Once in a Lifetime - The Best of Talking Heads

Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads is a compilation album by Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...

. A single disc version of Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demos , two tracks new to compact disc and three newly finished songs...

, it was released outside of the US and UK in place of that album.

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne

David Byrne (musician)

David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...

, Chris Frantz

Chris Frantz

Chris Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He was the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club.-Career:...

, Jerry Harrison

Jerry Harrison

Jerry Harrison is an American songwriter, musician and producer...

, Tina Weymouth

Tina Weymouth

Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side. Weymouth was a cheerleader in high school...

except as noted:

"Psycho Killer
Psycho Killer
"Psycho Killer" is a song by American New Wave band Talking Heads from their 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Allmusic calls it a...

" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth)
"Take Me to the River
Take Me to the River
"Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by both Syl Johnson and Talking Heads...

" (Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...

, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges)
"Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)
"Once in a Lifetime" is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Remain in Light. The song was written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth, and produced by Eno...

" (Byrne, Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)
"Burning Down the House
Burning Down the House
"Burning Down the House" is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their fifth studio album Speaking in Tongues.-Background:...

"
"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
"This Must Be the Place " is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the second single from their fifth album Speaking in Tongues...

"
"Slippery People" (live)
"Life During Wartime
Life During Wartime (song)
"Life During Wartime" is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their 1979 album Fear of Music in 1979. It peaked at #80 on the US Billboard Pop Singles Chart....

" (live)
"And She Was
And She Was
"And She Was" is the name of a rock song written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. According to Byrne, the song was written about a girl he knew who used to take LSD in a field next to a Yoo-hoo beverage factory in Baltimore, Maryland. It reached number 54 on the...

" (Byrne)
"Road to Nowhere
Road to Nowhere
"Road to Nowhere" is a song by Talking Heads, from the 1985 album Little Creatures. It also appeared on Best of Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, the Once in a Lifetime box set and the Brick box set...

" (Byrne)
"Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life
"Wild Wild Life" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads. Released in 1986, it was the lead single from their album True Stories....

" (Byrne)
"Blind"
"Houses in Motion
Houses in Motion
"Houses in Motion" is the second and final single from Remain in Light, the fourth studio album from American New Wave band Talking Heads. An alternate mix of the song was released in vinyl form on 5 May 1981 and peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart....

" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)
"(Nothing But) Flowers
(Nothing But) Flowers
" Flowers" is a song by the rock band Talking Heads. It appears on the band's final album Naked, released in 1988. It was also released as a single accompanied by a successful music video, which featured innovative uses of typography by graphic designer Tibor Kalman...

"
"Love → Building on Fire" (Byrne)
"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" is the name of a song released by Talking Heads, from their 1977 debut album Talking Heads: 77. With a funky bassline and the use of steel drums, this song has more of a pop groove to it and noticeably differs from the rest of the songs on the album...

" (Byrne)
"Sax and Violins
Sax and Violins
"Sax and Violins" is a song by the rock band Talking Heads. It appears on the soundtrack for the film Until the End of the World. It was also released as a successful promo single and charted at number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart....

"
"Lifetime Piling Up"

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