“ This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) ” is the song of the new wave band Talking Heads , which was released in November 1983 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Speaking in Tongues . The lyrics were written by David Byrne , arrangements were invented by Byrne and other band members Chris Franz , Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison .
| This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | ||||
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| Single Talking Heads from Speaking in Tongues album | ||||
| Released | November 1983 [1] | |||
| Format | 7 " | |||
| Recorded by | 1982 | |||
| Genre | new wave | |||
| Duration | 4 : 56 | |||
| Producer | Talking heads | |||
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| Songwriter | , , and | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
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Content
Composition
In a “Personal Interview” on the DVD with the Stop Making Sense concert, Byrne said it was a love song, which he tended to avoid because it was “wide.” Nevertheless, he also said about this song: [3]
| This is a love song, consisting almost entirely of not logical statements, phrases that can have a strong emotional return, but not have good qualities, from the point of view of the story. This is an honest love song. I never thought I'd write a love song before. My songs always have some kind of caveat or twist. I try to write non-banal songs that will not sound silly or ridiculous, like others have. I think I can do it; And I am happy. |
Turning to the track with comments on Stop Making Sense , the words “Naive Melody” in the song title refer to music. On the track, the guitar and bass parts do almost the same thing throughout the song. According to Byrne, many professional musicians will not play a song written in this way, this makes the melody naive. Byrne performs the solo part on keyboards.
Bassist Tina Weimot in the notes in Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads wrote that the song was created using "really naive" experiments with various instruments and jams. Uyemot plays the guitar, guitarist Jerry Harrison plays the Prophet synthesizer (including bass), Wally Badaru uses the same synthesizer to add beats
The music magazine Pitchfork later described the song as "aberration of Talking Heads."
Critic Reviews
In 2014, Pitchfork placed the song at number 22 on its list of “200 Best Songs of the 80s,” Winston Kock-Wilson said from the site: “While undressing, Talking Heads show us some of their art techniques.
Chart Positions
- Original version
| Chart (1983) | The best position |
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| UK Singles Chart [4] | 51 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 62 |
- Concert version
| Chart (1986) | The best position |
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| UK Singles Chart [4] | 100 |
Notes
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/729451
- ↑ ASCAP entry for song
- ↑ Talking Heads The Band & Their Music, page 113, David Gans ISBN 0-7119-0980-6
- ↑ 1 2 Error in footnotes ? : Invalid
<ref>; nochartstatstext for footnotes - ↑ Talking Heads> Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles . Allmusic . Date of treatment August 13, 2011.
Literature
- Sullivan, Denise Origin of Song: The True Story of Talking Heads' Naïve Melody, "This Must Be the Place" . Crawdaddy! (January 31, 2011). Date of treatment June 24, 2014. Archived on February 4, 2011.
Links
- Lyrics for this song on MetroLyrics