| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| A1 | Burning Down the House- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino , Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin (task: final overdubs)
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne
- bass synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set) and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- guest percussion:
- Steve Scales
- guest synthesizer:
- Wally Badarou
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- background vocals:
- Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recorded at:
- Blank Tapes in New York, New York, United States, Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 29) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 29)
- recording of:
- Burning Down the House
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. , Index Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| 4.5 | 4:00 |
| A2 | Making Flippy Floppy | 3.5 | 4:36 |
| A3 | Girlfriend Is Better | 4 | 4:25 |
| A4 | Slippery People | 3.5 | 3:30 |
| A5 | I Get Wild/Wild Gravity | 3.5 | 4:06 |
| B1 | Swamp | 4.25 | 5:09 |
| B2 | Moon Rocks | 4 | 5:04 |
| B3 | Pull Up the Roots | 4 | 5:08 |
| B4 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | 3.75 | 4:56 |