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Talking Heads were an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also regularly made appearances in concert and on the group’s albums. The New Wave style of Talking Heads combined elements of punk, art rock, avant-garde, pop, funk, world music, and Americana. Frontman and songwriter David Byrne contributed whimsical, esoteric lyrics to the band’s songs, and emphasized their showmanship through various multimedia projects and performances. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Talking Heads as being “one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the ‘80s, while managing to earn several pop hits.“ In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Talking Heads
• Psycho Killer
• 1977
• 748

• 2
• Talking Heads
• Once In A Lifetime
• 1980
• 671

• 3
• Talking Heads
• This Must Be The Place
• 1983
• 536

• 4
• Talking Heads
• Burning Down The House
• 1983
• 184

• 5
• Talking Heads
• Road To Nowhere
• 1985
• 137

• 6
• Talking Heads
• She Was
• 1985
• 101

• 7
• Talking Heads
• The Great Curve
• 2007
• 35

• 8
• Talking Heads
• Slippery People
• 1983
• 30

• 9
• Talking Heads
• The Lady Don'T Mind
• 1985
• 30

• 10
• Talking Heads
• Wild Wild Life
• 2008
• 24

• 11
• Talking Heads
• Girlfriend Is Better
• 2000
• 0

• 12
• Talking Heads
• Papa Legba
• 1986
• 0

• 13
• Talking Heads
• City Of Dreams
• 2007
• 0

• 14
• Talking Heads
• Take Me To The River
• 1978
• 0