Talking Heads

Released: September 15, 1986

Songwriter: David Byrne

Producer: Talking Heads

[Verse 1]
Baby your mind is a radio
Got a receiver inside my head
Baby I'm tuned to your wavelength
Lemme tell you what it says

[Chorus]
Transmitter!
Oh! Picking up something good
Hey, radio head!
The sound...of a brand-new world

[Verse 2]
So look at my fingers, they vibrate
From their tip down down to my toes
Now I'm receiving your signal
We're gonna leave the land of noise

[Chorus]
Transmitter!
Oh! Picking up something good
Hey, radio head!
The sound...of a brand-new world
Transmitter!
Oh! Picking up something good
Hey, radio head!
The sound...of a brand-new world

[Bridge]
Now you and I have no secrets
Now baby, lemme read your mind
I hear ev'rything you're thinking
You can't tell me what you find

[Outro]
Transmitter!
Picking up something good
Hey! Radio head!
The sound...Of a brand-new world
Oh! Radio Head
Radio Head
Radio Head
Radio Head

Ground-breaking rock band Talking Heads is arguably one of the most influential bands of all time. Spearheaded by their slightly crazy lead singer David Byrne, they were at the forefront of the New Wave movement.

The band was formed in 1974 by Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz. Frantz’s then-girlfriend-later-wife Tina Weymouth was quickly recruited to play bass. After a few recordings and performances, guitarist/keyboardist Jerry Harrison was hired to round out the group.

Their first album, Talking 77, was appropriately released in 1977. It quickly received critical acclaim.

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