David Byrne (Talking Heads)

~ Person

Relationships

member of:	The Pieces of Shit Shag Haired Villains Talking Heads
married:	Adelle Lutz (from 1987 until 2004)
romantically involved with:	Toni Basil (in 1981) Twyla Tharp (dancer, choreographer) (from 1981 until 1982)

founded:	Luaka Bop Todo Mundo
has personal publisher:	Moldy Fig Music

part of:	Paste: 100 Best Living Songwriters (number: 46) (order: 65)

purchase music for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id47192943 [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126154/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/3918 [info]
official homepages:	http://davidbyrne.com/ [info] http://www.davidbyrne.com/ [info]
discography pages:	http://www.talking-heads.nl/index.php/david-byrne-bio/david-byrne-discography [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84221208 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bk2b5x [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892043k [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/119140071 [info] https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=11469 [info] https://imvdb.com/n/david-byrne [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/david_byrne [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/david-byrne/ [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84221208 [info]
Myspace:	https://myspace.com/davidbyrnemusic [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d4659efb-b8eb-4f03-95e9-f69ce35967a9 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:	https://twitter.com/DBtodomundo [info] https://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Byrne/112716445405669 [info] https://www.instagram.com/davidbyrneofficial/ [info]
YouTube channels:	https://www.youtube.com/davidbyrneofficial [info] https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidByrneMusic [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/20vuBdFblWUo2FCOvUzusB [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/906 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/artists/David-byrne [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000197364 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2832 [info]
VIAF ID:	105011735 [info]
Wikidata:	Q336640 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/275672 [info]
setlist.fm:	https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/david-byrne-63d68a97.html [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/David+Byrne [info]
streaming page:	https://tidal.com/artist/10468 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down			David Byrne	2:37
	A Walk in the Dark			David Byrne	4:23
	America Is Waiting			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:38
	And She Was			Talking Heads	3:39
	Bed			David Byrne	5:01
	Don't Fence Me In			David Byrne	3:13
	I Bid You Goodnight			David Byrne	2:55
	I've Tried			David Byrne	3:27
	In the Upper Room			David Byrne	3:40
	Lazy (Norman Cook dub)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	6:42
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	5:02
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	6:18
	Lazy (original)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	9:25
	Lazy (Peace Division dub)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	9:20
	Liquid Days			Anthony Roth Costanzo, Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen	5:13
	Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)			David Byrne	4:01
	Paper Emperor			David Byrne	1:48
	Picking a Bride			David Byrne	2:00
	Regiment			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:58
	Road Song			Meredith Monk	3:19
	Road to Nowhere	Byrne		Talking Heads	4:20
	Somebody			David Byrne	4:59
	Theadora Is Dozing			David Byrne	3:04
	Tiny Town			David Byrne	5:06
	Wind, Rain and Water			David Byrne	2:19
	instruments
1976 – 1977	Psycho Killer		guitar	Talking Heads	4:21
1978-03 – 1978-04	Take Me to the River		guitar and synthesizer	Talking Heads	5:03
1983-12	Life During Wartime (live) (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)		guitar	Talking Heads	5:05
1983-12	Slippery People (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)		guitar	Talking Heads	4:14
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Long Time Ago		synthesizer	David Byrne	3:24
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Long Time Ago		guitar	David Byrne	3:24
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Self‐Made Man		electric guitar	David Byrne	3:58
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Self‐Made Man		lap steel guitar	David Byrne	3:58
1993-11 – 1993-12	Angels		bell [bells]	David Byrne	4:41
1993-11 – 1993-12	Angels		balafon	David Byrne	4:41
1993-11 – 1993-12	Angels		guitar [guitars]	David Byrne	4:41
1993-11 – 1993-12	Back in the Box		guitar	David Byrne	4:26
1993-11 – 1993-12	Buck Naked		acoustic guitar	David Byrne	3:51
1993-11 – 1993-12	Crash		guitar	David Byrne	4:27
1993-11 – 1993-12	Lilies of the Valley		guitar	David Byrne	4:31
1993-11 – 1993-12	My Love Is You		guitar	David Byrne	2:01
1993-11 – 1993-12	Nothing at All		guitar	David Byrne	4:52
1993-11 – 1993-12	Sad Song		guitar [guitars]	David Byrne	3:03
1993-11 – 1993-12	Strange Ritual		guitar	David Byrne	6:55
1993-11 – 1993-12	You & Eye		clavinet	David Byrne	5:02
1993-11 – 1993-12	You & Eye		guitar	David Byrne	5:02
	(Nothing but) Flowers		guitar	Talking Heads	5:34
	A Perfect Hand		guitar	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	4:57
	A Soft Seduction		guitar	David Byrne	3:01
	A Soft Seduction		autoharp	David Byrne	3:01
	Adé		guitar family	David Byrne	3:23
	Amnesia		guitar	David Byrne	3:26
	And She Was		guitar	Talking Heads	3:39
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)		guitar family	David Byrne	4:44
	Big Business		bass and guitar family	David Byrne	5:06
	Big Daddy		keyboard [bass]	Talking Heads	5:38
	Big Daddy		guitar	Talking Heads	5:38
	Bill		slide guitar	Talking Heads	3:23
	Bill		toy piano	Talking Heads	3:23
	Bill		keyboard [cellos, flute]	Talking Heads	3:23
	Bill		guitar	Talking Heads	3:23
	Black Flag		bass, calliope, guitar family and vibraphone	David Byrne	2:30
	Blind		guitar	Talking Heads	5:00
	Bullet		keyboard [keys]	David Byrne	3:10
	Bullet		guitar	David Byrne	3:10
	Burning Down the House		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads	4:02
	Burnt by the Sun		guitar	David Byrne	4:21
	Carnival Eyes		acoustic guitar	David Byrne	4:04
	City of Dreams		guitar	Talking Heads	5:09
	Cloud Chamber		percussion	David Byrne	2:50
	Combat		bass, guitar family and synthesizer	David Byrne	2:45
	Cool Water		guitar	Talking Heads	5:16
	Crazy Egypt		guitar	John Cale	3:28
	Creatures of Love		guitar	Talking Heads	4:16
	Daddy Go Down		resonator guitar [dobro]	David Byrne	4:07
	Dance on Vaseline		guitar	David Byrne	5:08
	Dancing Together		guitar	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	3:53
	Dense Beasts		bass, organ, percussion, piano and synthesizer	David Byrne	3:12
	Dinner for Two		guitar	David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:42
	Dinosaur		clavinet, guitar family, piano and synthesizer	David Byrne	2:34
	Dirty Old Town		electric guitar	David Byrne	4:13
	Disco Hits!		bass guitar [bass] and guitar	David Byrne	2:03
	Doing the Right Thing		guitar	David Byrne	3:39
	Don't Fence Me In		guitar	David Byrne	3:13
	Dream Operator		guitar	Talking Heads	4:39
	Dream Operator		guitar	Annie McEnroe	4:19
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses		electric guitar [electric guitars]	David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses		resonator guitar [dobro]	David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes		electric guitar [electric guitars]	David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes		resonator guitar [dobro]	David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Eggs in a Briar Patch		guitar family	David Byrne	3:31
	Eleven Days		guitar	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	2:43
	Eleven Days		synthesizer	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	2:43
	Every Day Is a Miracle		guitar	David Byrne	4:46
	Every Drop of Rain		guitar	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	5:34
	Everybody’s Coming to My House		keyboard [keys]	David Byrne	3:30
	Everybody’s Coming to My House		guitar	David Byrne	3:30
	Everybody’s Coming to My House		electronic instruments [pads]	David Byrne	3:30
	Finite=Alright		resonator guitar [dobro]	David Byrne	2:24
	Five Golden Sections		bass, calliope, guitar family and vibraphone	David Byrne	2:54
	Found a Job		guitar and synthesizer	Talking Heads	5:00
	Fuzzy Freaky		effects [loop]	David Byrne	4:59
	Fuzzy Freaky		guitar	David Byrne	4:59
	Gasoline and Dirty Sheets		keyboard [keys]	David Byrne	3:20
	Gasoline and Dirty Sheets		guitar	David Byrne	3:20
	Girlfriend Is Better		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads	5:43
	Girlfriend Is Better		bass, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads	4:24
	Give Me Back My Name		guitar	Talking Heads	3:22
	Glass, Concrete & Stone		classical guitar	David Byrne	4:14
	God's Child (Baila conmigo)		guitar, harmonium and percussion	Selena	4:16
	God’s Child		percussion	David Byrne and Selena	4:13
	God’s Child		guitar	David Byrne and Selena	4:13
	God’s Child		harmonium	David Byrne and Selena	4:13
	Good and Evil		electric guitar	David Byrne	4:35
	Heaven		guitar	Talking Heads	4:01
	Here		guitar	David Byrne	4:14
	Here Lies Love		guitar	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	5:51
	Hey Now		guitar	Talking Heads	3:42
	Hey Now (movie version)		guitar	St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School Choir	3:58
	His Wife Refused		bass and guitar family	David Byrne	4:32
	Home	David	guitar and solo	David Byrne & Brian Eno	5:06
	I ♥ Metal Buildings		bass guitar [bass]	David Byrne	1:39
	I ♥ Metal Buildings		guitar	David Byrne	1:39
	I Am an Ape		guitar	David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:05
	I Dance Like This		guitar	David Byrne	3:34
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	instruments arranged
	Good and Evil		strings	David Byrne	4:35
	mixed
	Bed			David Byrne	5:01
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)			Talking Heads	5:49
	Crosseyed and Painless			Talking Heads	4:48
	Houses in Motion			Talking Heads	4:33
	Listening Wind			Talking Heads	4:43
	Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)			David Byrne	4:01
	Once in a Lifetime			Talking Heads	4:20
	Paper Emperor			David Byrne	1:48
	Picking a Bride			David Byrne	2:00
	Seen and Not Seen			Talking Heads	3:25
	The Great Curve			Talking Heads	6:28
	The Overload			Talking Heads	6:01
	Wind, Rain and Water			David Byrne	2:19
	orchestrated
	Paper Emperor			David Byrne	1:48
	performed
	A Secret Life			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:31
	America Is Waiting			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:38
	Bed			David Byrne	5:01
	Come With Us			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:43
	Dallas (live, 1993: New York, NY, USA)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	3:55
	Dallas (acoustic)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	4:27
	Dense Beasts			David Byrne	3:12
	Eggs in a Briar Patch			David Byrne	3:31
	Help Me Somebody			Brian Eno—David Byrne	4:18
	Jolene (live, 1993: New York, NY, USA)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	3:36
	Jolene (acoustic)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	3:00
	Lazy (radio edit)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:14
	Lazy			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	9:37
	Lazy (part of “Ministry of Sound: The Annual Ibiza 2002” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	5:06
	Lazy (part of a “MoS: The 2003 Annual” (AU) DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:39
	Lazy (part of “Mastercuts: Bar Social 2” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:58
	Lazy (part of “Cream Beach 2002” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	5:41
	Lazy (part of a “Ministry of Sound: The Annual 2004” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:49
	Lazy (part of a “Ibiza: The History of House” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	6:06
	Lazy		guest	X‐Press 2	3:26
	Lazy (part of “Ministry of Sound: The Very Best of the Chillout Session” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:32
	Lazy			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:16
	Lazy			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:30
	Lazy (part of “Pozytywne Wibracje, Volume 6” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	5:02
	Lazy (part of “Supreme Beings Of Leisure: Cinnamon” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:48
	Lazy (part of “Ministry of Sound: Ibiza Annual 2005” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:57
	Lazy (Freeform Five remix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	10:27
	Lazy (Freeform Reform vocal)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	10:07
	Lazy (Norman Cook mix) (part of “Cream Anthems: Spring 2002” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:01
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix) (part of a “MoS: Clubber’s Guide to… Ibiza 2002” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:08
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix) (part of “Ministry of Sound: 21st Century Disco 2003” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:12
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	5:02
	Lazy (Norman Cook remix) (part of “The Very Best Euphoric Funky House Breakdown” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:46
	Lazy (original mix) (part of DJ‐mixed “In the Mix: Revival”)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:01
	Lazy (original mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	6:57
	Lazy (original mix) (part of a “MoS: The Chillout Session: Ibiza 2002” DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:01
	Lazy (original mix) (part of a “MoS: Clubber’s Guide to… Ibiza 2002” (DE) DJ‐mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:36
	Lazy (original)			X‐Press 2	4:17
	Lazy (Problem & Lazy Daze vocal mix) (part of “Mastercuts Beach Bar” DJ-mix)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	6:53
	Lazy (radio edit)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	4:16
	Lazy (radio edit)			X‐Press 2 feat. David Byrne	3:53
	Lazy (Radio Slave remix) (part of “Ministry of Sound: Electro Tech” DJ-mix)		guest	X‐Press 2	5:10
	Lazy (reprise) (part of “Future Chill” DJ-mix)		guest	X‐Press 2	4:56
	Let the Mystery Be (live, 1993: New York, NY, USA)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	3:54
	Let the Mystery Be (live, 1993: New York, NY, USA)			10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne	3:17
	Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)			David Byrne	4:01
	Mea culpa			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:44
	Moonlight in Glory			Brian Eno-David Byrne	4:23
	Mountain of Needles			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:36
	Paper Emperor			David Byrne	1:48
	Picking a Bride			David Byrne	2:00
	Qu’ran			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:48
	Regiment			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:58
	The Carrier			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:36
	The Heart’s a Lonely Hunter (Louie Vega remix)			Thievery Corporation feat. David Byrne	?:??
	The Heart’s a Lonely Hunter (Thievery Corporation remix)			Thievery Corporation feat. David Byrne	?:??
	The Jezebel Spirit			Brian Eno—David Byrne	4:57
	Very, Very Hungry			Brian Eno-David Byrne	3:21
	Wind, Rain and Water			David Byrne	2:19
	produced
	(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down			David Byrne	2:37
	A Long Time Ago			David Byrne	3:24
	A Secret Life			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:31
	A Self‐Made Man			David Byrne	3:58
	A Soft Seduction			David Byrne	3:01
	Adé			David Byrne	3:23
	Admiral Perry			David Byrne	5:32
	America Is Waiting			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:38
	Amnesia			David Byrne	3:26
	Angels			David Byrne	4:41
	Back in the Box			David Byrne	4:26
	Bed			David Byrne	5:01
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)			David Byrne	4:45
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)			David Byrne	4:44
	Big Business			David Byrne	5:06
	Big Business (dance mix)			David Byrne	6:18
	Black Flag			David Byrne	2:30
	Brownie’s Theme			David Byrne	2:27
	Buck Naked			David Byrne	3:51
	Bullet			David Byrne	3:10
	Burnt by the Sun			David Byrne	4:21
	Buster’s Theme			Carl Finch	2:35
	City of Steel			Talking Heads	3:34
	Cloud Chamber			David Byrne	2:50
	Cocktail Desperado			Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band	3:00
	Combat			David Byrne	2:45
	Come With Us			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:43
	Crash			David Byrne	4:27
	Daddy Go Down			David Byrne	4:07
	Dance on Vaseline			David Byrne	5:08
	Dense Beasts			David Byrne	3:12
	Dinner for Two			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:42
	Dinner Music			Kronos Quartet	3:33
	Dinosaur			David Byrne	2:34
	Disco Hits!			David Byrne	2:03
	Dog’s Mind			David Byrne	2:30
	Doing the Right Thing			David Byrne	3:39
	Don't Fence Me In			David Byrne	3:13
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes			David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Eggs in a Briar Patch			David Byrne	3:31
	Every Day Is a Miracle			David Byrne	4:46
	Everybody’s Coming to My House			David Byrne	3:30
	Festa Para Um Rei Negro			Banda Eclipse	2:20
	Finite=Alright			David Byrne	2:24
	Five Golden Sections			David Byrne	2:54
	Freeway Son			David Byrne	3:06
	Fuzzy Freaky			David Byrne	4:59
	Gasoline and Dirty Sheets			David Byrne	3:20
	Glass Operator			David Byrne	2:32
	Gnit			Mari€ & ∫cratch	4:42
	God's Child (Baila conmigo)			Selena	4:16
	God’s Child			David Byrne and Selena	4:13
	Going Home			Fun Boy Three	3:35
	Happy Suicide			David Byrne and Vijaya Anand	9:45
	Help Me Somebody			Brian Eno—David Byrne	4:18
	His Wife Refused			David Byrne	4:32
	I ♥ Metal Buildings			David Byrne	1:39
	I Am an Ape			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:05
	I Bid You Goodnight			David Byrne	2:55
	I Dance Like This			David Byrne	3:34
	I Should Watch TV			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:08
	I've Tried			David Byrne	3:27
	Ice Age			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:13
	In the Future			David Byrne	6:35
	In the Upper Room			David Byrne	3:40
	It’s Not Dark Up Here			David Byrne	4:11
	Jungle Book			David Byrne	3:43
	Lazarus			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:13
	Leg Bells			David Byrne	2:41
	Light Bath			David Byrne	1:10
	Light Bath			David Byrne	1:11
	Lightning			David Byrne & St. Vincent	4:15
	Lilies of the Valley			David Byrne	4:31
	Love Theme From True Stories			David Byrne	1:28
	Machu Picchu			David Byrne	3:10
	Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)			David Byrne	4:01
	Mall Muzak (Building a Highway / Puppy Polka / Party Girls)			Carl Finch	5:34
	Mea culpa			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:44
	Mesopotamia (Tom Durack remix)			The B‐52s	3:50
	Mesopotamia (remix)			The B‐52’s	3:52
	Miss America			David Byrne	4:20
	Moonlight in Glory			Brian Eno-David Byrne	4:23
	More I See (The Less I Believe)			Fun Boy Three	3:35
	Mountain of Needles			Brian Eno—David Byrne	2:36
	Murder She Said			Fun Boy Three	2:01
	My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)			David Byrne	2:45
	My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)			David Byrne	2:45
	My Love Is You			David Byrne	2:01
	Nothing at All			David Byrne	4:52
	Optimist			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:49
	Our Lips Are Sealed			Fun Boy Three	3:36
	Our Lips Are Sealed			Fun Boy Three	2:53
	Our Lips Are Sealed (single remix)			Fun Boy Three	2:53
	Outside of Space & Time			David Byrne & St. Vincent	4:18
	Paper Emperor			David Byrne	1:48
	Picking a Bride			David Byrne	2:00
	Poison			David Byrne	2:32
	Pressure of Life (Takes Weight Off the Body)			Fun Boy Three	3:10
	Qu’ran			Brian Eno—David Byrne	3:48
	Queen of Las Vegas (Mesopotamia outtake version)			The B‐52’s	5:40
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	programming
	I Should Watch TV		percussion	David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:08
	The Forest Awakes		percussion	David Byrne & St. Vincent	4:52
	The One Who Broke Your Heart		percussion	David Byrne & St. Vincent feat. The Dap‐Kings & Antibalas	3:46
	remixed
	Big Business (dance mix)			David Byrne	6:18
	Making Flippy Floppy (Jellybean remix)			Talking Heads	6:32
	Slippery People (Jellybean remix)			Talking Heads	6:40
	vocals
1976 – 1977	Psycho Killer		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:21
1978-03 – 1978-04	Take Me to the River		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:03
1983-12	Life During Wartime (live) (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:05
1983-12	Slippery People (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:14
1984	(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down			David Byrne	2:37
1984	I've Tried			David Byrne	3:27
1984	In the Future			David Byrne	6:35
1984	Social Studies			David Byrne	4:59
1984	The Sound of Business			David Byrne	6:20
1984	Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)			David Byrne	4:07
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Long Time Ago			David Byrne	3:24
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Self‐Made Man		background vocals [backing vocals]	David Byrne	3:58
1993-11 – 1993-12	A Self‐Made Man			David Byrne	3:58
1993-11 – 1993-12	Angels		background vocals [backing vocals]	David Byrne	4:41
1993-11 – 1993-12	Angels			David Byrne	4:41
1993-11 – 1993-12	Back in the Box		background vocals [backing vocals]	David Byrne	4:26
1993-11 – 1993-12	Back in the Box			David Byrne	4:26
1993-11 – 1993-12	Buck Naked			David Byrne	3:51
1993-11 – 1993-12	Crash			David Byrne	4:27
1993-11 – 1993-12	Lilies of the Valley			David Byrne	4:31
1993-11 – 1993-12	My Love Is You			David Byrne	2:01
1993-11 – 1993-12	Nothing at All			David Byrne	4:52
1993-11 – 1993-12	Nothing at All		background vocals [backing vocals]	David Byrne	4:52
1993-11 – 1993-12	Sad Song			David Byrne	3:03
1993-11 – 1993-12	Strange Ritual			David Byrne	6:55
1993-11 – 1993-12	You & Eye			David Byrne	5:02
2005-02-02	This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) (2005-02-02: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA)		guest and lead vocals	Arcade Fire feat. David Byrne	?:??
	“Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” Medley			David Byrne	4:11
	(Nothing but) Flowers		background vocals	Talking Heads	5:34
	(Nothing but) Flowers		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:34
	A Soft Seduction			David Byrne	3:01
	American Troglodyte		lead vocals	David Byrne & Fatboy Slim	4:07
	Amnesia			David Byrne	3:26
	And She Was		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:39
	Artists Only		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:36
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)		lead vocals	David Byrne	4:44
	Big Business		lead vocals	David Byrne	5:06
	Big Daddy			Talking Heads	5:38
	Bill			Talking Heads	3:23
	Blind		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:00
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:49
	Bullet			David Byrne	3:10
	Burning Down the House			Talking Heads	4:10
	Burning Down the House			Talking Heads	4:02
	Burnt by the Sun			David Byrne	4:21
	Byrne Self Interview		guest and spoken vocals	David Byrne & David Byrne	4:31
	Byrne Self Interview		spoken vocals	David Byrne & David Byrne	4:31
	Carnival Eyes		background vocals	David Byrne	4:04
	Carnival Eyes			David Byrne	4:04
	City of Dreams		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:09
	Cool Water		background vocals	Talking Heads	5:16
	Cool Water		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:16
	Creatures of Love		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:16
	Crosseyed and Painless		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:48
	Daddy Go Down			David Byrne	4:07
	Dance on Vaseline			David Byrne	5:08
	Dinner for Two			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:42
	Dirty Old Town			David Byrne	4:13
	Dog’s Mind			David Byrne	2:30
	Doing the Right Thing			David Byrne	3:39
	Don't Fence Me In			David Byrne	3:13
	Don’t Want to Be Part of Your World			David Byrne	4:58
	Don’t Worry About the Government		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:02
	Dream Operator		background vocals [backing vocals]	Annie McEnroe	4:19
	Dream Operator		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:39
	Dreamland			Ghostigital	3:38
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses			David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes			David Byrne + Caetano Veloso	5:04
	Every Day Is a Miracle			David Byrne	4:46
	Everybody’s Coming to My House			David Byrne	3:30
	Everything That Happens	David		David Byrne & Brian Eno	3:43
	Fall With Me		additional, guest and lead vocals	Paul van Dyk feat. David Byrne	4:30
	Finite=Alright			David Byrne	2:24
	First Week/Last Week…Carefree		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:21
	Found a Job		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:00
	Fuzzy Freaky			David Byrne	4:59
	Gasoline and Dirty Sheets			David Byrne	3:20
	Girlfriend Is Better		lead vocals	Talking Heads	5:43
	Girlfriend Is Better			Talking Heads	4:24
	Girlfriend Is Better (live)			Talking Heads	3:37
	Give Me Back My Name		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:22
	Glass, Concrete & Stone			David Byrne	4:14
	God's Child (Baila conmigo)			Selena	4:16
	God’s Child			David Byrne and Selena	4:13
	Good and Evil			David Byrne	4:35
	Happy Day		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:55
	Happy Suicide			David Byrne and Vijaya Anand	9:45
	Heaven		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:01
	Here			David Byrne	4:14
	Hey Now		lead vocals	Talking Heads	3:42
	His Wife Refused		lead vocals	David Byrne	4:32
	Home	David		David Byrne & Brian Eno	5:06
	Houses in Motion		lead vocals	Talking Heads	4:33
	I Am an Ape			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:05
	I Dance Like This			David Byrne	3:34
	I Don’t Remember	DB		David Byrne	3:40
	I Feel My Stuff	David		David Byrne & Brian Eno	6:24
	I Get Wild/Wild Gravity			Talking Heads	4:11
	I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong			David Byrne	3:12
	I Should Watch TV			David Byrne & St. Vincent	3:08
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	vocals arranged
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)			Talking Heads	5:49
	Crosseyed and Painless			Talking Heads	4:48
	Houses in Motion			Talking Heads	4:33
	Listening Wind			Talking Heads	4:43
	Once in a Lifetime			Talking Heads	4:20
	Seen and Not Seen			Talking Heads	3:25
	The Great Curve			Talking Heads	6:28
	The Overload			Talking Heads	6:01
	arranged
	Music for The Knee Plays			David Byrne
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (price code WE 835)			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	compiled
	Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru			Various Artists
	Brazil Classics 1: Beleza tropical			Various Artists
	Brazil Classics 1: Beleza tropical			Various Artists
	Brazil Classics 3: Forró, etc.			Various Artists
	Everything Is Possible! The Best of Os Mutantes			Os Mutantes
	composed
	Road to Nowhere			Talking Heads
	Wild Wild Life			Talking Heads
	design
	Naked			Talking Heads
	design/illustration
	Speaking in Tongues			Talking Heads
	Speaking in Tongues			Talking Heads
	Speaking in Tongues (Robert Rauschenberg packaging)			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	graphic design
	Music for The Knee Plays			David Byrne
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	instruments
	Fear of Music		guitar and percussion	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		guitar and percussion	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		guitar and percussion	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		guitar and percussion	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		guitar and percussion	Talking Heads
	Little Creatures		guitar	Talking Heads
	Little Creatures		guitar	Talking Heads
	Little Creatures		guitar	Talking Heads
	Mesopotamia		bass, guest, guitar, percussion and synthesizer	The B‐52’s
	Mesopotamia		bass, guest, guitar, percussion and synthesizer	The B‐52’s
	Mesopotamia		bass, guest, guitar, percussion and synthesizer	The B‐52s
	Mesopotamia		bass, guest, guitar, percussion and synthesizer	The B‐52s
	More Songs About Buildings and Food (Columbia House club edition)		guitar	Talking Heads
	More Songs About Buildings and Food (Columbia House club edition)		percussion [synthesized percussion]	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)		bass guitar	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)		percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (price code WE 835)		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)		bass [basses]	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)		keyboard [keyboards]	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light		bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)		guitar [guitars]	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)		guitar	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)		keyboard	Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)		percussion	Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense		guitar	Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense (Target CD, made in Japan)		guitar	Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense		guitar	Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense		guitar	Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense		guitar	Talking Heads
	Uh-oh		whistle [whistles]	David Byrne
	Uh-oh		acoustic guitar	David Byrne
	Uh-oh		electric guitar	David Byrne
	Waiting		guest and guitar	Fun Boy Three
	liner notes
1990-08	Brazil Classics 3: Forró, etc.			Various Artists
1990-08	Brazil Classics 4: The Best of Tom Zé			Tom Zé
1997-11-21	Pretaluz			Waldemar Bastos
2005-04	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (2005 remaster)			Brian Eno + David Byrne
2009	Here Lies Love			David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
2017-11	American Utopia			David Byrne
2018	True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack			Various Artists
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	lyrics
	Road to Nowhere			Talking Heads
	mixed
	Music for The Knee Plays			David Byrne
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (price code WE 835)			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (no barcode; made in West Germany)			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)			Talking Heads
	Waiting			Fun Boy Three
	photography
	Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of (made in Holland, printed in the UK)			Talking Heads
	Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of (made in Holland, printed in the UK)		task: cover photos	Talking Heads
	The Catherine Wheel			David Byrne
	The Catherine Wheel			David Byrne
	The Catherine Wheel			David Byrne
	True Stories			Talking Heads
	produced
	Blue in the Face (BMG club)		executive	Various Artists
	Espíritu vivo		executive	Susana Baca
	Here Lies Love			David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
	Mesopotamia			The B‐52s
	Mesopotamia			The B‐52’s
	Mesopotamia			The B‐52s
	Mesopotamia			The B‐52’s
	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (2005 remaster)			Brian Eno + David Byrne
	Pretaluz		executive	Waldemar Bastos
	Si*Sé		executive	Si*Sé
	Susana Baca		executive	Susana Baca
	The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera		executive	Los Amigos Invisibles
	vocals
	Fear of Music		lead vocals	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		lead vocals	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		lead vocals	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		lead vocals	Talking Heads
	Fear of Music		lead vocals	Talking Heads
	Little Creatures			Talking Heads
	Little Creatures			Talking Heads
	Little Creatures			Talking Heads
	Remain in Light (180g)			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense (Target CD, made in Japan)			Talking Heads
	Stop Making Sense			Talking Heads
	Uh-oh			David Byrne
	vocals arranged
	Remain in Light (180g)			Talking Heads
	wrote
	Here Lies Love			David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
	dedications
	Kindala	David Byrne and the ghetto kids of Brazil		Margareth Menezes
	arranged
	Lazy
	Paper Emperor
	composed
– 1987	The Last Emperor
	(Nothing but) Flowers
	A Clean Break (Let’s Work)
	Adé
	Admiral Perry
	Air
	And She Was
	Animals
	Artists Only
	Bed
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
	Big Daddy
	Bill
	Black Flag
	Blind
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
	Burning Down the House
	Cities
	City of Dreams
	City of Steel
	Cloud Chamber
	Combat
	Cool Water
	Creatures of Love
	Crosseyed and Painless
	Dance on Vaseline
	Dense Beasts
	Der Weg in die Ferne
	Dinosaur
	Don’t Worry About the Government
	Double Groove
	Dream Operator
	Eggs in a Briar Patch
	Fela’s Riff (unfinished outtake)
	First Week/Last Week…Carefree
	Five Golden Sections
	Found a Job
	Girlfriend Is Better
	Give Me Back My Name
	Glass, Concrete & Stone
	Hanging Upside Down
	Happy Day
	Hey Now
	High Life for Nine Instruments
	His Wife Refused
	Houses in Motion
	I Feel It in My Heart
	I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
	I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
	I’m Not in Love
	In the Future
	Jungle Book
	Knotty Pine
	Lifetime Piling Up
	Light Bath
	Listening Wind
	Love → Building on Fire
	Love for Sale
	Machu Picchu
	Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)
	Making Flippy Floppy
	Mommy Daddy You and I
	Moon Rocks
	Mr. Jones
	My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)
	New Feeling
	No Compassion
	Once in a Lifetime
	Outside of Space & Time
	Papa Legba
	Paper
	People Like Us
	Perfect World
	Picking a Bride
	Poison
	Polkas on 45
	Psycho Killer
	Pull Up the Roots
	Pulled Up
	Puzzlin’ Evidence
	Radio Head
	Right Start
	Road to Nowhere
	Ruby Dear
	Sax and Violins
	Seen and Not Seen
	Slippery People
	Social Studies
	Stay Hungry
	Stay Up Late
	Sugar on My Tongue
	Swamp
	Television Man
	Tentative Decisions
	Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
	The Big Country
	The Blue Flame
	The Book I Read
	The Democratic Circus
	The Facts of Life
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	lyrics
	(Nothing but) Flowers
	(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down
	Air
	And She Was
	Animals
	Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
	Big Daddy
	Bill
	Blind
	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
	Burning Down the House
	Cities
	City of Dreams
	Cool Water
	Creatures of Love
	Crosseyed and Painless
	Dance on Vaseline
	Der Weg in die Ferne
	Don’t Worry About the Government
	Dream Operator
	First Week/Last Week…Carefree
	Found a Job
	Girlfriend Is Better
	Give Me Back My Name
	Glass, Concrete & Stone
	Happy Day
	Hey Now
	His Wife Refused
	Houses in Motion
	I Feel It in My Heart
	I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
	I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
	I've Tried
	I’m Not in Love
	In the Future
	Knotty Pine
	Lifetime Piling Up
	Listening Wind
	Love → Building on Fire
	Love for Sale
	Making Flippy Floppy
	Mommy Daddy You and I
	Moon Rocks
	Mr. Jones
	My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)
	New Feeling
	No Compassion
	Once in a Lifetime
	Outside of Space & Time
	Papa Legba
	Paper
	People Like Us
	Perfect World
	Poison
	Polkas on 45
	Psychedelic Afternoon
	Psycho Killer
	Pull Up the Roots
	Pulled Up
	Puzzlin’ Evidence
	Radio Head
	Road to Nowhere
	Ruby Dear
	Sax and Violins
	Seen and Not Seen
	Slippery People
	Social Studies
	Songs from Liquid Days: III. Liquid Days (for choir and orchestra, Marchant)
	Songs from Liquid Days: IV. Liquid Days
	Songs from Liquid Days: IV. Open the Kingdom (for choir and orchestra, Marchant)
	Songs from Liquid Days: V. Open the Kingdom
	Stay Up Late
	Sugar on My Tongue
	Swamp
	Television Man
	Tentative Decisions
	Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
	The Big Country
	The Book I Read
	The Democratic Circus
	The Facts of Life
	The Girls Want to Be With the Girls
	The Good Thing
	The Great Curve
	The Lady Don’t Mind
	The Overload
	The Overload
	The Sound of Business
	Totally Nude
	Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
	Two Note Swivel
	Uh‐Oh, Love Comes to Town
	Walk It Down
	Warning Sign
	What a Day That Was
	Who Is It?
	Wild Wild Life
	With Our Love
	Психо-Вбивець (Psycho Killer)
	wrote
	A Secret Life
	A Soft Seduction
	Ain't Got So Far to Go
	America Is Waiting
	American Troglodyte
	Amnesia
	Bad Liar
	Bello (Italian version)
	Big Business
	Bullet
	Cissus
	Come With Us
	Dancing for Money
	Dinner for Two
	Dog’s Mind
	Doing the Right Thing
	Drugs
	Electric Guitar
	Emperor's Main Course
	Every Day Is a Miracle
	Everybody’s Coming to My House
	Fuzzy Freaky
	Gasoline and Dirty Sheets
	God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
	Heaven
	Help Me Somebody
	Home
	I Am an Ape
	I Dance Like This
	I Feel My Stuff
	I Should Watch TV
	I Zimbra
	It’s Alright
	It’s Not Dark Up Here
	Lazarus
	Lazy
	Leg Bells
	Life During Wartime
	Life is Long
	Lightning
	Mea culpa
	Memories Can’t Wait
	Mi barrio
	Mind
	Miss America
	Moonlight in Glory
	Mountain of Needles
	My Big Nurse
	Optimist
	Psycho Chicken
	Qu’ran
	Regiment (Eno/Byrne)
	Sleeping Up
	Strange Overtones
	The Carrier
	The Forest Awakes
	The Gates of Paradise
	The Jezebel Spirit
	The One Who Broke Your Heart
	This Is a Life
	This Is That
	This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
	Tiny Apocalypse
	Toe Jam
	Very, Very Hungry
	Weekend in the Dust
	Who
	You Don’t Know Me

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