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Stop Making Sense is a live album by the American rock band Talking Heads, also serving as the soundtrack to the concert film of the same name. It was released in September 1984 and features nine tracks from the film, albeit with treatment and editing. The album spent over two years on the Billboard 200 chart.
In January 2024, A24 Music announced a tribute album called Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, which was released on May 17. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] The album features 16 bands and artists, including the National , Paramore , Lorde , and Miley Cyrus , covering the Stop Making Sense setlist in order.
List of video albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US Video [35] Stop Making Sense: Released: 1984; Label: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video; Formats: VHS, Laserdisc, DVD (1999), Blu-ray (2009) True Stories: Released: 1987; Label: Warner Home Video, The Criterion Collection
"Cities" is a single, released in 1980, by the American new wave band Talking Heads. It is the fourth track on the 1979 album Fear of Music.. When the concert film Stop Making Sense was first released on home video, the songs "Cities", together with "Big Business"/"I Zimbra" were restored to the performance, thus forming what was dubbed the "special edition" of the film.
"Heaven" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released on their 1979 album Fear of Music. The song was performed live in their 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, and a live recording from 1979 was included on the 2004 CD reissue of the band's live album The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.
The music video, directed by Byrne and Toni Basil, has Byrne dancing erratically over footage of religious rituals. "Once in a Lifetime" was certified platinum in the UK in 2023. A live version, taken from the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense , charted in 1986 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
The song is also performed in the 1984 film Stop Making Sense, which depicts a Talking Heads concert. The performance featured in the film prominently features aerobic exercising and jogging by David Byrne and background singers. The Stop Making Sense live version of the track is featured in the film's accompanying soundtrack album.
"Girlfriend Is Better" is a 1984 song by new wave band Talking Heads, from their fifth studio album Speaking in Tongues. The song's single version was a live version, recorded at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, from the soundtrack of their 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, named for a lyric from the song.