And She Was

~ Recording by Talking Heads

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (made in Japan)Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1985-06-10
Sire Records9 25305-2
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • US1985-06-10
Sire Records9 25305-1
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (made in West Germany)Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1985-06-10
Sire Records9 25305-2
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • GB1985-07-15
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46158 2
1.1And She Was3:36Talking HeadsAnd She WasTalking HeadsSingle
Sire Records92 89177
1.1And She Was3:36Talking HeadsAnd She WasTalking HeadsSingle
Sire Records9 28917-7
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records25305
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46158 2
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7 46158 2
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDEMCJ (WM) 5589
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (BMG club edition)Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)9 25305-2, D 153839
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsCD 25305
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)1C 064 24 0352 1
1.1And She Was3:36Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)TAH 2
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (no UK catalogue number)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1992-10-12
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7 80593 2
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: 1976–1992 Sand in the Vaseline (club edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-12
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)9 26760-2, D2014141-1
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1992-10-12
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 80466 2 2, CDEQ 5010
1.7And She Was3:36TalkingheadsOnce in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking HeadsTalkingheadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 80593 1 8, EMD 1039
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (EMI SWINDON press)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 80593 2 5, CDEMD 1039
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Odeon Brazil780593 2
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDEMD1039
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (Made in Italy)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7 80593 2
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalkingheadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7805932, CDEMCJ (WF) 5482
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (made in Holland, printed in the UK)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 80593 2 5, CDEMD 1039
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!)0777 7 80593 2 5
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire RecordsW2 26760
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records9 26760-2
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the Vaseline (Columbia House club edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)W2 26760
2.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsStudio Brussel: 10 jaar parels voor de zwijnenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Double T MusicDTM933030-2
1.9And She Was3:40Talking HeadsThose Were the Days: The Eighties (South Africa)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDEMCI (WM) 5518
1.10And She Was3:40Talking HeadsSulle strade del rock Vol. 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)8 36768 2
2.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of 1980–1990, Volume 12Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1997-01-10
EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)7243 8 53570 2 2
1.20And She Was3:39Talking Heads1986: 20 Original Chart HitsVarious Artists
The CDCard Company, A Time to RememberCD532
1.20And She Was3:40Talking HeadsA Time to Remember: 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-10-08
EMI International
1.13And She Was3:41Talking HeadsClassic Rock: 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 559/08
3.6And She Was3:40Talking HeadsEighties CompleteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)8567612
3.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsEssential EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)859184
1.11And She Was3:39Talking HeadsNew Wave ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDOU 878282
2.17And She Was3:40Talking HeadsNew Wave Classics: The Biggest New Wave HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyHB 882212
2.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsThe OriginalsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 35113 2 7, CDOMB003
1.12And She Was3:41Talking HeadsEssential Eighties 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)823476
1.11And She Was3:41Talking HeadsThe Eighties: Original Hits Original ArtistsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 4 96574 2 7
2.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsThe World’s Best Ever Beer SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)4976362, 7243 4 97636 2 3
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsTotally Awesome 80's: 1986-1989Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-02-15
EMI Gold498 4592
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsKneipen Hits: 80’s Wave ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1999-05-12
DiskyGDO 858072
1.14And She Was3:39Talking HeadsNow That’s What I Call Music! 1986: The Millennium SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-06-21
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 20271 2 5, NOWMIL 1986
3.18And She Was3:40Talking HeadsHits of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 22706 2 0
2.7And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)07243 5241002 6
8.4And She Was3:39Talking HeadsMore Greatest Hits of the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDB 854902
3.18And She Was3:39Talking HeadsBest of Driving RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-08-20
EMI Gold534 728 2
1.9And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLas cien de la 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Vale Music
1.6And She Was3:37Talking Heads80er: Alternative Eighties, Vol. 01Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2002-03-11
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 507550 2
8.4And She Was3:36Talking Heads80’s GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyCB 792372
1.2And She Was3:38Talking HeadsWhere Were You? 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 35746 2 8
3.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsOnce in a LifetimeTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-11-17
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)5953970, R2 73934
3.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsOnce in a LifetimeTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-11-18
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73934
1.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsEdge of the 80s: 1986–1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL PRA/05
2.1And She Was3:40Talking Heads80’s ReloadedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-01-26
Disky
1.1And She Was3:40Talking Heads80’s Reloaded (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-01-26
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2004-08-17
  • US2004-08-17
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)R2 76488
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-10-18
Sire RecordsR2 76488
2.6And She Was3:41Talking HeadsThe World's Best Ever Beer Songs 2005Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2004-11-11
EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!)7243 874521 2 1
2.10And She Was3:36Talking HeadsChartboxx: The Best of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Top 13 Music-Club, Disky035 011 6, SP 901878
3.3And She Was3:40Talking HeadsI Love Music 1985–1989: Alive and KickingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 901804, BX 901805, BX 901806, CB 901789
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)8122764882
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records8122-76488-2
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)8122-76488-2
1.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThe Best of Talking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire RecordsCDESP 182
2.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsThe Greatest Rock AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
4.3And She Was3:40Talking HeadsComplete EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2005-06-13
EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!)3120702
1.2And She Was3:38Talking HeadsBewitchedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2005-06-14
Sony Music SoundtraxCK 94749
11.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-10-04
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74722
12.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-10-04
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74722
2.1And She Was3:40Talking Heads80’s ReloadedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005
Disky
1.1And She Was (2005 remaster)3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
Parlophone
2.4And She Was3:40Talking HeadsMy Generation - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The Eighties, Part TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-02-06
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 44065 2 9, 3440652
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • US2006-02-14
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)R2 76454
2.10And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • US2006-02-14
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)R2 76454
2.11And She Was3:38Talking HeadsBest of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-05-05
2.18And She Was3:38Talking HeadsThe Best of the 80s: 54 Original 80s ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-31
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 34898 2 3
2.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 48660 2 6, 348 6602
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 48660 2 6, 348 6602
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI United Kingdom (~1993–1998)
1.6And She Was3:38Talking HeadsNow That’s What I Call Music! 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-06-11
1.9And She Was3:40Talking HeadsPure Soft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsThis Is… 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-08-08
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)5099922790620
1.3And She Was3:37Talking HeadsThis Is… 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-08-08
Parlophone
4.11And She Was3:38Talking Heads101 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2008-10-25
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 264685 2 5
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • US2008-12-23
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.3And She Was3:40Talking HeadsWhere Were You? 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Australia (company credits only; file no releases here!)5036612
3.15And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLentekriebelsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2009-03-19
EMI Music Belgium50999 6980532 5
4.6And She Was3:37Talking HeadsRock: 118 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-03-30
Parlophone
4.6And She Was3:39Talking HeadsRock: 120 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-03-30
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 6 94396 2 9, 694 3962
1.14And She Was3:37Talking HeadsParty: 120 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-09-14
Parlophone
1.14And She Was3:39Talking HeadsParty: 120 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-09-14
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • GB2009-11-16
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 3 08694 2 4
3.15And She Was3:38Talking Heads101 Beer SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 685412 2 4, 6854122
4.6And She Was3:39Talking HeadsRock: 120 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.13And She Was3:43Talking HeadsSame as It Ever WasTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Starbucks, Rhino (reissue label)NSPENT08PKG-00162, OPCD-8319
2.18And She Was3:39Talking Heads101 80s AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-05
EMI TV

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Eric “E.T.” Thorngren
assistant engineer:Melanie West (engineer) (task: second engineer)
producer:Talking Heads
bass guitar and bass synthesizer [synth bass]:Tina Weymouth
drums (drum set):Chris Frantz
guitar:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
background vocals:Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
Tina Weymouth
lead vocals:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
arranger:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
Tina Weymouth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
Talking Heads Tours Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at and mixed at:Sigma Sound (New York) in New York, New York, United States
sampled by:The Starting Line by Neil Cicierega
mash-ups:Push 'Em Up by E-603
music videos:And She Was (video)
part of:Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 453) (order: 453)
recording of:And She Was

And She Was

lyricist and composer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher)
Index Music, Inc.
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
later translated parody versions:Kaaner wors