Editing David Byrne (section)

== Discography and other works ==

===Studio albums with Talking Heads===
{{further|Talking Heads|Talking Heads discography}}
*''[[Talking Heads: 77]]'' (1977)
*''[[More Songs About Buildings and Food]]'' (1978)
*''[[Fear of Music]]'' (1979)
*''[[Remain in Light]]'' (1980)
*''[[Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)|Speaking in Tongues]]'' (1983)
*''[[Little Creatures]]'' (1985)
*''[[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]'' (1986)
*''[[Naked (Talking Heads album)|Naked]]'' (1988)

=== Solo studio albums and collaborations ===
{{Main|David Byrne discography}}
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* ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album)|My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]'' (1981) <small>(with [[Brian Eno]])</small>
* ''[[Rei Momo]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Uh-Oh (David Byrne album)|Uh-Oh]]'' (1992)
* ''[[David Byrne (album)|David Byrne]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Feelings (David Byrne album)|Feelings]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Look into the Eyeball]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Grown Backwards]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]'' (2008) <small>(with [[Brian Eno]])</small>
* ''[[Love This Giant]]'' (2012) <small>(with [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]])</small>
* ''[[American Utopia]]'' (2018)

===Soundtracks and music for theater===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Album details
!colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
!| [[Billboard 200|US]]
!| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
|-
|1981
| '''''[[The Catherine Wheel (album)|The Catherine Wheel]]'''''
*Released: November 1981
*Labels: Sire
|align="center"| 104
|align="center"| —
|Music for the 1981 [[Twyla Tharp]] dance production ''The Catherine Wheel''.
|-
|1985
| '''''[[Music for "The Knee Plays"]]'''''
*Released: May 1985
*Labels: [[ECM (record label)|ECM]]
|align="center"| 141
|align="center"| —
|Music for [[Philip Glass]] and [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]]'s play [[The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down]]. Re-released as ''[[The Knee Plays]]'' in 2007.
|-
|1986
| '''''[[Sounds from True Stories]]'''''
*Released: 1986
*Labels: Sire
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Soundtrack to the film ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]''.
|-
|1987
| '''''[[The Last Emperor (album)|The Last Emperor]]'''''
*Released: 1987
*Labels: Virgin
|align="center"| 152
|align="center"| —
|Score to the film ''[[The Last Emperor]]'', composed with [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] and [[Cong Su]].
|-
|1991
| '''''[[The Forest (album)|The Forest]]'''''
*Released: June 1991
*Labels: Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Music for the 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece ''The Forest''.
|-
|1999
| '''''Your Action World'''''
*Released: January 1, 1999
*Labels: Self-released
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Music for Byrne's art presentation of ''Your Action World''.
|-
|1999
| '''''[[In Spite of Wishing and Wanting]]'''''
*Released: 1999
*Labels: Self-released
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Music for the [[Ultima Vez]] dance production ''In Spite of Wishing and Wanting''.
|-
|2003
| '''''E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information)'''''
*Released: July 2, 2003
*Labels: Self-released
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Music for Byrne's speaking tour and [[PowerPoint]] presentation.
|-
|2003
| '''''[[Lead Us Not into Temptation]]'''''
*Released: September 30, 2003
*Labels: [[Thrill Jockey]]
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Soundtrack to the film ''[[Young Adam (film)|Young Adam]]''.
|-
|2008
| '''''[[Big Love: Hymnal]]'''''
*Released: August 19, 2008
*Labels: Todo Mundo/[[HBO]]/[[Playtone]]
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Soundtrack to the second season of ''[[Big Love]]''.
|-
|2010
| '''''[[Here Lies Love]]'''''
*Released: April 6, 2010
*Labels: Todomundo/[[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
|align="center"| 96
|align="center"| 76
|With [[Fatboy Slim]]. A disco song cycle occasionally given staged performances.
|-
|2019
| '''''[[American Utopia (film)|American Utopia on Broadway Original Cast Recording]]'''''
*Released: October 25, 2019
*Labels: [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|Original cast recording of the Broadway production of ''American Utopia''.
|}
* "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

===Film and television===
'''Concert films'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1984 ||  ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'' || Himself || Concert film from [[Talking Heads]] tour; also composer
|-
| 1992 || ''Between the Teeth – Live'' || Himself || VHS release; also composer
|-
| 2004 || ''[[David Byrne Live at Union Chapel]]'' || Himself ||
|-
| 2010 ||  ''[[Ride, Rise, Roar]]'' || Himself || Concert documentary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbyrne.com/film/index.php |title=David Byrne website film listing |website=Davidbyrne.com |access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || ''[[American Utopia (film)|American Utopia]]'' || Himself ||
|}

'''Other film and television'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || Himself || Episode: "Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads" 
|-
| 1986 || ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]'' || The Narrator || Feature film; also director, writer, composer
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' || — || Feature film; composer
|-
| 1988 ||  ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' || — || Feature film; composer
|-
| 1989 ||  ''[[Heavy Petting (1989 film)|Heavy Petting]]'' || — || Documentary; interviewed subject
|-
| 1989 || ''Ile Aiye'' (''The House of Life'') || — || Documentary; composer
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || Himself || Episode: "Woody Harrelson/David Byrne"
|-
| 1995|| ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' || Himself || Episode: "Fire Drill"
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Young Adam (film)|Young Adam]]'' || — || Feature film; composer
|-
| 2003, 2012 || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Himself (voice) || Episodes: "[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]", "[[How I Wet Your Mother]]"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Big Love]]'' || — || 12 episodes; composer
|-
| 2011 || ''[[This Must Be the Place (film)|This Must Be the Place]]'' || Himself  ||Feature film
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Contemporary Color (film)|Contemporary Color]]'' || — || Feature film; composer
|-
| 2019 || ''[[John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch]]'' || Himself || Children's musical comedy special
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || Himself || Episode: "John Mulaney/David Byrne"
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Étoile (TV series)|Étoile]]'' || Himself || (S01:E05) "The Rat"
|}