Talking Heads HomeContents: Regular Releases - Live - Ephemera & Samples - Parodies - Take Me to the River - College A-Cappella - Credits
+ Indicates addition since January 1999 version
This Must be the Place by Bill Lloyd
Regular Releases | ||||||
| Song | Performer(s) | Album | Date | Label [U.S.] (cat #) | Length | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments | ||||||
| Air | The Mies | Raining Cats and Dogs | 1994 | Pure Reocrds (Finland?) PURE CD 105 [8] | ||
| Buck Naked {David Byrne} | Terry Allen | Human Remains | 1996 | Sugar Hill 1589 1050 4 | Folk | |
| +Burning Down the House | Tom Jones with the Cardigans | Reload | 1999 | Gut ASIN B00002DEQQ | ||
| Also released on two singles - the first one with two remixes and a cover of "Come Together", the second with "Come Together" replaced by a third remix | ||||||
| Burning Down the House | Bonnie Raitt | Road Tested | Cema Capitol 7777 33705 4 disc 2 | 1995 | 3:50 | Rock - R&B |
| Also available as Enhanced CD single for Mac/Windows - Capitol 58522 and it appears in Bonnie Raitt's concert video, "Road Tested" from US Public Broadcast Television's "In the Spotlight" series" | ||||||
| Burning Down the House | Paul Shaffer and the Party Boys of Rock 'n' Roll | The World's Most Dangerous Party | 1993 | SBK ERG k2-89786 (disc 2: k2-89787) | 4:28 | Instrumental, talk show |
| Has conversation between Paul Shaffer and Ringo Starr over the close, features Bernie Worell on keyboards. | ||||||
| Cities | Phish | Slip, Stitch, and Pass | ||||
| Live album. Phish has a rich history of performing Talking Heads songs live. | ||||||
| Creatures of Love | The Poodles | Unleashed | 1993 | Northeastern NR-5016 | ||
| Drugs | This Mortal Coil | Filigree and Shadow | 1986 | 4AD / Warner Brothers 45453, (UK 4AD DAD609) | 3:08 | "Dark brooding synth from 4ad" |
| Also appears on a limited edition 10" single (1986, bw "Come Here my Love") and a 1993 PolyGram This Mortal Coil promo disc. The entire "Filigree and Shadow" album is part of the "This Mortal Coil 1983-1991" box set, as is a disc containing the original versions of songs TMC had covered, including "drugs" | ||||||
| Genius of Love {Tom Tom Club} | Mariah Carey | Daydream | 1995 | SONY 7464 66700 2 | ||
| The tracks "Fantasy" and "Daydream interlude (fantasy sweet dub mix)" are "partial covers" of Genisu of Love Also on CD single, SONY 7464 78044 2 | ||||||
| Genius of Love | Mariah Carey and Ol' Dirty Bastard | This is a re-mix of the above song, called "Fantasy (D.B. Re-mix)"(?) and is probably on the single listed above. | ||||
| Genius of Love | Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mell and the Furious Five | "Message from Beat Street: The Best of" | 1994 | Wea-Atlantic-Rhino 8122 71606 4 | Hip Hop | |
| "To the Beat Y'all (Old School Rap Box Set, vol. 3)" | 1994 | Sugar Hill Rap 9851 217 2 | ||||
| Covered and sampled in the track -It's Nasty (Genius of Love). Originally released on ?. | ||||||
| The Girls Want To Be With The Girls | Slickee Boys | Mersey Mersey Me (7") | 1978(?) | Dacoit | ||
| Hanging Upside Down {David Byrne} | Balanescu Quartet | Possessed | 1992 | Mute (A.D.A.) 24590 61421 2 | String Quartet | |
| Heaven | Icehouse | Singles A's and B's | Diva 731079-2 (Australia) | |||
| Also appears on the Berlin Sessions and on single? | ||||||
| Heaven | Greg Keelor | Gone | 1997 | Warner CD 17513 | ||
| Heaven | Jimmy Scott | Heaven | 1996 | Sire/Warner | ||
| Heaven | Simply Red | Picture Book | 1985 | Elektra 60452-2 | 4:33 | |
| Heaven (live) | Simply Red | Jericho (12") | 1986 | Wea 248 789-0(German pressing) | ||
| For the Radiothon at Hammersmith Palace - BBC | ||||||
| Open Up the Red Box (12") | 1986 | WEA 248 623-0 (German pressing) | ||||
| This version is listed as "Heaven - The Movie", it was recorded live at Yellow 2, and differs from the version on "Jericho" | ||||||
| Heaven | Widespread Panic | Space Wrangler | 1988 | Capricorn 42001-4 | 15:11 | |
| Part of "Me and the Devil / Heaven" medley. See also Widespread Panic's entry in the live performances section | ||||||
| +Houses in Motion | Craig Armstrong | Plunkett & Macleane: Original Motion Picture Score | 1999 | Astralwerks/Melankolic | ||
| I'm Not in Love, covered as Not In Love | The Toadies | Basquiat (Motion Picture Soundtrack) | PGD/Polygram Pop/Jazz 24260 | 1996 | ||
| Also avaialable as 7" red vinyl single b/w Slowpoke's "She Fainted", Grass records GROW058-7 | ||||||
| Life During Wartime | The Staple Singers | Also see, Slippery People below. | ||||
| Life During Wartime | Steve Marriott | 30 Seconds to Midnite | 1989 | Trax Music BMG MODCD 1037 | 3:28 | |
| Memories Can't Wait | Living Color | Vivid | 1988 | Epic EK 44099 | 4:30 | Hard Rock / A little bit of every rock style |
| Memories Can't Wait (Live) | Living Color | Biscuits (ep) | 1991 | Epic 47988 | 5:06 | |
| Also included in "Time Tunnel" video (SONY R-1811), and a greatest hits (1995) album | ||||||
| Once in a Lifetime | Big Daddy | Cutting Their Own Groove | 1991 | Rhino 70733 | `50's Rock n' Roll | |
| + | Lookout Mountain | 2000 | Orchard | |||
| Once in a Lifetime | Blenderhead | Muchacho Vivo | 1996 | Tooth & Nail | Christian punks | |
| +Once in a Lifetime, covered as C. Thomas Favorite | Oil | Change (5 Track EP) | 1998 | self published | 2:23 | Rock |
| Once in a Lifetime | Phoebe One | Single Pt 1. & Pt 2 | 1998 | Hip-Hop | ||
| Once in a Lifetime | PM Dawn | Jesus Wept | 1995 | Gee Street-Island Records 314-524 147 | ||
| Middle song in the medley "Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto", between The Artist Once Again Known as Prince's "1999" and Harry Nilsson's "Coconut" | ||||||
| Pleasure of Love {Tom Tom Club} | LL Cool J | Phenomenon | 1997 | |||
| The track "Hot Hot Hot" uses the entire instrumental track. | ||||||
| Psycho Killer | Antiseen | 7" single | Hardcore | |||
| Psycho Killer | The Bobs | The Bobs Sing the Songs of... | 1991 | Rhino 71467 | 3:41 | A-cappella |
| Also appears as a bonus track on cd release of "The Bobs" (1991, Rhino R2 71464) | ||||||
| Psycho Killer | James Hall | Psycho (1998) - Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1998 | Geffen GEFD-25313 | Acoustic | |
| Psycho Killer | The Flying Pickets | Lost Boys | 1981 | Moving Target (re-released in 1984 by Virgin /Axis) | A-cappella | |
| The Flying Pickets also performed this as part of a John Peel Session in 1983 and the song also appears on the "The Best of the Flying Pickets." See also "Road to Nowhere" below. | ||||||
| Psycho Killer | Moxy Fruvous | Live Noise | 1998 | |||
| Psycho Killer | Terrorvison | American TV (single) | June 7, 1993 | Vegas CDVEGAS3 | metal/rock | |
| Psycho Killer | Terrorvision | New Policy One (single) | Oct 18, 1993 | Vegas CDVEGAS4 | ||
| Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, June 6, 1993 | ||||||
| Psycho Killer (Extended mix) | Terrorvision | My House (12" single) | December 29th, 1993 | Vegas 12VEGASG5 | ||
| Packaged in 3d stereogram gate-fold sleeve | ||||||
| Psycho Killer (Acoustic version) | Terrorvision | Alice What's the Matter? (single) | October 17, 1994 | Vegas CDVEGAS9 | ||
| Recorded for "Collins and Maconies' Hit Parade" on the BBC | ||||||
| General note on Terrorvision covers: There are multiple formats for most of these releases. Psycho Killer is only present on the particular formats noted here. The last two CDs mentioned are the second halves of double cd sets which were released one cd at a time. | ||||||
| Road to Nowhere | The Flying Pickets | The Original Flying Pickets (Volume 1?) | 1994 | See also "Psycho Killer" above. | ||
| Slippery People | The Staple Singers | The Turning Point | 1984 | Private I Records BFZ 39460 | 3:56 | R&B |
| Also available on 45 (Private I Z54 04583, b/w "On My Own Again") and as a bonus track on the CD version of "Black on White: Great R&B Covers of Rock Classics (Rhino R2 71227). The 7" edit also appears on the French compilation "Hits '85". There is also a 12" (French only?) b/w Slippery People Club Version (6:28) + Slippery People (instrumental). | ||||||
| Television Man | Man or Astroman? | Experiment Zero | 1996 | Touch and Go TG157CD | Modern surf music | |
| Thank You for Sending me an Angel | Luna | Bonnie and Clyde (EP) | 1996 | Beggars Banquet BBQ56CD (UK) | ||
| This Must be the Place (Naive Melody) | Shawn Colvin | Cover Girl | 1994 | Sony 57875 | folk | |
| Wild Wild Life | The Wailing Souls | Cool Runnings Music from the Motion Picture | 1993 | Chaos Columbia OK 57553 | Reggae | |
Counting Crows, This Must be the Place (Naive Melody), Several performances
Crowded House, This Must be the Place (Naive Melody), Several performances
NITS, Heaven, The Netherlands May 10, 96
Pearl Jam [Taken from the The Pearl Jam songlist]
+Smashing Pumpkins, Once in a Lifetime, various dates
+Eddie Vedder w/C-Average , Love -> Building on Fire, July 13, 1999 and others
Ephemera & Samples | ||||
| In addition to everything listed here, there have been a series of fan produced tapes and CDs of cover songs. | ||||
| Song | Performer(s) | Source | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Down the House | Muzak | Mentioned in a Sonicnet interview with David Byrne. | ||
| Heaven | Q Lazzarus | Philadelphia (motion picture) | 1994 | Part of the song is performed by Q Lazzarus in the movie, but the song does not appear on the soundtrack. |
| Genius of Love {Tom Tom Club} | Busta Rhymes w/ Erykah Badu | One (single from When Disaster Strikes) | 1997 | Uncredited "borrowing" of lyrics |
| Genius Of Love | Dream Warriors | Sampled/covered on their first album | ||
| Genius of Love | Kurtis Blow | Sampled/Covered | ||
| Life During Wartime | Eek! the Cat | "Eek! the Cat" (tv series) | In one scene in the episode "Try Harder", Eek! the Cat sings/says a few lines from LDW a-cappella | |
| +Life During Wartime | Los Mocosos | "Brown and Proud" on the album "Mocos Locos" (Aztlan Records; ASIN: B00000DBUH) | 1998 | The chorus of this song had some "subconcious" influence from Life During Wartime, leading to the band being "persuaded" to give David Byrne a writing credit. |
| +Once In A Lifetime | (unknown) | Alice et Martin (film) | 1998 | A French version of the song appears in this film. |
| Once In A Lifetime | Bassheads | Is There Anybody Outthere (12"/CD) | Unauthorized sample | |
| Once In A Lifetime | Jay-Z | It's Alright/ Vol 2 - It's A Hard Knock Life | 1998 | Rap/Sample |
| Once In a Lifetime | K.C. Flight | Planet. E (12") Popular-BMG 8897-1-RD | Samples the bass line and some of the vocals, the bass line and some of the lyrics are also used within the song itself. This track also appears on an album ("Secret Affair"?) | |
| Pleasure of Love {Tom Tom Club} | LL Cool J | The track "Hot Hot Hot" on Phenomenon | 1997 | Instrumental version used as base of song |
| Rev It Up {Jerry Harrison} | Covered for an Australian tv commercial for Hyundai, using a female singer | |||
Burning Down the House / Polkas On 45 / "Weird Al" Yankovic / In 3-D (album) / 1984 [Just a single line in a medley.]
Life During Wartime, Once in a Lifetime / SNL Fashion Report with David Byrne / Rich Hall / Saturday Night Live (tv-NBC) / 1984 [11/3/84, Michael McKean host]
Once In a Lifetime / Kermit the frog, on Muppets Tonight (TV) (6/7/96, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg)
Psycho Killer / Psycho Chicken / The Fools / The 12" Fools (EP) / PVC 4908 [This EP has a censored version. The song is also available as a 45 on yellow vinyl with "clucked" version on one side and "beeped" on the other (EMI SPRO-9331, promo). This 45 is probably the same as the Psycho Chicken single included in their first EMI album, "Sold Out" and is the same as the European black vinyl 45 of Psycho Chicken. There is a live uncensored version on the "First Annual Official Unofficial April Fools Day Live Bootleg" (EMI SPRO-9393/SPRO-9394) promo, (not a double album, each side has a different number.) Confused? So am I.]
The Heads themselves sampled the opening drum beat from their own version in the song Never Mind on No Talking Just Heads.
And She Was / Mixed Company / Stanford University / Unanimous / 1992
And She Was / The Pitchforks / Duke University / Tonal Eclipse / 1992
Psycho Killer / Amazin' Blues / University of Michigan / ABCD
Psycho Killer / Men's Blue and White / Pomona College / Silence Profound... / 1992
Psycho Killer / Pennsylvania Six-5000 / University of Pennsylvania / The Albatross is your Boyfriend / 1988
Stay Up Late / Wesleyan New Group / Wesleyan University / Old Hat
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