Talking Heads discography
{{short description|Cataloging of published recordings by Talking Heads}}
{{hatnote|For individual discographies, see main entries on David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, and the joint project by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club.}}
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Talking Heads
| Image = Talking Heads band1.jpg
| Caption = Talking Heads performing at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 13, 1978
| Alt = Three men are situated on a stage, each with his own respective instrument: a keyboard, a drum set and a guitar.
| Studio = 8
| Live = 4
| Compilation = 8
| Video = 4
| Singles = 31
| Music videos = 15
| Option = 1
| Option name = Remix albums
}}
The discography of American new wave band Talking Heads consists of eight studio albums, four live albums, eight compilation albums, one remix album, four video albums, 31 singles, and 15 music videos.
Albums
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US {{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/talking-heads/chart-history/tlp/ | title=Talking Heads – Chart History: Billboard 200 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 22, 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK |
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| scope="row"| Talking Heads: 77
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| 97 || — || — || — || — || — || 21 || — || — || 60 |
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| scope="row"| More Songs About Buildings and Food
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| 29 || 46 || — || 42 || — || — || 4 || — || — || 21 |
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| scope="row"| Fear of Music
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| 21 || 35 || — || 27 || — || — || 11 || — || — || 33 | |
| scope="row"| Remain in Light
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| 19 || 25 || — || 6 || 22 || 26 || 8 || 28 || — || 21 |
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| scope="row"| Speaking in Tongues
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| 15 || 15 || 20 || 7 || 14 || 11 || 3 || 12 || — || 21 | |
| scope="row"| Little Creatures
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| 20 || 2 || 4 || 18 || 4 || 16 || 1 || 10 || 12 || 10 | |
| scope="row"| True Stories
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| 17 || 2 || 10 || 16 || 16 || 13 || 1 || 5 || 11 || 7 | |
| scope="row"| Naked
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| 19 || 8 || 8 || 13 || 13 || 7 || 7 || 9 || 6 || 3 | |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK |
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| scope="row"| The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
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| 31 || 41 || — || — || 38 || 7 || 32 || — || 22 | |
| scope="row"| Stop Making Sense
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| 41 || 9 || 12 || 33 || 2 || 2 || 26 || 13 || 24 | |
| scope="row"| Live at WCOZ 77
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| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Live on Tour '78
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| 192 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Compilation albums=
=Remix albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of remix albums ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Album details |
| scope="row"| 12 × 12 Original Remixes
| |
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=Video albums=
Singles
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US {{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=talking heads|chart=Hot 100}} | title=Talking Heads – Chart History: Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | access-date=January 4, 2013}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| IRL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
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| scope="row"| "Love → Building on Fire"{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1977 | title=Love → Building on Fire | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=SAA737}}
| rowspan="3"| 1977 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town"{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1977 | title=Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=SRE 1002}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"| Talking Heads: 77 |
| scope="row"| "Psycho Killer"
| 92 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Pulled Up"{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1978 | title=Pulled Up | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=6078 620}}
| rowspan="2"| 1978 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Take Me to the River"
| 26 || — || — || 58 || 34 || — || — || — || 20 || — | | More Songs About Buildings and Food |
| scope="row"| "Life During Wartime"
| 1979 | 80 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"| Fear of Music |
| scope="row"| "I Zimbra"
| rowspan="3"| 1980 | — || 28 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Cities"{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1980 | title=Cities | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=SIR 4040}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Crosseyed and Painless"
| — || rowspan="2"| 20{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Crosseyed and Painless", "Once in a Lifetime" and the album cut "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" charted together on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"| Remain in Light |
| scope="row"| "Once in a Lifetime"
| rowspan="2"| 1981 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Once in a Lifetime" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.{{cite book | author=Whitburn, Joel | author-link=Joel Whitburn | title=Billboard's Top Pop Singles 1955–2010 | date=2011 | publisher=Record Research | isbn=978-0-89820-190-1}}}} || — || 23 || 28 || — || 16 || 24 || — || 14 | |
| scope="row"| "Houses in Motion"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 26 || — || — || 50 | |
| scope="row"| "Life During Wartime" (live){{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1982 | title=Life During Wartime (live) | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=SIR 4055}}
| 1982 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |
| scope="row" | "Burning Down the House"
| rowspan="2"| 1983 | 9 || rowspan="2"| 2{{efn|All tracks from Speaking in Tongues charted jointly on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.|group=upper-alpha}} || 6 || 94 || 8 || — || — || — || 5 || — | | rowspan="2"| Speaking in Tongues |
| scope="row" | "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
| 62 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 51 | |
| scope="row"| "Slippery People" (live)
| rowspan="2"| 1984 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 4 || — || 68 | | rowspan="2"| Stop Making Sense |
| scope="row"| "Girlfriend Is Better" (live)
| — || — || — || 59 || — || — || — || — || 21 || 99 | |
| scope="row"| "The Lady Don't Mind"
| rowspan="5"| 1985 | — || — || — || 24 || — || 42 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 81 | | rowspan="4"| Little Creatures |
| scope="row"| "Road to Nowhere"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Road to Nowhere" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.}} || — || 25 || 16 || 51 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 5 || 6 | |
| scope="row"| "And She Was"
| 54 || 33{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"And She Was" and the album cut "Television Man" charted together on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.}} || 11 || 10 || — || 53 || 9 || 31 || 16 || 17 | |
| scope="row"| "Stay Up Late"
| — || — || 24 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Once in a Lifetime" (live)
| 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 22 || 15 || — | | rowspan="2"| Stop Making Sense |
| scope="row"| "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (live)
| rowspan="5"| 1986 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 100 | |
| scope="row"| "Wild Wild Life"
| 25 || — || 4 || 13 || 66 || 40 || 9 || 42 || 2 || 43 | | rowspan="5"| True Stories |
| scope="row"| "Love for Sale"{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | date=1986 | title=Love for Sale | type=track listing | publisher=Sire Records | id=7-28497}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Hey Now"
| — || — || — || 65 || — || — || — || — || 45 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Puzzlin' Evidence"
| — || — || 19 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Radio Head"
| 1987 | — || — || — || — || — || — || 23 || — || — || 52 | |
| scope="row"| "Blind"
| rowspan="2"| 1988 | — || — || 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 59 | | rowspan="2"| Naked |
| scope="row"| "(Nothing But) Flowers"
| — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 79 | |
| scope="row"| "Sax and Violins"
| 1991 | — || — || 49 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Lifetime Piling Up"{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lifetime-Piling-Part-Talking-Heads/dp/B013TZG5GK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1470313258|title=Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up, Part 2 by Talking Heads (0100-01-01) - Amazon.com Music|publisher=Amazon|access-date=August 4, 2016}}
| 1992 | — || — || — || 108 || — || — || — || — || — || 50 | | Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Music videos
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors ! scope="col" style="width:21em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Director(s) |
| scope="row"| "Once in a Lifetime"
| rowspan="2"| 1981 | Toni Basil, David Byrne{{cite AV media notes | type=album | others=Talking Heads | year=1988 | title=Storytelling Giant | publisher=Picture Music International | id=CMV1099}} |
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| scope="row"| "Crosseyed and Painless" |
| scope="row"| "Burning Down the House"
| rowspan="2"| 1983 |
| scope="row"| "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" |
| scope="row"| "Slippery People"
| 1984 | Jonathan Demme{{cite AV media | people=Jonathan Demme (director); Talking Heads (performer) | year=1984 | title=Stop Making Sense | medium=motion picture}} |
| scope="row"| "Road to Nowhere"
| rowspan="3"| 1985 | David Byrne, Stephen R. Johnson |
| scope="row"| "The Lady Don't Mind" |
| scope="row"| "And She Was" |
| scope="row"| "Stay Up Late"
| rowspan="3"| 1986 |
| scope="row"| "Wild Wild Life" |
| scope="row"| "Love for Sale"
| David Byrne, Melvin Sokolsky |
| scope="row"| "(Nothing But) Flowers"
| rowspan="2"| 1988 | Tibor Kalman, Sandy MacLeod{{cite AV media notes | others=Talking Heads | year=2003 | title=Once in a Lifetime | type=disc four – Storytelling Giant, expanded edition | publisher=Sire Records | id=R2 73934}} |
| scope="row"| "Blind" |
| scope="row"| "Sax and Violins"
| 1991 |
| scope="row"| "Lifetime Piling Up"
| 1992 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.talking-heads.net/ Official website]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talking-heads-mn0000131650 Talking Heads] at AllMusic
- {{Discogs artist | artist=Talking Heads | name=Talking Heads}}
- {{MusicBrainz artist | id=a94a7155-c79d-4409-9fcf-220cb0e4dc3a | name=Talking Heads}}
- [https://www.45cat.com/artist/talking-heads Entry at 45cat.com]
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