Psycho Killer
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | David Byrne (Talking Heads) Chris Frantz Tina Weymouth |
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| writer: | David Byrne (Talking Heads) Christopher Frantz Martina Weymouth |
| composer: | David Byrne (Talking Heads) |
| publisher: | Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher) Index Music, Inc. Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Talking-heads-psycho-killer-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/5523 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=767 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1625706 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Psycho Chicken |
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| later translated versions: | Psycho Killer Психо‐Вбивець (Psycho Killer) |
| is the basis for: | Små pupiller |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1975 | Psycho Killer (CBS/Columbia demo) | demo | Talking Heads | 3:31 |
| 1976-10-09 | Psycho Killer | live | Talking Heads | 5:22 |
| 1976-10-09 | Psycho Killer (live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76) | live | Talking Heads | 5:15 |
| 1976 – 1977 | Psycho Killer | Talking Heads | 4:21 | |
| 1977-01-21 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977‐01‐21: The Rat, Kenmore Square, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:16 |
| 1977-01-22 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977‐01‐22: The Rat, Kenmore Square, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:10 |
| 1977-01-26 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977‐01‐26: Jaberwocky, University Campus, Syracuse, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:23 |
| 1977-01-26 | Psycho Killer (live at the Jabberwocky club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77) | live | Talking Heads | 4:52 |
| 1977-10-10 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977‐10‐10: CBGB, New York, NY) | live | Talking Heads | 5:54 |
| 1977-11-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977-11-17: WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:32 |
| 1977-12-03 | Psycho Killer (live, 1977-12-03: The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:42 |
| 1977-12-03 | Pyscho Killer (live, 1977-12-03: The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:51 |
| 1978-08-10 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978‐08‐10: Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:00 |
| 1978-08-23 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-08-23: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:02 |
| 1978-08-28 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-08-28: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:01 |
| 1978-08 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-08: Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:16 |
| 1978-09-13 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-09-13: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:02 |
| 1978-09-16 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-09-16: The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:52 |
| 1978-12-11 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-12-11: Texas Palladium, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:20 |
| 1978-12-12 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-12-12: Opry House, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 6:32 |
| 1978-12-15 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-12-15: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:55 |
| 1978-12-18 | Psychic Killer (live, 1978-12-18: Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Talking Heads | ?:?? |
| 1978-12-18 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978-12-18: Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:06 |
| 1978-12-18 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978‐12‐18: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:23 |
| 1978 | Psycho Killer (live, 1978: Lower Sproul Plaza, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | ?:?? |
| 1979-08-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979-08-24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:00 |
| 1979-08-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979-08-24: Berklee Performing Arts Centre, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:51 |
| 1979-08-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979-08-24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:50 |
| 1979-08-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979‐08‐24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:03 |
| 1979-08-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979‐08‐24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:06 |
| 1979-09-28 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979-09-28: Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 7:05 |
| 1979-12-07 | Psycho Killer (live, 1979-12-07: Electric Ballroom, London, England, UK) | live | Talking Heads | 6:30 |
| 1979 | Psycho Killer (live 1979) | live | Talking Heads | 5:58 |
| 1980-08-23 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980-08-23: Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, ON, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 4:05 |
| 1980-08-23 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980‐08‐23: Heatwave Festival, Mosport Park, Bowmanville, ON, Canada) | live | Talking Heads | 5:22 |
| 1980-08-23 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980‐08‐23: Heatwave Festival, Mosport Park, Bowmanville, ON, Canada) | live | Talking Heads | ?:?? |
| 1980-08-23 | Pyscho Killer (live, 1980‐08‐23, remastered: Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, ON, Canada) | live | Talking Heads | 5:31 |
| 1980-12-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980‐12‐17: Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy) | live | Talking Heads | 5:04 |
| 1980-12-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980‐12‐17: Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy) | live | Talking Heads | 5:04 |
| 1980-12-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 1980‐12‐17: Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy) | live | Talking Heads | 5:04 |
| 1981-02-27 | Psycho Killer (live, 1981-02-27: Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Talking Heads | 5:34 |
| 1981-02-27 | Psycho Killer (live, 1981-02-27: Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Talking Heads | 5:25 |
| 1982-07-04 | Psycho Killer (FM) (live, 1982‐07‐04: Werchter Festival, Belgium) | live | Talking Heads | 4:58 |
| 1982-07-04 | Psycho Killer (live 1982) (live, 1982-07-04: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium) | live | Talking Heads | 5:02 |
| 1982-07-09 | Psycho Killer (live, 1982‐07‐09: Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland) | live | Talking Heads | 3:26 |
| 1982-09-03 | Psycho Killer (live, 1982‐09‐03: US Festival 1982, Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | ?:?? |
| 1983-08-03 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983‐08‐03: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:23 |
| 1983-08-05 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983-08-05: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:23 |
| 1983-08-05 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983-08-05: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY,, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:23 |
| 1983-08-05 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983‐08‐05: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 5:17 |
| 1983-12 | Psycho Killer | live | Talking Heads | 4:25 |
| 1983-12 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983-12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 4:29 |
| 1983-12 | Psycho Killer (live, 1983‐12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Talking Heads | 4:25 |
| 1992-03-24 | Psycho Killer (live, 1992-03-24: St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, New York, NY, USA) | live | David Byrne & Richard Thompson | 4:47 |
| 1993-03-30 | Psycho Killer (live bootleg, 1993-03-28: Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 3:11 |
| 1993-06-06 | Psycho Killer | cover and live | Terrorvision | 3:10 |
| 1997-11-13 | Psycho Killer (live, 1997‐11‐13: Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | ?:?? |
| 1997-11-15 | Psycho Killer (live, 1997‐11‐15: Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | 4:28 |
| 1997-12-07 | Psycho Killer (live, 1997-12-07: Nutter Center, Dayton, OH, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 6:32 |
| 1997-12-31 | Psycho Killer (live, 1997-12-31: Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, NY) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | 4:21 |
| 1998-10-31 | Psycho Killer (live, 1998-10-31: The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | 11:17 |
| 1998-11-07 | Psycho Killer (live, 1998-11-07: The Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | ?:?? |
| 1999-08-15 | Psycho Killer (live, 1999-08-15: Antone's, Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Wilco | 4:41 |
| 1999-12-31 | Psycho Killer (live, 1999-12-31: The Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | ?:?? |
| 2000-05-21 | Psycho Killer (live, 2000-05-21: Six Flags, Darien Lake, NY, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | 7:23 |
| 2000-07-25 | Psycho Killer (live, 2000-07-25: The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | ?:?? |
| 2001-02-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 2001-02-17: The Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | Moxy Früvous | ?:?? |
| 2009-02-17 | Psycho Killer (live, 2009-02-17: The Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA, USA) | live | Jason Isbell | ?:?? |
| 2009-08-14 | Psycho Killer | cover and live | Phish | 4:58 |
| 2010-03-25 | Psycho Killer (live, 2010-03-25: The Melting Point, Athens, GA, USA) | cover and live | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | ?:?? |
| 2010-05-12 – | Psycho Killer | cover | Móveis Coloniais de Acaju | 3:00 |
| 2012-07-06 | Psycho Killer | cover and live | Phish | 2:50 |
| 2014-03-07 | Psycho Killer | cover and live | Calling All Cars | 4:00 |
| 2015-02-07 | Heart of Glass / Sheena Is a Punk Rocker / Psycho Killer (live, 2015-02-07: River Street Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Daisy Berkowitz | 4:26 |
| 2015-07-18 | Sixteen Song Medley (live, 2015-07-18: Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, USA) | cover, live, medley and partial | AJJ | 4:20 |
| 2018-03-17 | Psycho Killer | cover and live | “Weird Al” Yankovic | 4:17 |
| 2022-09-03 | Psycho Killer (live, 2022‐09‐03: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | cover and live | Chevy Metal | 5:11 |
| 2024-10-31 | Psycho Killer (2024-10-31: St. Pete Pier, St. Pete, FL) | cover and live | Goose | 7:11 |
| 2024-11-10 | Psycho Killer (live, 2024‐11‐10: The Andrew J Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA) | cover and live | Goose | 3:42 |
| 2025-06-06 | Psycho Killer (live, 2025‐06‐06: Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO, USA) | cover and live | Goose | 3:36 |
| 2026-02-27 | Psycho Killer (live, 2026-02-27: WinterWonderGrass Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA) | cover, live and partial | Magoo | 0:46 |
| 2026-03-01 | Psycho Killer (live, 2026-03-01: WinterWonderGrass Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA) | cover, live and partial | Magoo | 0:43 |
| 2026-05-14 | Psycho Killer (live, 2026-05-14: The Camel, Richmond, VA, USA) | cover and live | Magoo | 8:23 |
| Blister in the Sun / Psycho Killer (acoustic) | cover and medley | Winston K. | 4:31 | |
| Psycho Killer (1975 CBS/Columbia demo) | demo | Talking Heads | ?:?? | |
| Psycho Killer | live | David Byrne | 4:43 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | James Hall | 3:20 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | Aluminum Babe | 3:38 | |
| Psycho Killer (acoustic version) | Talking Heads | 4:01 | ||
| Psycho Killer | cover | Garaj Mahal | 5:24 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | Joe Dolan | ?:?? | |
| Psycho Killer (live, 2011-02-27: Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Cage the Elephant | 5:07 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | Purple Sex Heads | ?:?? | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | Marco Mengoni | 4:06 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | Bruce Lash | 3:54 | |
| Psycho Killer | live | David Byrne | 6:32 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | The Billy Rubin Trio | 4:10 | |
| Psycho Killer | cover | The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain | 3:16 | |
| Psycho Killer | live | David Byrne | 4:31 | |
| Psycho Killer | David Byrne | 4:38 | ||
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