Psycho Killer

~ Recording by Talking Heads

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Psycho Killer4:21Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (Los Angeles pressing)Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1977-09-16
Sire RecordsSR 6036
1.5Psycho Killer4:20Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: 1976–1992 Sand in the Vaseline (club edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-12
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)9 26760-2, D2014141-1
1.1Psycho Killer4:21Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (made in Holland, printed in the UK)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 80593 2 5, CDEMD 1039

Relationships

additional engineer:Matt Cohen (US producer and engineer)
engineer:Ed Stasium (US record producer & audio engineer)
executive producer:Karen Ahmed
Robin Hurley
producer:Tony Bongiovi
Lance Quinn
Talking Heads
bass guitar:Tina Weymouth (from 1976 until 1977)
drums (drum set):Chris Frantz (from 1976 until 1977)
guitar:David Byrne (Talking Heads) (from 1976 until 1977)
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) (from 1976 until 1977)
guitar and keyboard and keyboard:Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) (from 1976 until 1977)
lead vocals:David Byrne (Talking Heads) (from 1976 until 1977)
vocals:Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) (from 1976 until 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sire Records Inc. (in 1977)
recorded at:Sundragon Studios in Flatiron District (from 1976 until 1977)
mixed at:Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 2005)
has remixes:Psycho Killer (Sam Redmore remix)
Psycho Killer (The Cube Guys remix extended mix)
Psycho Killer (The Cube Guys remix radio edit)
sampled by:Lexicon Valley #190, "Beyond the Five Ws" by John McWhorter
mash-ups:PSYCHO by Danny Greyiers
Psycho U (Talking Heads vs. Freeez) by Max & Moritz
Psycho Wolf (Talking Heads vs. Shakira) by Lewis Wake (mashup DJ Edinburgh, UK)
Psyco Sonne (Rammstein vs. Talking Heads) by oki (mash-up artist)
Superkiller by Neil Cicierega
Voodoo Killer by G3RSt
samples from:Lexicon Valley #190, "Beyond the Five Ws" by John McWhorter
part of:Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 108) (order: 108)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1i6N76fftMZhijOzFQ5ZtL [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/7j4A2OyGkXkPabzqMeo65z [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/576469142 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/325590892 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/97619202 [info]
recording of:Psycho Killer (from 1976 until 1977)

Psycho Killer

lyricist:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Chris Frantz
Tina Weymouth
writer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Christopher Frantz
Martina Weymouth
composer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher)
Index Music, Inc.
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
later parody versions:Psycho Chicken
later translated versions:Psycho Killer
Психо‐Вбивець (Psycho Killer)
is the basis for:Små pupiller