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Ice-T says that "Psycho Killer" was a starting influence for his band Body Count's controversial song "Cop Killer". [35] Singer Selena Gomez samples the bassline on her 2017 single "Bad Liar." [36] A Talking Heads tribute band based in Baltimore, active since 2011, call themselves the Psycho Killers. [37]
Janovitz claims that the "thick menage of polyrhythmic percussion, staccato guitars, popping bass, and Devo-like electronic blips and bleeps" make this protagonist even more threatening than the one in an earlier Talking Heads song, "Psycho Killer". [2]
During a session with Gomez and Tranter, Michaels suggested that they should write a song over the bassline of the band's 1977 single "Psycho Killer", specifically interpolating band member Tina Weymouth's riff. The minimal bassline from the song was used as a starting point for "Bad Liar" from which its topline melody developed.
Stop Making Sense includes performances of the early Talking Heads single, "Psycho Killer" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, "Burning Down the House" (1983). It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman David Byrne and by Tom Tom Club, the side project of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth.
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In 2023, Duran Duran released a cover of Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", featuring De Angelis on guest bass and vocals. [17] In 2024, after finishing her first world tour with Måneskin, De Angelis embarked on a tour in Europe and the United States as a solo DJ act, performing a variety of high-tempo electronic music genres. [18]
By 1976, Girard and Bartlett teamed up with Stacey Pedrick (guitar), Doug Forman (bass), and Chris Pedrick (drums), becoming The Fools. In 1979, the band released "Psycho Chicken", a parody of Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", and it was an immediate hit on Boston radio stations. [1]
The set contains various outtakes and unreleased material from the original album sessions, as well as an archived concert recording from October 10th, 1977. Prior to the release, Psycho Killer (Acoustic Version), a live version of Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town, and Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version) were released as promotional singles.