Talking Heads

Years active: 1975 - 1991
Country: United States
Comments: Influential new wave band. Initially involved in the New York punk rock scene, their sound evolved during the years to integrate elements of art rock, funk, avant-garde, pop and world music.
Members: David Byrne
Jerry Harrison
Tina Weymouth
Chris Frantz
Related: Adrian Belew Additional guitar (1978-1981)
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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Air	Talking Heads	August 1979	Toby Germano
	And She Was	Talking Heads	1985	(15 artists)
	Animals	Talking Heads	August 1979	Unverified
	Blind	Talking Heads	March 1988	Unverified
	Book I Read	Talking Heads	1977	Unverified
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)	Talking Heads	1980	(3 artists)
	Burning Down the House	Talking Heads	1983	(32 artists)
	Cities	Talking Heads	August 1979	(2 artists)
	City of Dreams	Talking Heads	September 1986	(2 artists)
	Creatures of Love	Talking Heads	1985	Unverified
	Crosseyed and Painless	Talking Heads	1980	(5 artists)
	Don't Worry About the Government	Talking Heads	1977	(2 artists)
	Dream Operator	Talking Heads	September 1986	(2 artists)
	Drugs	Talking Heads	August 1979	(4 artists)
i	Fela’s Riff	Talking Heads	January 16, 2006	Unverified
	Found a Job	Talking Heads	1978	R. Stevie Moore
	Girlfriend Is Better	Talking Heads	1983	(5 artists)
	Happy Day	Talking Heads	1977	Shane James
	Heaven	Talking Heads	August 1979	(28 artists)
	Hey Now	Talking Heads	September 1986	Unverified
	Houses in Motion	Talking Heads	1980	(5 artists)
	I Get Wild / Wild Gravity	Talking Heads	1983	Unverified
	I'm Not in Love	Talking Heads	1978	Unverified
	I Zimbra	Talking Heads	August 1979	Unverified
	Life During Wartime	Talking Heads	August 1979	(17 artists)
	Listening Wind	Talking Heads	1980	(6 artists)
	Love → Building on Fire	Talking Heads	February 1977	(5 artists)
	Love for Sale	Talking Heads	September 1986	Fudge
	Making Flippy Floppy	Talking Heads	1983	(3 artists)
	Memories Can't Wait	Talking Heads	August 1979	(5 artists)
	Mind	Talking Heads	August 1979	(2 artists)
	Moonrocks	Talking Heads	1983	Unverified
	Mr. Jones	Talking Heads	March 1988	Unverified
	(Nothing But) Flowers	Talking Heads	March 1988	(7 artists)
	Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads	1980	(36 artists)
	Papa Legba	Talking Heads	September 1986	Widespread Panic
	Psycho Killer	Talking Heads	1977	(70 artists) Sampled by Selena Gomez
	Pulled Up	Talking Heads	1977	Unverified
	Pull up the Roots	Talking Heads	1983	The Morning Benders
	Puzzlin' Evidence	Talking Heads	September 1986	Skyhead
	Radio Head	Talking Heads	September 1986	Unverified
	Road to Nowhere	Talking Heads	1985	(29 artists)
	Seen and Not Seen	Talking Heads	1980	(2 artists)
	Slippery People	Talking Heads	1983	(9 artists)
	Stay Hungry	Talking Heads	1978	Unverified
	Stay Up Late	Talking Heads	1985	(3 artists)
	Sugar on My Tongue	Talking Heads	October 13, 1992	(3 artists)
	Swamp	Talking Heads	1983	Robert Walter's 20th Congress
	Television Man	Talking Heads	1985	(2 artists)
	Thank You for Sending Me an Angel	Talking Heads	1978	(3 artists)
	The Book I Read	Talking Heads	1977	Shaun Cassidy
	The Good Thing	Talking Heads	1978	(3 artists)
	The Great Curve	Talking Heads	1980	(4 artists)
	The Lady Don't Mind	Talking Heads	1985	Sweet Little Band
	The Overload	Talking Heads	1980	(2 artists)
	This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)	Talking Heads	1983	(49 artists)
	Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town	Talking Heads	1977	Unverified
	Warning Sign	Talking Heads	1978	(2 artists)
	Who Is It?	Talking Heads	1977	Unverified
	Wild Wild Life	Talking Heads	September 1986	(4 artists)

Covers by Talking Heads

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Big Business / I Zimbra	Talking Heads	1985	Unverified
People Like Us	Talking Heads	September 1986	Unverified
Take Me to the River	Talking Heads	1978	Al Green
The Girls Want to Be with the Girls	Talking Heads	1978	The Slickee Boys
What a Day That Was	Talking Heads	1984	David Byrne

Web Covers by Talking Heads

	Title	Performer	Upload date	Originally by
	Pablo Picasso	Talking Heads	September 21, 2013	The Modern Lovers

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Psycho Killer	Talking Heads	1977	Covered by (70 artists) Sampled by Selena Gomez

Songs written by Talking Heads

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
People Like Us	David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Talking Heads	John Goodman	November 23, 2018	Missing information

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
77	Talking Heads	1977	Sire
Fear of Music	Talking Heads	August 1979	Sire
Little Creatures	Talking Heads	1985	Sire
More Songs About Buildings and Food	Talking Heads	1978	Sire
Naked	Talking Heads	March 1988	Fly [US]
Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand in the Vaseline	Talking Heads	October 13, 1992	Sire
Remain in Light	Talking Heads	1980	Sire
Speaking in Tongues	Talking Heads	1983	Sire
Stop Making Sense	Talking Heads	1984	Sire
True Stories	Talking Heads	September 1986	Sire

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Cities	Talking Heads	June 1980	Sire
	Love → Building on Fire	Talking Heads	February 1977	Sire

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Tribute to Talking Heads - Twice in a Lifetime	various artists	2000	Dressed to Kill
Babies Go Talking Heads	Sweet Little Band	October 12, 2022	RGS Music
Burning Down the House	Paramore	January 31, 2024	A24 Music
Don't Worry About the Coverband - A Tribute to Talking Heads	various artists	2000	Zimbra
Live Phish 15 - 10.31.96 - The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia	Phish	October 29, 2002	Elektra
Lullaby Versions of Talking Heads	Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star	September 23, 2022	Roma Music Group
Making Flippy Floppy	Teezo Touchdown	February 28, 2024	A24 Music
Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads	Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads	June 15, 2018	BFD
Remain in Light	Angélique Kidjo	June 8, 2018	KRAVENWORKS
Take Me to the River	Lorde	March 28, 2024	A24 Music
Talking Heads: 20 - PRF Tribute Series February 2016	various artists	February 29, 2016	PRF
Up All Night: Jammin' to the Talking Heads	various artists	May 10, 2005	CMH Records

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