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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Psycho Killer
has format
  • Gramophone record
Subject
  • Multilingual songs
  • 1977 singles
  • 1974 songs
  • Sire Records singles
  • Talking Heads songs
  • The Flying Pickets songs
  • Funk songs
  • Songs written by Chris Frantz
  • Songs written by David Byrne
  • Songs written by Tina Weymouth
  • Song recordings produced by Tony Bongiovi
abstract
  • %22Psycho Killer%22 is a song written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and first played by their band The Artistic in 1974, and as new wave band Talking Heads in 1975, with a later version recorded for their 1977 album Talking Heads: 77. In the liner notes for Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads (1992), Jerry Harrison wrote of the b-side of the single, an acoustic version of the song that featured Arthur Russell on cello, %22I'm glad we persuaded Tony [Bongiovi] and Lance [Quinn] that the version with the cellos shouldn't be the only one.%22The band's %22signature debut hit%22 features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Originally written and performed as a ballad, %22Psycho Killer%22 became what AllMusic calls a %22deceptively funky new wave/no wave song ... [with] an insistent rhythm, and one of the most memorable, driving basslines in rock & roll.%22%22Psycho Killer%22 was the only song from the album to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 92. It reached number 32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989, and peaked at number 11 on the Dutch singles chart in 1977. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
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  • David Byrne
  • Chris Frantz
  • Tina Weymouth
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  • 5714dec725ac0d8aee3b982d
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producer
  • Jon Bon Jovi
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Sire Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1977
wsb:title_without_accent
  • Psycho Killer
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