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{{short description|1977 single by Talking Heads}}
{{primary sources|date=June 2009}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Love → Building on Fire
| cover = Love Goes to Building On Fire.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = [[Talking Heads]]
| albumB-side =[[Talking Heads: 77]] (Bonus= TrackNew Version)Feeling
| B-sidereleased = NewFebruary Feeling1977
| releasedrecorded = February = 1977
| studio = Sundragon (New York City)
| recorded = 1977
| studiogenre = Sundragon Studios in = [[New Yorkwave Citymusic|NYCNew wave]]
| genrelength = [[New wave music|New= wave]]2:57
| lengthlabel = 2:57[[Sire Records|Sire]]
| labelwriter = [[SireDavid Records|SireByrne]]
| writerproducer = [[David Byrne]]=
| producer =* [[Tony Bongiovi]],
* [[Tom Erdelyi]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town]]
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{youtubeYouTube|9IDfzjC5hsI|"Love → Building on Fire" (2004 Remaster)}}}}
}}
 
"'''Love → Building on Fire'''" (read as "'''Love Goes to Building on Fire'''") is a song by rock band [[Talking Heads]], released as a single in 1977. The single preceded the band's [[Talking Heads: 77|debut album]] by seven months, and was recorded before keyboardist and guitarist [[Jerry Harrison]] joined the band. As the single was the first piece of music released commercially by the band, its release iswas cited as a milestone in the band's history in its [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] entry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talking Heads|url=https://rockhall.com/inductees/talking-heads/timeline/|workarchive-url=Rockhallhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100509210310/https://rockhall.com/inductees/talking-heads/timeline/ |archive-date=2010-05-09 }}</ref>
 
The song did not appear on any of the band's original studio albums, though it was later included on their 1992 compilation album ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites]]'', on their 2003 [[box set]] ''[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads_album)|Once in a Lifetime]]'', and as a bonus track on a reissue of ''[[Talking Heads: 77]]''. A live recording of the song is featured on their live album ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''.
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*[[David Byrne]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Chris Frantz]] – drums, [[steel pan]],<ref>Hermes, W, 2011. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever. 1st ed. U.S.A: Faber & Faber Ltd.</ref><ref>Diver, M, BBC. 2012. Talking Heads Remain in Light Review. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bcnv/. [Accessed March 10, 2017].</ref>
*[[Tina Weymouth]] – bass guitar
 
The original recorded version was produced by [[Tony Bongiovi]] and mastered by [[Ted Jensen]]. The horns in the song were arranged by Brad Baker and Lance Quinn. Mastered by [[Ted Jensen]].
 
==Artistic impressions of the song==
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