Don’t Worry About the Government

~ Recording by Talking Heads

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1977-09-16
Sire RecordsSR 6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records7222 102
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsTalking Heads ’77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records456647
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Philips6370 813
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsM5 6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government?:??Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsM5-6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
PhilipsRJ-7321
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsSR 6036 NP
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire RecordsQSR 6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records9103 328
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)56647
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records7599-27423-2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US1989-01-20
Sire Records6036-2
1.6Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: 1976–1992 Sand in the Vaseline (club edition)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-12
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)9 26760-2, D2014141-1
1.6Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1992-10-12
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0777 7 80466 2 2, CDEQ 5010
1.6Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records9 26760-2
1.6Don't Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the Vaseline (Columbia House Club release)Talking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records, Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)W2 26760
1.6Don't Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
Sire RecordsW2 26760
1.4Don’t Worry About the Government3:01Talking HeadsOnce in a LifetimeTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-11-17
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)5953970, R2 73934
1.4Don’t Worry About the Government3:01Talking HeadsOnce in a LifetimeTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-11-18
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73934
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking HeadsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-10-04
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74722
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US2006-01-10
Rhino (reissue label)R2 76449
2.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US2006-01-10
Rhino (reissue label)R2 76449
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (deluxe version)Talking HeadsAlbum
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)R2 76449
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:01Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • JP2006-02-22
Sire RecordsWPCR-75151
2.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records8122 73297 2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Sire Records8122 73297 2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • GB2008-01-13
Rhino (reissue label)
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
  • US2009-04-18
Sire RecordsR1 6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (deluxe version)Talking HeadsAlbum
  • XW2014-12-25
Sire Records
1.6Don't Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsPopular Favorites: Sand in the VaselineTalking HeadsAlbum + CompilationCD 26760
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (invalid barcode)Talking HeadsAlbumSire Records7599-27423-2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (mid‐price re‐issue, circa mid‐1980s)Talking HeadsAlbumSire Records56 647, SIR K 56 647, SR 6036
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77 (made in Japan)Talking HeadsAlbumSire Records6036-2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbumSire Records256 647, 6036-2
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbumWarner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)
1.8Don’t Worry About the Government3:02Talking HeadsTalking Heads: 77Talking HeadsAlbumSire Records075992742320
Promotion
1.4Don’t Worry About the Government3:00Talking HeadsNew Wave Rock ’n’ RollDead Boys / Talking Heads / The Saints / Richard Hell & the VoidoidsEP + Compilation
Sire RecordsPRO 696

Relationships

engineer:Ed Stasium (US record producer & audio engineer)
producer:Tony Bongiovi
Lance Quinn
Talking Heads
lead vocals:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sire Records Inc. (in 1977)
recorded at:Sundragon Studios in Flatiron District, New York, New York, United States (from 1976 until 1977)
recording of:Don’t Worry About the Government (from 1976 until 1977)

Don’t Worry About the Government

lyricist and composer:David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)