"King's Lead Hat" is a song written by Brian Eno, released in 1977 as the fifth track from his album Before and After Science. The title is an anagram of "Talking Heads".[1] In 1978 a remixed version of the song was released as a single.
| "King's Lead Hat" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Brian Eno | |
| from the album Before and After Science | |
| B-side | "R.A.F." (with Snatch) |
| Released | December 1977 27 January 1978 (single remix) |
| Recorded | 1977 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:56 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Eno |
| Producer(s) | Brian Eno |
| Official audio | |
| "King's Lead Hat" (2004 Digital Remaster) on YouTube | |
Rock critic Lester Bangs described the song "King's Lead Hat" as a track that emphasises "Eno's affinities with new wave in its rushed mechanical rhythms".[2] Eno would later produce Talking Heads' second, third and fourth albums, including Remain in Light (1980).
B-side edit
"R.A.F.", a collaboration with Snatch, is a standalone track that uses samples of Baader-Meinhoff terrorists recorded from a German telephone announcement. R.A.F. stands for "Red Army Faction".[3]
Cover versions edit
- 1980 – Ultravox, B-side to "Passing Strangers" single[4]
- 2003 – The Dirtbombs, bonus track on early editions of Dangerous Magical Noise
References edit
- ^ a b Tamm, Eric (1995). Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound. Da Capo Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0-306-80649-0.
- ^ a b Bangs, Lester (4 March 1978). "Eno Sings With the Fishes". Village Voice: 49.
- ^ "Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat".
- ^ Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-312-16968-8.
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