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"Psycho Killer" is a song by American rock band Talking Heads, released on their debut studio album Talking Heads: 77 (1977). The group first performed it as the Artistics in 1974. [6] [7] The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song featuring Arthur Russell on cello. [8]
Talking Heads: 77 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads. It was released September 16, 1977 through Sire Records. The recording took place in April 1977 at New York's Sundragon Studios. The single "Psycho Killer" reached number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The first Talking Heads album, Talking Heads: 77, received acclaim and produced their first charting single, "Psycho Killer". [22] Many connected the song to the serial killer known as the Son of Sam , who had been terrorizing New York City months earlier; however, Byrne said he had written the song years prior. [ 23 ]
Talking Heads were an American new wave band who, between 1975 and 1991, recorded 96 songs, 12 of which were not officially released until after their break-up. The group has been described as "one of the most acclaimed bands of the post-punk era" by AllMusic and among the most "adventurous" bands in rock history by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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AllMusic critic Bill Janovitz describes the song's protagonist as being "another alienated, lost soul seeing a world filtered through his delusions and paranoia," similar to the protagonists in other Talking Heads songs. [2] Janovitz points to the following lyrics to support his assessment: [2] A government man Born under punches
[10] On March 6, Miley Cyrus previewed her rendition of "Psycho Killer", a "country twist" on the original with some lyrics changed, at a live event at the Chateau Marmont. [12] On March 28, Lorde's cover of "Take Me to the River", a Talking Heads cover of a song originally recorded by Al Green, was released as the third single. [13]
The song interpolates the bassline from Talking Heads' 1977 single "Psycho Killer", written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. A vertical music video accompanied the release, becoming the first music video to premiere on Spotify, where it was made available exclusively.