"King's Lead Hat" is a song written by Brian Eno, released in 1977 as the fifth track from his album Before and After Science.
Rock critic Lester Bangs described the song "King's Lead Hat" as a track that emphasises "Eno's affinities with new wave in its rushed mechanical rhythms".
[2] Eno would later produce Talking Heads' second, third and fourth albums, including Remain in Light (1980).
Guitarist Robert Fripp, a frequent collaborator with Eno, performs a solo on the track.
", a collaboration with Snatch, is a non-album track that uses samples of Baader-Meinhoff terrorists recorded from a German telephone announcement.