| King's Lead Hat | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Brian Eno |
| Album: | Before and After Science |
| B-Side: | "R.A.F." (with Snatch) |
| Released: | (single remix) |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Brian Eno |
"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. The title is an anagram of "Talking Heads".[1] In 1978 a remixed version of the song was released as a single.
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).
"R.A.F.", a collaboration with Snatch, is a standalone track that uses samples of Baader-Meinhoff terrorists recorded from a German telephone announcement. R.A.F. stands for "Red Army Faction".[3]