Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads Song Info
Written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. The song was released as a single in 1985 and reached #25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK, German and South African singles charts. It also made #8 on the Dutch Top 40. About the song, David Byrne says: "I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom, at our deaths and at the apocalypse... (always looming, folks). I think it succeeded. The front bit, the white gospel choir, is kind of tacked on, 'cause I didn't think the rest of the song was enough... I mean, it was only two chords. So, out of embarrassment, or shame, I wrote an intro section that had a couple more in it." The accompanying music video was nominated for Best Video of the Year at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.