List of songs recorded by Talking Heads

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Talking Heads performing in 1978
Tina Weymouth performing in 1978
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.

Songs

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Key
Template:Dagger Indicates single release
Template:‡ Indicates song solely written by David Byrne
Brian Eno in 2008
Talking Heads collaborated with producer Brian Eno on More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in Light.
Al Green in 1973
Talking Heads covered Al Green's song "Take Me to the River" on their second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Song is an unfinished outtake.[10][11]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Later appeared on Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites[12]
  3. ↑ Also known as "Love Goes to Building on Fire"[16]
  4. ↑ Originally released as the B-side to "Love → Building on Fire" in early 1977 before Talking Heads: 77.[16]

References

  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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Template:Cite AV media notes
  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
  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
  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
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Template:Cite AV media notes
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Template:Cite AV media notes
  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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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Template:Cite AV media notes
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Template:Cite AV media notes
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Template:Cite AV media notes
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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Template:Cite AV media notes
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