Written by vocalist David Byrne and co-produced by Brian Eno, it is the opening track on the band's second studio album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, released on July 14, 1978, by Sire Records.
[2] In 1975 Talking Heads recorded an early demo version of "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" at CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City.
[4] In 2004 British author and journalist Ian Gittins wrote the following: Frantic and fervent, the song positively gallops towards the listener, powered by the kind of giddy-up percussive urgency that would later be used to such telling effect on "Road to Nowhere".
Chris Frantz's drums sear scorch marks around the studio, and are even more effective in conjunction with some distinctly panic-stricken keyboards and Byrne's feral-sounding startled howls.
A performance of the song at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre in December 1983 is featured in the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Stop Making Sense (1984),[7] as well as the 1999 re-release of the live album of the same name.