Talking Heads
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Active since
- 1982
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 8 nummers, hoogste #81 (This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody))
- in the list since 1987, 13 years
- per song
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 46 1.5 a day KINK 37 1.2 a day KEXP 15 0.5 a day Studio Brussel 13 0.4 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 12 0.4 a day VRT Radio 1 6 0.2 a day egoFM 4 0.1 a day FluxFM 3 0.1 a day Since we track the stationWilly 1.110 1.6 a day since Dec 2024 KINK 1.072 1.0 a day since Nov 2023 KEXP 493 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 385 0.3 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 350 0.5 a day since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 78 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 9 0.1 a day since Sep 2026 Joe 5 0.0 a day since May 2026
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | 1983 | 7 (2019–2025) | #81 | #59 (2024) | #280 (2019) |
| Once in a Lifetime | 1980 | 13 (1987–2025) | #326 | #62 (1987) | #369 (2019) |
| Psycho Killer | 1977 | 11 (1987–2025) | #414 | #38 (1987) | #476 (2019) |
| Burning Down the House | 1983 | 6 (2020–2025) | #457 | #457 (2025) | #711 (2022) |
| Slippery People | 1983 | 8 (1987–2025) | #542 | #47 (1988) | #921 (2022) |
| Road to Nowhere | 1985 | 6 (2020–2025) | #564 | #564 (2025) | #1063 (2020) |
| Heaven | 1979 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1119 | #1119 (2025) | #1683 (2022) |
| Take Me to the River | 1978 | 4 (2021–2025) | #1397 | #1397 (2025) | #1856 (2023) |
| And She Was | 1985 | 1 (2024) | – | #616 (2024) | #616 (2024) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live | 2026 | #107 (1 wk) | – | – |
| More Songs About Buildings And Food | 2025 | #175 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Talking Heads: 77 | 2024 | #157 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Stop Making Sense | 2023 | #29 (7 wk) | #2 (31 wk) | – |
| The Best Of | 2004 | #96 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of | 1992 | – | #66 (5 wk) | – |
| Naked | 1988 | – | #13 (12 wk) | – |
| True Stories | 1986 | – | #16 (6 wk) | – |
| Little Creatures | 1985 | – | #4 (38 wk) | – |
| Speaking In Tongues | 1983 | – | #14 (10 wk) | – |
| The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads | 1982 | – | #38 (2 wk) | – |
| Remain In Light | 1981 | – | #22 (3 wk) | – |
How popular is Talking Heads compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
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Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Road To Nowhere 4 · Slippery People 1 |
| KINK | Netherlands | Once In A Lifetime 7 · Slippery People 7 · Psycho Killer 5 · And She Was 3 · Road To Nowhere 2 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Once In A Lifetime 51 · Psycho Killer 46 · Burning Down The House 42 · This Must Be The Place 36 · Slippery People 16 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Slippery People 2 · Life During Wartime 1 · And She Was 1 · Radio Head 1 · Once In A Lifetime 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Road To Nowhere 154 · Once In A Lifetime 150 · Burning Down The House 146 · Slippery People 143 · Psycho Killer 139 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Once In A Lifetime 1 · Girlfriend Is Better 1 · Wild Wild Life 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | And She Was 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Psycho Killer 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Once In A Lifetime 1 |
| KEXP | United States | This Must Be The Place 25 · Burning Down The House 19 · Once In A Lifetime 19 · Psycho Killer 17 · Life During Wartime 15 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | Road To Nowhere 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Road To Nowhere 1 · Once In A Lifetime 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Psycho Killer 1 |