| # | Title | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Burning Down the House- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino, Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin (task: final overdubs)
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne
- bass synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set) and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- guest percussion:
- Steve Scales
- guest synthesizer:
- Wally Badarou
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- background vocals:
- Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recorded at:
- Blank Tapes in New York, New York, United States, Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 29) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 29)
- recording of:
- Burning Down the House
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc., Index Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| 4:02 |
| 2 | Making Flippy Floppy | 5:54 |
| 3 | Girlfriend Is Better- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino, Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
- bass guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- Brian Eno and Tina Weymouth
- double bass, guitar and synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- guitar:
- Adrian Belew
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- keyboard, membranophone and percussion and membranophone and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- percussion:
- Robert Palmer and José Rossy
- synthesizer:
- Bernie Worrell
- background vocals:
- Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Nona Hendryx and Tina Weymouth
- lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recording of:
- Girlfriend Is Better
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
| 5:43 |
| 4 | Slippery People | 5:06 |
| 5 | I Get Wild/Wild Gravity | 5:17 |
| 6 | Swamp | 5:13 |
| 7 | Moon Rocks | 5:46 |
| 8 | Pull Up the Roots | 5:10 |
| 9 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | 5:04 |
| 10 | Two Note Swivel (Unfinished outtake) | 5:52 |
| 11 | Burning Down the House (alternate version) | 5:10 |
