“It was the first song I wrote just to see if I could. I discovered - oh yes, I can!”: How David Byrne created Talking Heads' most popular track right out of the gate

Talking Heads full band.

There’s few who would argue about Talking Heads’ place in history as one of the most essential and influential bands of the late '70s and '80s. David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison’s idiosyncratic combination of off-kilter sonics, rock-solid rhythms and strikingly singular lyricism has endured the test of time.

At the centre of it all - the skittish figure of David Byrne. Often erratic, seemingly on constant edge and prone to bouts of frenzied vocal delivery, Byrne redefined the frontman rulebook, and was the captivating nucelus of the Talking Heads' experience.