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 Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (made in U.S.A.)Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1985-06-10
Sire Records9 25305-2
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (made in West Germany)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 Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • GB1985-07-15
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)CDP 7 46158 2
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsCD 25305
1.1And She Was3:36Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)TAH 2
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)1C 064 24 0352 1
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records25305
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, since 1972)7 80593 2
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: 1976–1992 Sand in the Vaseline (club edition)TalkingheadsAlbum + 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, since 1972)0777 7 80466 2 2, CDEQ 5010
1.7And She Was3:36TalkingheadsOnce in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking HeadsTalkingheadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0777 7 80593 1 8, EMD 1039
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)0777 7 80593 2 5
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best OfTalkingheadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7805932, CDEMCJ (WF) 5482
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (Made in Holland)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0777 7 80593 2 5
1.8And She Was3:39Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime: The Best Of (Made in Italy)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7 80593 2
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, since 1972)CDEMD1039
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the Vaseline (Columbia House Club release)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records, Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)W2 26760
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
2.1And 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, since 1972)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
1.13And 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, since 1972)8567612
3.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsEssential EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)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, since 1972)7243 8 35113 2 7, CDOMB003
1.12And She Was3:41Talking HeadsEssential Eighties 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)823476
1.11And She Was3:41Talking HeadsThe Eighties: Original Hits Original ArtistsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 4 96574 2 7
2.12And She Was3:40Talking HeadsThe World’s Best Ever Beer SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)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
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
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
8.4And She Was3:36Talking Heads80’s GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyCB 792372
1.39And She Was3:38Talking HeadsOnce In a Lifetime: The Talking Heads Box (remastered)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2003-11-10
  • US2003-11-10
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
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
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 (not for release label use!)7243 874521 2 1
2.10And She Was3:36Talking HeadsChartboxx: The Best of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Disky
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
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 Records8122-76488-2
4.3And She Was3:40Talking HeadsComplete EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2005-06-13
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)3120702
1.2And She Was3:38Talking HeadsBewitchedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2005-06-14
Sony Music SoundtraxCK 94749
12.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-10-04
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74722
11.1And 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
2.4And She Was3:40Talking HeadsMy Generation: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, the Eighties Part TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-02-06
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)0946 3 44065 2 9
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 Was3:37Talking HeadsThe Best of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-31
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
2.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0946 3 48660 2 6, 348 6602
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI United Kingdom (~1993-1998)
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0946 3 48660 2 6, 348 6602
1.9And She Was3:40Talking HeadsPure Soft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
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)
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
1.14And She Was3:37Talking HeadsParty: 120 Original HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-09-14
Parlophone
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbum
  • GB2009-11-16
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 3 08694 2 4
2.18And She Was3:39Talking Heads101 80s AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-05
EMI TV
2.18And She Was3:39Talking Heads101 80s AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-08
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), EMI TV50999 9 09690 2 7, VTDCDX 1013
3.5And She Was3:39Talking HeadsAnthems: Electronic 80s 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-15
Ministry of SoundMOSCD214
3.16And She Was3:40Talking HeadsMassive Hits! RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-05-12
EMI Gold50999 0 94566 2 4
3.3And She Was3:38Talking Heads101 Ultimate 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2011-11-08
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7301632
4.15And She Was3:39Talking Heads100 Hits: The New RomanticsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2011-11-21
100 HitsDMG 100 088
7.14And She Was3:38Talking HeadsDe Pre Historie ’80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2012-11-30
Universal Music Belgium534.099-4
3.9And She Was3:39Talking HeadsNajlepsze Hity Dla Ciebie Filmowe, Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magic Records (Poland)536 197 8
1.1And She Was3:40Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbumEMI (EMI Records, since 1972)CD FA 3301, CDP 7 46158 2
1.1And She Was3:39Talking HeadsLittle CreaturesTalking HeadsAlbumWarner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)
1.1And She Was3:41Talking HeadsLittle Creatures (barcode inside back picture, approx. 1990-1993)Talking HeadsAlbumEMI (EMI Records, since 1972)CDP 7 46158 2
2.3And She Was3:39Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + CompilationCD 26760
Promotion
1.12And She Was3:39Talking HeadsSelections From Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Box Set)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Eric Thorngren
assistant engineer:Melanie West (engineer)
producer:Talking Heads
bass guitar:Tina Weymouth
drums (drum set):Chris Frantz
guest bongos, guest congas and guest tambourine:Steve Scales
guitar and lead vocals:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
guitar and keyboard:Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
background vocals:Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
Tina Weymouth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
sampled by:The Starting Line by Neil Cicierega
mash-ups:Push 'Em Up by E-603
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)
later translated parody versions:Kaaner wors