Burning Down the House

E497181

single song

"Burning Down the House" is a 1983 new wave rock song by Talking Heads, known for its energetic rhythm, cryptic lyrics, and status as one of the band's signature hits.

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Label	Occurrences
Burning Down the House canonical	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Speaking in Tongues NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist	Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSide	I Get Wild/Wild Gravity NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles	8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	9 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock	5 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease	1980s ⓘ
featuredInFilm	Stop Making Sense NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	new wave ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasComposer	Chris Frantz NERFINISHED ⓘ David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	1980s alternative rock ⓘ new wave music culture ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	Burning Down the House (Stop Making Sense version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLyricist	Chris Frantz NERFINISHED ⓘ David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	Burning Down the House (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignatureLine	Burning down the house NERFINISHED ⓘ Watch out, you might get what you're after ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Speaking in Tongues NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	3:52 (single edit) ⓘ 4:00 (album version) ⓘ
notableFor	call-and-response vocal style ⓘ cryptic lyrics ⓘ energetic rhythm ⓘ status as a signature song of Talking Heads ⓘ
partOf	Talking Heads discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedBy	Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1983-07-00 ⓘ
releaseYear	1983 ⓘ
sideAOfSingle	Burning Down the House NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempo	fast ⓘ
usedAs	concert opener for Talking Heads ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Talking Heads → notableWork → Burning Down the House ⓘ

Speaking in Tongues → hasSingle → Burning Down the House ⓘ

Speaking in Tongues → includesTrack → Burning Down the House ⓘ

Speaking in Tongues → hasTrackWithSingleRelease → Burning Down the House ⓘ

Stop Making Sense → featuresSong → Burning Down the House ⓘ