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"Psycho Killer" is a song by American rock band Talking Heads, released on their debut studio album Talking Heads: 77 (1977). The group first performed it as the Artistics in 1974. [6] [7] The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song featuring Arthur Russell on cello. [8]
Talking Heads: 77 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads. It was released September 16, 1977 through Sire Records. The recording took place in April 1977 at New York's Sundragon Studios. The single "Psycho Killer" reached number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The first Talking Heads album, Talking Heads: 77, received acclaim and produced their first charting single, "Psycho Killer". [22] Many connected the song to the serial killer known as the Son of Sam , who had been terrorizing New York City months earlier; however, Byrne said he had written the song years prior. [ 23 ]
Talking Heads were an American new wave band who, between 1975 and 1991, recorded 96 songs, 12 of which were not officially released until after their break-up. The group has been described as "one of the most acclaimed bands of the post-punk era" by AllMusic and among the most "adventurous" bands in rock history by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This song may be on repeat any time of the year but that doesn’t mean a song about hidden demons isn’t great for Halloween! ... "Psycho Killer" by The Talking Heads. This Talking Heads hit ...
'This song is devoted to ... Flowers” and “Used To Be Young,” Cyrus has guested on albums by Dolly Parton and Beyoncé and released a cover of Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” to ...
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]
Apparently, per NME, Will.i.am. originally "wrote the chorus" for rock icons U2 and was also inspired by Earth, Wind & Fire and Talking Heads during the track's creation.