Road to Nowhere

"Road to Nowhere"
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Little Creatures
B-side"Television Man"
ReleasedJune 3, 1985 (US)[1]
September 30, 1985 (UK)[2]
RecordedOctober 1984 – March 1985
Genre
Length
  • 4:19 (album version)
  • 3:59 (single edit)
LabelSire
Songwriter(s)David Byrne
Producer(s)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 the American band Talking Heads, from their 1985 album Little Creatures. The song was written by David Byrne[3][4] and released as a single in 1985. It reached No. 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 6 on the UK, German and South African[5] singles charts. It also made No. 8 on the Dutch Top 40.[6] 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.

  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 24.
  2. ^ Smith, Robin (28 September 1985). "News Digest". Record Mirror. p. 44. ISSN 0144-5804.
  3. ^ Unterberger, Richie (2012-06-14). "Road to Nowhere". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  4. ^ Kreps, Daniel (2019-11-20). "See David Byrne and 'American Utopia' Cast Bring 'Road to Nowhere' to 'Fallon'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  5. ^ "SA Charts 1965 – 1989". Retrieved 8 April 2014
  6. ^ Talking Heads: Road To Nowhere top40.nl