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“Psycho Killer” is a song by Talking Heads from their 1977 album , written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. The band’s “signature debut hit” features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Allmusic calls it a “deceptively funky New Wave/No Wave song ... with an insistent rhythm, and one of the most memorable, driving bass lines in rock & roll.“ “Psycho Killer” was the only song from the album to appear on the Billboard’‘ Pop Singles chart, peaking at number 92. It placed 32nd on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989. It almost made the top ten in the Netherlands, peaking at #11 in 1977. Read on...