Road to Nowhere

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“Road to Nowhere”
Single by Talking Heads from the album 'Little Creatures'
B-side	"Give Me Back My Name"
Released	1985
Format	7" single
Recorded	October 1984-March 1985
Genre	New Wave
Length	4:19
Label	Sire Records
Writer(s)	David Byrne/Chris Franz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth
Producer	Talking Heads
Talking Heads singles chronology
"The Lady Don't Mind" (1985) "Road to Nowhere" (1985) "And She Was" (1985)

"Road to Nowhere" is a song by Talking Heads, from the 1985 album Little Creatures. It also appeared on Best of Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, the Once in a Lifetime box set and the Brick box set. The song was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 6 in the British singles chart.

The video, released to promote the single, features the band and various objects revolving, as if in their own "road to nowhere," and it was nominated for "Best Video of the Year" at the MTV Video Music Awards 1986.

According to the sleeve of Talking Heads compilation Once in a Lifetime, Byrne added the choral intro after deciding the song in itself was embarrassingly simplistic and monotonous.

[edit] In popular culture

"Road to Nowhere" is heard during the ending of the 1989 film Little Monsters. It is also featured in the 1993 film Reality Bites. It was also featured on an advert for the 2006 final of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

[edit] Cover Versions

• The Kalamazoo, Michigan based bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass recorded a version of this tune on their 2007 release Live At Bell's.

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