Song · Talking Heads
“Pulled Up” by Talking Heads
From the album Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
“Pulled Up” by Talking Heads appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1977 on the album Talking Heads: 77. Its best result is #340 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,881 alternative song of all time.
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"Pulled Up" comes from Talking Heads: 77, the debut Sire put out in September 1977, cut that April at Sundragon Studios in New York. David Byrne wrote it alone, words and music, and sings it, and Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn produced it with the band, with Ed Stasium engineering.
Getting to that record took a while. Labels had been sniffing around since the band's early days as a trio in 1975, when Columbia's Mark Spector caught them at CBGB and asked for a demo, and a session for Beserkley left them with a tape they decided wasn't good enough yet.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 340 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 2001 | 1563 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 1169 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1142 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2022 | 680 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2026 | 1116 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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