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Talking Heads

Burning Down the House

1983 · via Talking Heads

Talking Heads’ 1983 recording of “Burning Down the House” is the earliest release on file. David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Dave Matthews Band (released 2008), Tom Jones & The Cardigans (released 1999) and David Byrne (released 1994), among 104 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It appears on the live album Stop Making Sense (1984).

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Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth and Harrison all share the credit on this one, and it has wandered from Tom Jones to Bonnie Raitt since. Play the Dave Matthews Band take against the original and see what survived the trip.

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Credited writers: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1983.

On the live album Stop Making Sense (1984).

Other recordings on file · first release year

104 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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