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| album = [[Talking Heads: 77]] | | album = [[Talking Heads: 77]] | ||
| B-side = | | B-side = | ||
* | * '''Psycho Killer''' (acoustic version) | ||
* | * '''[[I Wish You Wouldn't Say That]]''' | ||
| released = December 1977 | | released = December 1977 | ||
| recorded = 1977 | | recorded = 1977 | ||
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* [[Tina Weymouth]] | * [[Tina Weymouth]] | ||
| producer = | | producer = | ||
* Tony Bongiovi | * [[Tony Bongiovi]] | ||
* Lance Quinn | * [[Lance Quinn]] | ||
| prev_title = Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town | | prev_title = '''[[Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town]]''' | ||
| prev_year = 1977 | | prev_year = 1977 | ||
| next_title = Pulled Up | | next_title = '''[[Pulled Up]]''' | ||
| next_year = 1978 | | next_year = 1978 | ||
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The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song featuring [[Arthur Russell]] on cello. In the liner notes for ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]'' (1992), [[Jerry Harrison]] wrote of the A-side and B-side of the single, "I'm glad we persuaded Tony [Bongiovi] and Lance [Quinn] that the version with the cellos shouldn't be the only one." | The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song featuring [[Arthur Russell]] on cello. In the liner notes for ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]'' (1992), [[Jerry Harrison]] wrote of the A-side and B-side of the single, "I'm glad we persuaded Tony [Bongiovi] and Lance [Quinn] that the version with the cellos shouldn't be the only one." | ||
The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics | The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics representing the thoughts of a serial killer. Originally written and performed as a ballad, ''Psycho Killer'' became what AllMusic calls a "deceptively funky new wave/no wave song" with "an insistent rhythm, and one of the most memorable, driving basslines in rock & roll." | ||
''Psycho Killer'' was the only song from the album to appear on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 92. It reached number 32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989, and peaked at number 11 on the Dutch singles chart in 1977. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, has been featured in various shows and films, and has been covered by a variety of artists. | ''Psycho Killer'' was the only song from the album to appear on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 92. It reached number 32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989, and peaked at number 11 on the Dutch singles chart in 1977. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, has been featured in various shows and films, and has been covered by a variety of artists. | ||