 Genius Lyrics
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Talking Heads – Genius Of Love ( Tom Tom Club ) - Live
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(Whatcha gonna do when you get out of jail?) / I'm gonna have some fun / (What do you consider fun?) / Fun, natural fun / I'm in heaven / With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend
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Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (Live)
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[Intro: Chris Frantz] / I'm just a murder weapon! Comin' at you right now, ladies and gentlemen, the Tom Tom Club, so check it out! / [Interlude 1: Chris Frantz] / Ha! / Shock
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Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Intro: Chris Frantz] / I'm just a murder weapon! Comin' at you right now, ladies and gentlemen, the Tom Tom Club, so check it out! / [Interlude 1: Chris Frantz] / Ha! / Shock
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Talking Heads – Love → Building on Fire
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“Love → Building On Fire” was the first single ever released by the Talking Heads, recorded even before guitarist Jerry Harrison joined the band.
The arrow in the title could be
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Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
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What you gonna do when you get out of jail? / I'm gonna have some fun / What do you consider fun? / Fun, natural fun / I'm in Heaven / With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend
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Talking Heads – With Our Love
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[Verse 1] / It's just a look / And it makes the boys quiver / Yes, it's the look / And now they remember / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Had they forgotten / What this all means? / I think they
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Talking Heads – Gangster of Love
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Gangster of love / Gangster of love / You with the cocktail in your hand / You in your red Mercedes-Benz / Goin' in one ear and out the other / Cover up the pain with laughter
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Talking Heads – Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
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The message of the song is fairly obvious: when love comes to town, everyone stops being productive. People don’t go to work, pilots can’t fly, ship captains stay on land, brokers
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Talking Heads – I'm Not in Love
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[Intro] / Okay! / [Verse 1] / Pretty! / What is brand new? It's not what I think of you / You'll touch me in a minute, but that's not what I want to do / We are two strangers, we
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Talking Heads – Creatures of Love
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David Byrne rarely addressed sex, love, or affection in Talking Heads songs before some on Little Creatures. From their conception, Talking Heads sought to present a view of the
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Talking Heads – Love for Sale
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“Love for Sale” is the opening track of the Talking Heads' seventh studio album, True Stories, released in conjunction with David Byrne’s film of the same name. While “Love for
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The B-52's – Love Shack
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The B-52s’ 1989 smash “Love Shack” is about a secluded place where lovers can meet to get it on. But that’s merely the most obvious meaning. The title also refers to the venues the
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Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
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“Girlfriend is Better” is a song by the American New Wave band Talking Heads. It appeared on their fifth album, “Speaking in Tongues”. It peaked at #21 in New Zealand, #59 in
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Talking Heads – Crosseyed and Painless
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The second track off of Talking Heads' 1980 classic addresses the idea of losing identity, and not sure how to regain it back.
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Nas (Ft. Q-Tip) – One Love
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“One Love” was the final single released from Illmatic. Fellow Queens native Q-Tip provided the vibes from the Heath Brothers' “Smilin' Billy Suite Part II” as the backdrop for Nas
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Shawn Mullins – It All Comes Down To Love
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Talking heads talking to us on the television / Silver screen preachers and politicians / Say they got the answer, first they gotta squeeze us / Send a little money there's a tax
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Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers
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The 5th track off Talking Heads' 1988 album Naked was the second single from the album, released after “Blind”, and it peaked at number 79 on the UK singles chart.
Written by
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LCD Soundsystem – Too Much Love
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…Likewise, Too Much Love seems just a bit too close to Talking Heads for comfort, though as with all things Murphy, the imitation is masterful.
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Rad Horror – Teenage Love
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[Verse 1] / Passenger cars in a traffic jam / I see your reflection in the palm of my hand / I seek out your hand / In the same shirt you'd wear / On the nights that we'd spent
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Talking Heads – Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (Alternate Version)
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Wait, wait for the moment to come / Stand up, stand up and take my hand / Believe, believe in mystery / Love love love love is simple as 1-2-3 / I'm a know-it-all, I'm smartest man
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Sawyer Brown – It All Comes Down to Love
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Oh, it all comes down to love / Talking heads talking to us on the television / Silver screen preachers and politicians / They say they got an answer / First they gotta squeeze us
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Talking Heads – I'm Not in Love (Alternate Version)
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Pretty! / What is brand new? It's not the way I think of you / You'll touch me in a minute, but that's not what I want to do / We are two strangers, we might never have met / We
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Talking Heads – Love → Building On Fire [The Name of This Band is Talking Heads]
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When my love / Stands next to your love / I can't compare love / When it's not love / It's not love / It's not love / Which is my face / Which is a building / Which is on fire / On
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Talking Heads – Love for sale - 2005 remastered version
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I was born in a house with the television always on / Guess I grew up too fast / And I forgot my name / We're in cities at night, and we got time on our hands / So leave the
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Talking Heads – People Like Us
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[Verse 1] / In 1950 when I was born / Papa couldn't afford to buy us much / He said be proud of what you are / There's something special 'bout people like us / [Chorus] / People
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Mariah Carey – Fantasy
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The lead single for Mariah’s Daydream album, this R&B song topped the US charts for eight consecutive weeks, and gained strong success overseas as well. The song was also received
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Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
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[Verse 1] / I'm wearing fur pajamas / I ride a hot potato / It’s tickling my fancy / Speak up, I can't hear you / [Chorus 1] / Here on this mountain top, oh-oh-oh / I got some wild
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Talking Heads – Slippery People
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[Verse 1] / What about the time you were rollin' over / Fall on your face, you must be having fun / Walk lightly, think of a time / You'd best believe this thing is real / Put away
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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
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[Verse 1] / Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons / Packed up and ready to go / Heard of some gravesites out by the highway / A place where nobody knows / The sound of gunfire
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Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
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In this song, producer Brian Eno and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are at the apogee of whatever it is they do (Byrne claims he was just riffing on some Southern preacher).
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Talking Heads – Slippery People (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / What about the time / You were rollin' over / Fall on your face / You must be having fun / Walk lightly! / Think of a time / You'd best believe / This thing is real
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The Game (Ft. 50 Cent) – Hate It or Love It
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“Hate It or Love It” sees Game and 50 Cent celebrating their rags-to-riches story over a sample of The Trammps‘ 1972 song, “Rubber Band.”
This track was the third official single
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Talking Heads – Take Me to the River (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Chorus] / Take me to the river / Drop me in the water / Take me to the river / Drop me in the water, water / [Verse 1] / Don't know why I love her like I do / All the trouble you
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Talking Heads – The Book I Read
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Written down, the lyrics of “The Book I Read” could be from any love song. But something about Byrne’s vocal delivery and the band’s slightly ominous sound turn it into a sly
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Talking Heads – Big Business / I Zimbra (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Part I: Big Business] / Think you've had enough / Stop talking, help us get ready / Think you've had enough / Big business, after the shakeup / Think you've had enough / Stop
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Seb Lowe – I Fell In Love With a Talking Head
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[Verse 1] / This time last year, the day that it started / She spoke of love and how in practice it cannot be applied / But a crisis in the housing market / Sat up lovely in her
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Lord Apex – God Put Love
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[Intro] / Got to sip the Henny for this one / Family, friends, love, it’s all I really need / Sipping Henny thinking sit e yo damn I’m feeling something within me / Huh felt inside
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Talking Heads – Take Me to the River
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The new wave band Talking Heads covered this song, originally done by Al Green, in 1978 and it reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. “We played it live in the studio
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Talking Heads – A Clean Break (Let's Work)
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Just beginning to take that love away / Just beginning to take that love away / In a minute I'll wash that love away / Even now we remember what we used to say / Takes a minute to
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Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
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One of the best-known Talking Heads songs, “Psycho Killer” was the second single from the 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, peaking at #92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It is the first
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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons / Packed up and ready to go / Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway / Place where nobody knows / The sound of gunfire
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Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Can't seem to face up to the facts / I'm tense and nervous, can't relax / Can't sleep, bed's on fire / Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire / [Chorus] / Psycho killer
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