9 Radio-Friendly Songs About Murdering Somebody

5. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Okay, psycho killer, Qu'est que c'est? This was 1978 and is sung in both French and English and if anything, it makes the viewer wonder if this song really is about the bassist who actually appears to be thinking about murder throughout the video, perhaps because of the fashion of the day.

Another song that is played frequently by radio stations still trying to retain some their once cool edge despite squeezing it between the One Direction Hour and Justin Beiber sing-a-longs, it manages to maintain its cool by being, as far as I could find, the only bilingual song about a murderer. And not just any justified revenge murder, it's psycho murder. The lyrics are a fragmented mess of a person's mind, which fits the title.

David Byrne mentioned that he was thinking of Alice Cooper when he wrote it and the original opening of the song was a verse about the protagonist committing a murder or two but was omitted from the final version. The rest of the song is the experience after, which explains the new opening verse and summarily the feeling of running away. I'm guessing to France.