Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ Tribute Album Makes Chart-Topping Debut

Everyone’s Getting Involved, the star-studded tribute album celebrating Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense concert film, debuts atop Billboard’s Compilation Albums chart (dated Aug. 10) thanks to the set’s arrival on CD and vinyl. The effort boasts acts such as Miley Cyrus, Lorde and Paramore covering songs performed by Talking Heads in its celebrated 1984 film Stop Making Sense.

First released as a digital download and via streaming services in May, Everyone’s Getting Involved arrives at No. 1 on the Compilation Albums tally after its July 26 release on CD and vinyl. Combined, all configurations of the album, digital and physical, sold a little over 2,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1 according to Luminate – with nearly all the sales from its CD and vinyl formats.

The Compilation Albums chart ranks the top-selling compilation albums of the week in the U.S., by traditional album sales.

A restored version of the Stop Making Sense film premiered on Sept. 11, 2023, at the Toronto International Film Festival before garnering a general theatrical release later that month. On Aug. 18, 2023, a remastered edition of the Stop Making Sense soundtrack was released, boasting the complete concert for the first time.

On Everyone’s Getting Involved, the cover songs are ordered in the same sequence as they are performed in the Stop Making Sense film. Among the tracks are “Psycho Killer” (covered by Miley Cyrus), “Heaven” (The National), “Burning Down the House” (Paramore), “Once In a Lifetime” (Kevin Abstract), “Genius of Love” (Toro y Moi featuring Brijean) and “Take Me to the River” (Lorde).

Meanwhile, Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense soundtrack returns to Billboard’s charts (dated Aug. 10) after it was repressed on vinyl on July 26 (nearly a year after its 2023 reissue). The set re-enters the Soundtracks chart at No. 8, Vinyl Albums at No. 7, Indie Store Album Sales at No. 3 and Top Album Sales at No. 16.