", and at another point in the process, "instead of chanting 'Burning Down the House,' I was chanting 'Foam Rubber, USA. A young boy resembling Byrne takes his place from time to time; eventually, younger counterparts start moving the arms of all four band members to play the music.
After the screen goes blank, both young and adult Byrne leave the stage, and the video ends with an extended close-up of Byrne's face projected on a highway at night. Despite this success, the song was not a hit outside of North America.
The initial lyrics were considerably different, however.
9, as well as reaching the top ten in Canada. In an interview on NPR's "According to Byrne in the NPR interview, phrases that he tried but ultimately did not use in the song included "I have another body," "Pick it up by the handle," "You travel with a double," and "I'm still under construction."
'"The video, produced and directed by Byrne, alternates primarily between footage of the band performing the song in an empty ballroom, Byrne playing while facing a projection screen that displays a concert crowd or a wall of flames at different times, and images projected on the outside wall of a house.
"Burning Down the House" became Talking Heads' highest-charting hit single in North America, becoming their only top ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. As for the title phrase in the chorus, one early attempt (as heard on a worktape) had him singing a different line, "What are we gonna do? In Australia it peaked at a modest No. Tom Jones & The Cardigans - Burning Down the House - YouTube 94, while in the UK, where Talking Heads would release 14 charting singles, it failed to make the charts at all (although a cover version of the song by Tom Jones and The Cardiganswould make the … The house used in the video is located on Myrtle Street in "Burning Down the House" became Talking Heads' highest-charting hit single in North America, becoming their only top ten single on the US As one of the major hits of Jones' later career, it appears on numerous compilations of Jones' work. It also features on The Cardigans' 2008
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