"Road to Nowhere" | ||||
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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 Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth | |||
Producer | Talking Heads | |||
Talking Heads singles chronology | ||||
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"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 and German singles chart. It also made #8 on the Dutch Top 40.
Charlie Crist, in his unsuccessful 2010 run for the U.S. Senate in Florida, utilized the song in a campaign video without obtaining permission. David Byrne sued for copyright infringement and, in a legal settlement, Crist issued a video apology for his improper use.
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.
The video, released to promote the single, was directed by David Byrne and Stephen R. Johnson and 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. Some parts were shot in the back yard and pool of actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who was co-writing Byrne's film True Stories at the time.[1]
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