| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Welcome to My Nightmare | Alice Cooper | | 2:47 |
| 2 | Psycho Killer- additional engineer:
- Matt Cohen
- engineer:
- Ed Stasium
- executive producer:
- Karen Ahmed and Robin Hurley
- producer:
- Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn and Talking Heads
- bass guitar:
- Tina Weymouth (from 1976 until 1977)
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz (from 1976 until 1977)
- guitar:
- David Byrne (from 1976 until 1977) and Jerry Harrison (from 1976 until 1977)
- guitar and keyboard and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison (from 1976 until 1977)
- lead vocals:
- David Byrne (from 1976 until 1977)
- vocals:
- Jerry Harrison (from 1976 until 1977)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Inc. (in 1977)
- recorded at:
- Sundragon Studios in Flatiron District, New York, New York, United States (from 1976 until 1977)
- mixed at:
- Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 2005)
- samples from:
- Lexicon Valley #190, "Beyond the Five Ws" by John McWhorter
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 108)
- recording of:
- Psycho Killer (from 1976 until 1977)
- lyricist:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
- writer:
- David Byrne , Christopher Frantz and Martina Weymouth
- composer:
- David Byrne
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. , Index Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music
| Talking Heads | 3.85 | 4:21 |
| 3 | Halloween Parade | Lou Reed | | 3:33 |
| 4 | Right Place Wrong Time | Dr. John | | 2:55 |
| 5 | Hungry Like the Wolf | Duran Duran | 4.15 | 3:41 |
| 6 | I’m Your Boogie Man | KC & the Sunshine Band | | 4:02 |
| 7 | Devils’s Child | The Everly Brothers | | 2:38 |
| 8 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths | 4.4 | 4:05 |
| 9 | Too Shy | Kajagoogoo | | 3:42 |
| 10 | Hot Blooded | Foreigner | | 4:29 |
| 11 | Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon | 4.9 | 3:29 |
| 12 | Spooky | Percy Sledge | | 2:56 |
| 13 | Wolfman | The Bobby Fuller Four | | 2:48 |
| 14 | Witchy Woman | The Hollies | | 3:39 |
| 15 | I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) | The Electric Prunes | | 2:58 |
| 16 | Lost in the Shadows (from “The Lost Boys”) | Lou Gramm | | 6:37 |
| 17 | Kid | Pretenders | | 3:06 |
| 18 | Once in a Lifetime- additional engineer:
- Jack Nuber, John Potoker and Steven Stanley
- assistant engineer:
- Kendal Stubbs
- engineer:
- Dave Jerden
- producer:
- Brian Eno and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- David Byrne , Brian Eno, Dave Jerden and John Potoker
- bass:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar and lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- background vocals:
- Brian Eno and Nona Hendryx
- arranger:
- Talking Heads
- vocals arranger:
- David Byrne and Brian Eno
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1980)
- additionally recorded at:
- Eldorado Studios in Burbank, California, United States and Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recorded at:
- Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, Eldorado Studios in Burbank, California, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals)
- mixed at:
- Eldorado Studios in Burbank, California, United States
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 28), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 35) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 54)
- recording of:
- Once in a Lifetime
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co. , Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., E.G. Music Ltd. and Index Music
| Talking Heads | 4.4 | 4:20 |
| 19 | The Killing Moon | Echo & the Bunnymen | | 5:46 |
| 20 | It’s My Life | Talk Talk | 3.75 | 3:52 |
| 21 | Magic | The Cars | | 4:00 |
| 22 | Never Ending Story | Limahl | 3.35 | 3:30 |
| 23 | Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly | Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels | | 3:16 |
| 24 | Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now | The Smiths | | 3:36 |
| 25 | Major Tom (Coming Home) | Peter Schilling | 4.35 | 5:01 |
| 26 | Elegia | New Order | | 4:56 |
| 27 | Devil Woman | Cliff Richard | | 3:35 |
| 28 | Disorder (remix) | Joy Division | | 3:29 |
| 29 | Everyday Is Like Sunday | Morrissey | | 3:35 |
| 30 | Age of Consent | New Order | | 5:15 |
| 31 | This Charming Man | The Smiths | 3.75 | 2:43 |
| 32 | Feel Good Inc | Gorillaz | | 3:43 |
| 33 | Object of My Desire (edit) (remix) | Starpoint | | 3:57 |
| 34 | Marquee Moon | Television | | 10:38 |
| 35 | I Couldn’t Help It If I Tried | Dexys Midnight Runners | | 4:12 |
| 36 | Girls on Film | Duran Duran | 3.7 | 3:33 |
| 37 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | Foreigner | | 4:52 |
| 38 | Cry Wolf | a‐ha | | 4:07 |
| 39 | Break On Through (to the Other Side) | The Doors | | 2:26 |
| 40 | Heathens | twenty one pilots | 4.6 | 3:16 |
| 41 | Veronica | Elvis Costello | | 3:09 |
| 42 | Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely | Hüsker Dü | | 3:31 |
| 43 | Is It a Dream (7″ version) | Classix Nouveaux | | 3:39 |
| 44 | Only When You Leave | Spandau Ballet | | 5:01 |
| 45 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Talking Heads | | 4:56 |
| 46 | Golden Brown | The Stranglers | 4.4 | 3:27 |
| 47 | Shakin’ All Over | Johnny Kidd and the Pirates | | 2:21 |
| 48 | Riders on the Storm | The Doors | | 7:15 |
| 49 | Dracula, Pt. I | The Jimmy Castor Bunch | | 5:17 |
| 50 | One Way Ticket | The Darkness | | 4:26 |
| 51 | You’re Dead | Norma Tanega | | 2:23 |
| 52 | Cold as Ice | Foreigner | | 3:20 |
| 53 | Trouble’s Coming | Royal Blood | | 3:48 |
| 54 | Stressed Out | twenty one pilots | 4.45 | 3:22 |
| 55 | Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met…) | Panic! at the Disco | | 4:16 |