Paramore and David Byrne Announce Collaborative Record Store Day Release

Paramore and David Byrne are joining forces for a special collaborative release available exclusively on Record Store Day 2024.

The 12-inch pressing will be sold only at participating record stores on April 20th. The A-side will feature Byrne’s new cover of Paramore’s “Hard Times,” while the B-Side will contain Paramore’s rendition of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House.”

In a tweet announcing the release, Byrne said, “[Paramore] told me that their song ‘Hard Times’ was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section. This was fun!”

Paramore singer Hayley Williams previously teased Byrne’s cover, saying: “All I’m going to say is it’s fucking insane. It’s incredible. It’s unreal.”

As Record Store Day’s 2024 Ambassadors, Paramore are also putting out a RSD-exclusive vinyl pressing of their recent remix album, Re: This is Why. Meanwhile, Talking Heads are releasing their complete 1977 radio performance for WCOZ for the first time.

Paramore’s cover of “Burning Down the House” also appears on A24’s upcoming Talking Heads’ tribute album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense.

See our list of the 30 must-have releases available for Record Store Day 2024.

The band told me that their song Hard Times was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section. This was fun! The 12″ is available on Record Store Day 2024 -More info and a store near you at https://t.co/sFcvL4wQuR https://t.co/CS7Wpme3F1 pic.twitter.com/3WdUfsVTT1

— David Byrne (@DBtodomundo) March 5, 2024