Discover the story of the song > Psycho Killer – Talking Heads

-The song is about a serial killer and was written by the American band Talking Heads.
-The song was released on their album Talking Heads: 77 and became the band's first hit.
-The song reached number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
-It reached #32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989 and #11 on the Dutch Singles Chart in 1977.
-The song is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
-The band has always insisted that the song was not inspired by the notorious events, the release date of the single was "eerily timely" and marked by "macabre synchronicity".
-The song started out as a semi-narrative of the killer committing murders, but was later modified to what it is today.