Psycho Killer (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)

~ Recording by Talking Heads

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (special new edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XE1999-09-06
Parlophone522 4532, 7243 5 22453 2 1
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking 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
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking 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
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking 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
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
072435224532
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
EMI Music Group Australasia (not for release label use! manufacturer and distributor)7243 5 22453 2 1
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking 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
2.6Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsThe Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World… Ever, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)580146 2
3.8Psycho Killer (live)4:19Talking HeadsThe Best of Punk & New WaveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 40936 2 3
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • GB2003-02-03
1.11Psycho Killer (live)4:27Talking Heads80s Alternative: The Darker Side of the DecadeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-02-02
EMI Gold595 1772
2.14Psycho Killer (live)4:25Talking HeadsReal Eighties: Hits plus Extended MixesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-03-28
Virgin TVVTDCD709
2.14Psycho Killer (live)4:19Talking Heads100% Rock, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0094633824621
1.1Psycho Killer4:26Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • JP2006-11-15
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)TOCP-53887
1.1Psycho Killer (live)4:28Talking HeadsThe CollectionTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-01-15
DiskySI 904737
3.15Psycho Killer (live)4:26Talking Heads101 Jukebox ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-06-04
Virgin TVVTDCDX 871
1.14Psycho Killer (live)4:25Talking Heads1977 – The Spirit of PunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-06-04
Virgin TVVTDCD 870
1.1Psycho Killer (live)4:28Talking HeadsThe CollectionTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI GoldCDGOLD(GSB)249
2.13Psycho Killer (live)4:25Talking HeadsNME: ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-03-10
Virgin TVVTDCD 900
2.4Psycho Killer (live)4:26Talking Heads101 Punk & New Wave AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-06-07
Virgin TVVTDCDX997
1.18Psycho Killer (live)4:26Talking HeadsMonster Halloween HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-10-18
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), EMI TV50999 9 09648 2 4, VTDCD 1006
1.13Psycho Killer4:26Talking HeadsEssentialTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011-10-04
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking 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)
1.1Psycho Killer4:24Talking 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
1.1Psycho Killer4:20Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (deluxe edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • XW2023-08-18
  • US2023-08-18
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records
1.1Psycho Killer4:20Talking HeadsStop Making Sense (40th anniversary edition, with original cover artwork)Talking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
  • US2024-03-18
Sire Records, A24 Music081227817640, A24M025, R5 724897
1.1Psycho Killer4:25Talking HeadsStop Making SenseTalking HeadsAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Sire RecordsCDW 47489
Promotion
1.3Psycho Killer (live)4:24Talking HeadsUnconditionally Guaranteed, October 1999: Volume 9Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT UG-10 16

Relationships

additional mixer:Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
assistant mixer:Robin Laine
Nick Del Re
Linda Randazzo
Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:Psycho Killer (in 1983-12: live)

Related works

Psycho Killer

lyricist:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Chris Frantz
Tina Weymouth
composer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher)
Index Music, Inc.
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
later parody versions:Psycho Chicken
later translated versions:Psycho Killer
Психо‐Вбивець (Psycho Killer)
is the basis for:Små pupiller