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"Girlfriend Is Better" is a 1984 song by new wave band Talking Heads, from their fifth studio album Speaking in Tongues. The song's single version was a live version, recorded at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, from the soundtrack of their 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, named for a lyric from the song.

"Girlfriend Is Better (Live)"
UK vinyl edition
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Speaking in Tongues
B-side	"Once in a Lifetime"
Released	1984
Recorded	December 1983
Venue	Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
Genre	New wave, funk
Length	3:32
Label	Sire/Warner Bros
Songwriter(s)	David Byrne
Producer(s)	Talking Heads
Talking Heads singles chronology
"Slippery People (Live)" (1984) "Girlfriend Is Better (Live)" (1984) "The Lady Don't Mind" (1985)

Rolling Stone's David Fricke described the song: "On the surface, 'Girlfriend Is Better' is a brassy, straightforward bump number sparked by Byrne's animated bragging ... and by the kind of rapid, zizagging synth squeals so common on rap and funk records. But the edgy paranoia smoldering underneath ... is colorfully articulated by guitar and percussion figures that burble along in a fatback echo, sounding like a sink backing up."[1]

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[2]	59
New Zealand Singles Chart[3]	21
UK Singles Chart[4]	99

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