Songs written by Chris Frantz&nbsp;&nbsp;

02/1978

Psycho Killer by Talking Heads

from Talking Heads: 77

92
US

[Sire 1013]
written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

11/1979

Life During Wartime by Talking Heads

from Fear of Music

80
US

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

10/1980

Crosseyed and Painless by Talking Heads

from Remain in Light

20
dance

charted as Cross Eyed and Painless / Born Under Punches / Once in a Lifetime in US dance charts
written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz

10/1980

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads

from Remain in Light

103
US

20
dance

14
UK

charted as Cross Eyed and Painless / Born Under Punches / Once in a Lifetime in US dance charts
[Sire 49649]
written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz

05/1981

Houses in Motion (Remix) by Talking Heads

from Remain in Light

50
UK

written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

06/1981

③ Wordy Rappinghood by Tom Tom Club

from Tom Tom Club

135

105
US

✫1
dance

7
UK

[songwriter #3 hit]
charted as Wordy Rappinghood / Genius of Love in US dance charts [novelty]
[Sire 50067]
written by Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah "Sticky" Thompson

09/1981

⑤ Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club

from Tom Tom Club

31
US

✫1
dance

2
R&B

65
UK

[songwriter #5 hit]
charted as Wordy Rappinghood / Genius of Love in US dance charts
[Sire 49882]
written by Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah "Sticky" Thompson

02/1982

It's Nasty (Genius of Love) by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from The Message

22
R&B

[Sugar Hill 775]
written by Chris Frantz

07/1983

Speaking in Tongues (all cuts) by Talking Heads

from Speaking in Tongues

2
dance

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

10.

07/1983

④ Burning Down the House by Talking Heads

from Speaking in Tongues

9
US

6
rock

[songwriter #4 hit]
[Sire 29565]
written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

11.

08/1983

The Man with the 4-Way Hips by Tom Tom Club

from Close to the Bone

106
US

4
dance

82
UK

[Sire 29549]
written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz

, Alex Weir, Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Raymond Jones, Rupert Hine, Steve Scales, Lani Weymouth & Laura Weymouth

12.

11/1983

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads

from Speaking in Tongues

62
US

51
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

13.

12/1983

Pleasure of Love by Tom Tom Club

from Close to the Bone

23
dance

[Warner 29437 (Sire)]
written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz

, Alex Weir, Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Raymond Jones, Rupert Hine, Steve Scales, Lani Weymouth & Laura Weymouth

The Staple Singers

14.

09/1984

Slippery People by The Staple Singers

from Turning Point

109
US

4
dance

22
R&B

78
UK

[Private I 04583]
written by Chris Frantz

, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth

15.

10/1984

Slippery People by Talking Heads

from Speaking in Tongues

68
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

16.

06/1985

The Lady Don't Mind by Talking Heads

from Little Creatures

81
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

17.

04/1986

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads

from Stop Making Sense

91
US

[R]
[live]
written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz

18.

06/1986

This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads

from Stop Making Sense

100
UK

[R]
[live]
written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

19.

03/1988

(Nothing But) Flowers by Talking Heads

from Naked

5
rock

79
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

20.

05/1988

Blind by Talking Heads

from Naked

39
rock

59
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

21.

10/1988

Don't Say No by Tom Tom Club

from Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom

79
UK

written by Tina Weymouth & Chris Frantz

22.

10/1988

Lifetime Piling Up by Talking Heads

from Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites

11
alt.

50
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

D.J. Chuck Chillout / Kool Chip

Sugar Bears

23.

12/1988

Don't Scandalize Mine by Sugar Bears

77
UK

written by Ray Davis, Theodore Jackson, David Byrne (sample), Brian Eno (sample), Chris Frantz (sample)

, Jerry Harrison (sample) & Tina Weymouth (sample)

24.

01/1989

Don't Scandalize Mine by Sugar Bears

80
UK

[R]
written by Ray Davis, Theodore Jackson, David Byrne (sample), Brian Eno (sample), Chris Frantz (sample)

, Jerry Harrison (sample) & Tina Weymouth (sample)

25.

04/1989

Rhythm Is the Master by D.J. Chuck Chillout / Kool Chip

10
dance

written by D.J. Chuck Chillout (as Charles Turner), Kool Chip (as Jack Blakney), David Byrne (sample), Brian Eno (sample), Chris Frantz (sample)

, Jerry Harrison (sample) & Tina Weymouth (sample)

26.

04/1989

Suboceana by Tom Tom Club

from Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom

4
dance

10
alt.

written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz

& Laura Weymouth

27.

06/1992

Sunshine and Ecstacy by Tom Tom Club

from Dark Sneak Love Action

9
dance

15
alt.

written by Chris Frantz

, Bruce Martin, Mark Roule & Tina Weymouth

1 of the Girls

28.

06/1993

Do Da What by 1 of the Girls

from 1 of the Girls

74
US

38
R&B

[EastWest 98419]
written by Nina Creque, LaShawn Sykes, Marvelous Miles, Rae-Deon Kirkland, Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth & Gerald Levert

Mariah Carey

29.

09/1995

① Fantasy by Mariah Carey

from Daydream

425

✫1
US

8
AC

✫1
dance

✫1
R&B

4
UK

[songwriter #1 hit]
second song in hot 100 history to debut at #1
[Columbia 78043]
written by Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew & Steven Stanley

The Heads

30.

11/1996

Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness by The Heads

from No Talking, Just Head

60
UK

with Shaun Ryder
written by Shaun Ryder, Chris Frantz

, Jerry Harrison, Blast Murray & Tina Weymouth

Phoebe One

31.

08/1998

Once in a Lifetime by Phoebe One

from L.O.N.D.O.N. Style

137
UK

[R]
written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Brian Eno & Phoebe One

Memphis Bleek & Jay-Z

32.

08/1998

It's Alright by Memphis Bleek & Jay-Z

from Streets Is Watching: Soundtrack

61
US

32
R&B

[Roc-A-Fella 566210]
written by Jay-Z (as Shawn Carter), Damon Dash, Imsomie Leeper, David Byrne (sample), Brian Eno (sample), Jerry Harrison (sample), Tina Weymouth (sample) & Chris Frantz (sample)

33.

11/2001

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads

109
UK

[rm]
written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz

Rico

34.

11/2004

Psychokiller by Rico

from Violent Silences

173
UK

written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz

Dolly Rockers

35.

09/2009

Gold Digger by Dolly Rockers

46
UK

written by Kid Creole (as August Darnell), Chris Frantz

, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley, Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler, John Pickering, David King [songwriter], Brooke Challinor, Sophie King & Lucie Kay

Selena Gomez

36.

06/2017

Bad Liar by Selena Gomez

20
US

21
UK

[Interscope]
written by Selena Gomez, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Byrne, Chris Frantz