Girlfriend Is Better (live, 1983-12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)

~ Recording by Talking Heads

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • US1984-09-17
Sire Records9 25186-1
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (Target CD, made in West Germany by Polygram)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire Records9 25186-2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire RecordsW2-25186
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (BMG club edition-Direct Marketing variation)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)9 25186-2, D 124560
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (Target CD, made in Japan)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire Records9 25186-2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (printed in Holland)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire RecordsCD 25186
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:01Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)EJ 24 0243 4, EJ 2402434, TAH-TC 1
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (pressed by Specialty Records Corporation)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire Records9 25186-2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • DE1990-07-26
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsThe OriginalsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 35113 2 7, CDOMB003
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XE1999-09-06
  • GB1999-09-06
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)522 4532, 7243 5 22453 2 1
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XE1999-09-06
Parlophone522 4532, 7243 5 22453 2 1
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • US1999-09-07
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 47489-2
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)5224532, 7243 5 22453 2 1
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)522 4532, 7243 5 22453 2 1
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI Music Group Australasia (not for release label use! manufacturer and distributor)7243 5 22453 2 1
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
072435224532
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • GB2003-02-03
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • JP2006-11-15
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)TOCP-53887
1.3Girlfriend Is Better (live)5:08Talking HeadsThe CollectionTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-01-15
DiskySI 904737
1.3Girlfriend Is Better (live)5:08Talking HeadsThe CollectionTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI GoldCDGOLD(GSB)249
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XW2014-09-03
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire Records, Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)093624748922
1.8Girlfriend Is Better (live)5:06Talking HeadsSynth Rock SoundVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-01-17
1.11Girlfriend Is Better (live)5:06Talking Heads1984 WondersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-02-21
X5 Music Group
1.16Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (deluxe edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XW2023-08-18
  • US2023-08-18
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records
2.6Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (40th anniversary edition, with original cover artwork)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • US2024-03-18
Sire Records, A24 Music081227817640, A24M025, R5 724897
2.6Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special limited edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • US2024-07-26
Sire Records, Rhino (reissue label)603497832828, R2 724896
2.6Girlfriend Is Better?:??Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • -2024
Sire Records603497824007, R5 724897
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:09Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46064 2
1.5Girlfriend Is Better5:07Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (Columbia House; disc made in West Germany)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire RecordsW2-25186
1.14Girlfriend Is Better5:06Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire RecordsCDW 47489
Promotion
1.11Stop Making Sense (Girlfriend Is Better)5:07Talking HeadsDIGITAL discOVERYVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
mixer:E. T. Thorngren
recorded at:Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:Girlfriend Is Better (in 1983-12: live)

Related works

Girlfriend Is Better

lyricist:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
Tina Weymouth
lyrics quoted in:Alright Now