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"Psycho Killer" is the name of a ''. It was written by David Byrne with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth . The lyrics are supposed to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. According to the preliminary lyric sheets copied onto the 2006 remaster of ''Talking Heads: 77'', the song started off as a semi-narrative of the killer actually committing murders. Byrne has said of the song: The Bridge lyrics are in French and include the prominent chorus line, "''Qu'est-ce que c'est?''", which translates in English to "What is it?". The rest of the French lyrics are: ''Ce que j'ai fait ce soir-là'' ''Ce qu'elle a dit ce soir-là'' ''Réalisant mon espoir'' ''Je me lance vers la gloire... OK'' What I did, that evening What she said, that evening Fulfilling my hope Headlong I go for glory... OK The 1984 Talking Heads concert movie '' Stop Making Sense '' opens with Byrne alone onstage playing an Acoustic version of "Psycho Killer", backed only by recorded drums (from a TR-808 Drum Machine ) that appear to be playing on a tape player (they are actually played through the soundboard). INFLUENCE The song provoked a 1979 parody by Boston-area band The Fools {Link without Title} called "Psycho Chicken", featuring the chorus: :Psycho Chicken--what the fuck? :Bwak bwak bwak bwaaak bwak bwak bwak bwak bwaaak bwak {Link without Title} Rapper Ice-T says that "Psycho Killer" was a starting influence for Body Count 's controversial hit " Cop Killer ". It has been covered by bands like Brand New (only covered live during a show they played in montreal Jesse Lacey said "this is the only song I know with french lyrics"), Velvet Revolver , Blue Merle , Local H , Barenaked Ladies , Phish , Antiseen , Moxy Früvous , The Flying Pickets , Rico , The Binghamton Crosbys, The Hypertonics, Ray Boulay, The Faint , Bishop Allen , and even an Opera version by Kate Miller-Heidke . Psycho Killer is also the credit songs to the movie Behind the Mask and also contained in the Movie "Summer of Sam" EXTERNAL LINKS
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