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Talking Heads

Talking Heads is a group from the US, active from 1974.

Group US 1974–1991 new wave post-punk art punk

TOTAL PLAYS

4,278

SONGS PLAYED

130

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-17 22:21 · 6 Music — "Houses in Motion"

LAST PLAYED

13 hours ago · Radio 2 — "Road to Nowhere"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,918 68%

Radio 2 1,282 30%

Radio 1 58 1%

1Xtra 20 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Once in a Lifetime 893 2026-05-14

2 And She Was 450 2026-05-17

3 Road to Nowhere 429 2026-05-22

4 Psycho Killer 245 2025-10-31

5 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 198 2026-05-17

6 Wild Wild Life 174 2026-04-20

7 Radio Head 173 2025-10-27

8 Girlfriend Is Better 155 2026-05-16

9 Road To Nowhere 144 2012-06-03

10 Take Me to the River 130 2026-05-15

11 Crosseyed and Painless 108 2025-12-18

12 Slippery People 99 2026-01-17

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-22 03:47 Road to Nowhere Radio 2

2026-05-21 11:18 (Nothing But) Flowers 6 Music

2026-05-18 12:16 Road to Nowhere 6 Music

2026-05-17 23:52 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 6 Music

2026-05-17 12:55 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 6 Music

2026-05-17 10:21 And She Was Radio 2

2026-05-16 10:22 Girlfriend Is Better 6 Music

2026-05-15 09:39 Take Me to the River 6 Music

2026-05-14 09:37 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) 6 Music

2026-05-14 08:31 Once in a Lifetime Radio 2

2026-05-12 15:34 Once in a Lifetime 6 Music

2026-05-10 06:33 I Zimbra 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

130 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(Nothing But) Flowers —

49 2026-05-21 ▶

Air —

26 2024-08-04 ▶

And She Was —

450 2026-05-17 ▶

Animals —

1 2016-07-17 ▶

Artists Only —

1 2014-09-19 ▶

Blind —

92 2025-03-15 ▶

Born Under Punches —

14 2022-05-07 ▶

Born Under Punches (The Beat Goes On) —

1 2021-09-01 ▶

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) —

50 2026-05-14 ▶

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) LIVE —

1 2015-07-16 ▶

Born Under Punches The Heat Goes On —

2 2020-11-15 ▶

Born Under the Punches (The Heat Goes On) —

1 2012-05-28 ▶

Burning Down the House —

97 2025-08-27 ▶

Burning Down The House —

62 2011-10-25 ▶

Burning Down The House (Live) —

1 2010-04-15 ▶

Cities —

58 2025-11-02 ▶

Creatures of Love —

1 2019-05-11 ▶

cross eyed and painless —

1 2013-06-26 ▶

Crosseyed and Painless —

108 2025-12-18 ▶

Don't Worry About the Government —

25 2023-06-29 ▶

Dream Operator —

1 2022-09-16 ▶

Drugs —

1 2020-02-29 ▶

Electric Guitar —

6 2022-12-07 ▶

Found a Job —

9 2025-11-02 ▶

Girlfriend Is Better —

155 2026-05-16 ▶

Girlfriend Is Better (Live from 'Stop Making Sense') —

1 2022-04-24 ▶

Girlfriend Is Better (live) —

1 2014-10-11 ▶

Girlfriend Is Better (Sam Redmore Remix) —

2 2025-08-09 ▶

Girlfriend Is Better [Bit Funk Edit] —

2 2012-07-14 ▶

Happy Day —

2 2010-01-19 ▶

Heaven —

23 2025-01-20 ▶

Heaven (live) —

1 2014-06-10 ▶

Heaven. —

2 2008-04-25 ▶

Hey Now —

3 2018-05-08 ▶

Houses in Motion —

73 2023-05-24 ▶

I Zimbra —

17 2026-05-10 ▶

I zimbra (brian eno remix) —

1 2022-12-04 ▶

I'm Not in Love —

2 2023-10-13 ▶

I, Zmibra —

2 2012-05-02 ▶

Life During Wartime —

18 2025-08-26 ▶

Lifetime Piling Up —

13 2020-05-17 ▶

Listening Wind —

5 2022-12-08 ▶

Love for Sale —

3 2024-09-13 ▶

Love Goes to a Building on Fire —

2 2024-06-07 ▶

Love Goes To Building On Fire —

67 2026-02-01 ▶

Making Flippy Floppy —

2 2023-10-13 ▶

Making Flippy Floppy (2005 Remaster) —

1 2023-09-02 ▶

Mind —

6 2024-10-05 ▶

Mr. Jones —

48 2025-01-28 ▶

Mr. Jones, —

4 2008-01-17 ▶

New Feeling —

2 2016-06-21 ▶

No Compassion —

2 2021-04-01 ▶

Nothing But Flowers —

51 2016-09-07 ▶

Once In A Life Time —

1 2014-05-18 ▶

Once in a Lifetime —

893 2026-05-14 ▶

Once In A Lifetime (Extended 12" Remix) —

1 2024-08-23 ▶

Once In A Lifetime (Gigamesh Mix) —

1 2014-05-16 ▶

Once In A Lifetime (Gigamesh Remix) —

9 2025-01-03 ▶

Once in a Lifetime (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-07-02 ▶

Once in A Lifetime (Harry Romero Edit) —

2 2023-12-16 ▶

Once In A Lifetime (Live) —

1 2024-02-06 ▶

Once in a lifetime (Moplen remix) —

3 2015-07-23 ▶

Once In A Lifetime (Nirobi Edit) —

2 2012-01-15 ▶

Once in a Lifetime (stop making sense) —

1 2009-02-25 ▶

Once In A Lifetime - VK NOEL VERSION —

1 2025-07-11 ▶

Once In A Lifetime [Stop Making Sense Live Version] —

1 2018-06-04 ▶

Papa Legba —

1 2011-06-05 ▶

Papa Legba (Pops Staples vocal version) —

1 2014-12-28 ▶

Paper —

1 2024-09-26 ▶

People Like Us —

2 2023-11-04 ▶

Perfect World —

1 2019-05-11 ▶

Popsicle —

1 2021-05-23 ▶

Psycho Killer —

245 2025-10-31 ▶

Psycho Killer (De Soffer Remix) —

1 2025-10-31 ▶

Psycho Killer (Greg Wilson Edit) —

1 2021-08-07 ▶

Psycho Killer (Live) —

1 2024-02-08 ▶

Psycho Killer (Sam Redmore Remix) —

7 2024-06-07 ▶

Psycho Killer - With Intro By Tina Weymouth —

1 2005-05-14 ▶

Psycho Killler —

1 2013-03-09 ▶

Pull Up the Roots —

1 2025-10-24 ▶

Pull Up the Roots (No Assembly Firm Remix) —

2 2023-06-03 ▶

Pulled Up —

20 2024-10-28 ▶

Puncture Repair —

1 2013-02-26 ▶

Puzzlin' Evidence —

1 2018-03-30 ▶

Radio Head —

173 2025-10-27 ▶

Road to Nowhere —

429 2026-05-22 ▶

Road To Nowhere —

144 2012-06-03 ▶

Seen and Not Seen —

5 2025-01-25 ▶

Simon Mayo picks his ultimate 80s tune! —

1 2016-11-25 ▶

Slippery People —

99 2026-01-17 ▶

Slippery People (Live) —

3 2025-07-24 ▶

Stay Up Late —

1 2019-05-11 ▶

Stop Making Sense: Montage —

1 2025-05-17 ▶

Sugar on My Tongue —

1 2011-11-19 ▶

Sugar on MyTongue - 2005 Remaster —

1 2023-02-26 ▶

Swamp —

1 2020-10-10 ▶

Take Me to the River —

130 2026-05-15 ▶

Take Me To The River (live) —

1 2009-01-24 ▶

Television Man —

1 2022-07-02 ▶

Thank You for Sending Me an Angel —

5 2021-12-29 ▶

The Big Country —

6 2021-11-07 ▶

The Book I Read —

14 2024-08-28 ▶

The Facts of Life —

1 2010-08-10 ▶

The Girls Want to Be With the Girls —

1 2011-01-20 ▶

The Good Thing —

2 2014-02-02 ▶

The Great Curve —

8 2023-11-30 ▶

The Lady Don't Mind —

8 2026-03-21 ▶

The Listening Wind —

1 2013-07-13 ▶

The Overload —

2 2024-05-19 ▶

This Must Be The Place —

1 2008-09-11 ▶

This Must Be the Place (live) —

1 2012-04-21 ▶

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) —

198 2026-05-17 ▶

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) —

48 2011-09-03 ▶

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (live) —

4 2025-11-17 ▶

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) [2005 Remaster] —

1 2025-08-10 ▶

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Stop Making Sense Version —

1 2014-09-23 ▶

This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) —

1 2021-08-12 ▶

This Must Be The Place (Patrice Baumel Club Edit) —

2 2017-08-07 ▶

This Must Be The Place (Patrice Bäumel Edit) —

3 2016-04-25 ▶

This Must Be The Place - 19.02.09 —

2 2009-02-26 ▶

This Must Be The Place To Be (Naive Melody) —

5 2022-04-10 ▶

Totally Nude —

10 2021-03-27 ▶

Uh Oh Love Comes To Town —

1 2010-10-08 ▶

Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town —

6 2025-06-21 ▶

Warning Sign —

2 2019-12-07 ▶

Warning Sign (Htd Version) —

1 2006-10-17 ▶

What a Day That Was —

1 2020-10-10 ▶

Who Is It ? —

1 2009-12-17 ▶

Who Is It? —

1 2009-12-17 ▶

Wild Wild Life —

174 2026-04-20 ▶