Album: Speaking In Tongues
Artist: Talking Heads
Song: Burning Down The House
Year-Date: 1983

Director: Julia Haywood, David Byrne

Genre: Rock

Distribution: EMI Records Ltd.

Additional Engineering: Franklin Gibson; Sigma Sound: Jay Mark, John J.C. Convertino
Additional Single Credits: Copy Editors: Kirk Paskal, Kathe Duba-Noland; Project Coordinators: Renée Lehman, Ira Lippy
Business Manager: Gary Kurfirst - Overland Productions
Engineering: Butch Jones, Alex Sadkin
Guest Appearances (Musician+Label): Wally Badarou - Island Records
Intro: No
Label: Sire Records
Licensees(+Country): EMI Records Ltd.
Lyrics: David Byrne
Mixing Studio: Compass Point Studios; Sigma Sound, NY
Music: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Music Producer: Talking Heads
Musicians: David Byrne - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Chris Frantz - Drums, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer
Jerry Harrison - Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tina Weymouth - Synthesized Bass
additional: Synthesizer: Wally Badarou
Percussion: Steve Scales
Notes: Tina Weymouth about this song: This song started from a jam. Chris had just been to see Parliament-Funkadelic in ist full glory at Madison Square Garden, and he was really hyped. During the jam, he kept yelling Burn down the house! which was a P-Funk audience chant, and David dug the line, changing it to the finished version, Burning Down The House. -
Outro: No
Production Company: David Byrne
Publishing: Index Music Inc., Bleu Disque Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP), Sire Records Company / Talking Heads Tours Inc.
Recording Studio: Basic Tracks: Blank Tapes, NY; Final Overdubs and Mixing: Compass Point Studios
Runtime: 4:00
Single Art Director: Frank Olinsky
Single Cover Design: Frank Olinsky
Single Cover Photos: David Byrne
Single Photography: Acme Photography, Hugh Brown w/ David Byrne, David Byrne, John Daltton, Jimmy Desana, Marcia Resnick, Ebet Roberts, Dilly Shelton, Wynnewood Recreation Center
Sound Mix: Stereo
Special: No
Technical Specifications: colour - format unknown