"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues (CD reissue)	2006	^[18]
"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Unison"^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Talking Heads Brian Eno	Remain in Light (CD reissue)	2006	^[11]
"Walk It Down"	David Byrne Template:‡	Little Creatures	1985	^[2]
"Warning Sign"	David Byrne Chris Frantz	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]
"What a Day That Was" (live)	David Byrne Template:‡	Stop Making Sense	1984	^[19]
"Who Is It?"	David Byrne Template:‡	Talking Heads: 77	1977	^[5]
"Wild Wild Life" Template:Dagger	David Byrne Template:‡	True Stories	1986	^[8]
"With Our Love"	David Byrne Template:‡	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978	^[3]

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Song is an unfinished outtake.^[10]^[11]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Later appeared on Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites^[12]
↑ Also known as "Love Goes to Building on Fire"^[16]
↑ Originally released as the B-side to "Love → Building on Fire" in early 1977 before Talking Heads: 77.^[16]

References

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[outtakes-12] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Song is an unfinished outtake.^[10]^[11]

[sand_in_the_vaseline-15] 2.0 ^2.1 Later appeared on Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites^[12]

[19] Also known as "Love Goes to Building on Fire"^[16]

[20] Originally released as the B-side to "Love → Building on Fire" in early 1977 before Talking Heads: 77.^[16]

[fear_of_music-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 Template:Cite AV media notes

[little_creatures-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Template:Cite AV media notes

[more_songs-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 Template:Cite AV media notes

[naked-4] 4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 Template:Cite AV media notes

[TH:_77-5] 5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 Template:Cite AV media notes

[remain_in_light-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 Template:Cite AV media notes

[speaking_in_tongues-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 ^7.6 ^7.7 ^7.8 Template:Cite AV media notes

[true_stories-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 ^8.7 ^8.8 Template:Cite AV media notes

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[remain_in_light_2006-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 Template:Cite AV media notes

[sand_in_the_vaseline-13] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 Template:Cite AV media notes

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