Ragazzo + Ragazza = ♂❤♀: Chris Isaak ~ Wicked Game (1998)

"Wicked Game" is a 1989 song by Chris Isaak from his third studio album Heart Shaped World. It is written in the mode of B Dorian. Despite being released as a single in 1989, it did not become a hit until it was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who was obsessed with David Lynch films, began playing the song and it quickly became a nationwide top ten hit in January 1991, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the only hit song of his career in the U.S. James Calvin Wilsey played the distinctive lead guitar solo on the song.

Through several years, many different versions and arrangements of the song were made before the final version was released. Both the bassline and drums (except the cymbals) were sampled from previous recordings of the song and then looped.

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak | Format: Audio CD

Audio CD (May 31, 1999)

Compilation album by Chris Isaak

Original Release Date: 1991, America

Recorded: 1991

Genre: Rock, Rock n' roll, Roots rock, rockabilly, surf rock, Dream

Label: Reprise | Warner Bros.

© Reprise Records

© Warner Bros. Records.

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Track listing:

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1 "Wicked Game" |4:49

2 "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" |3:53

3 "Blue Spanish Sky" |3:57

4 "Heart Shaped World" |3:28

5 "Heart Full of Soul" |3:20

Written by Graham Gouldman

6 "Funeral in the Rain" |3:22

7 "Blue Hotel" |3:13

8 "Dancin" |3:45

9 "Nothing's Changed" |4:07

10 "Voodoo" |2:42

11 "Lie to Me" |4:14

12 "Wicked Game" (Instrumental) |4:47

Total Time: 45:49

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All tracks written by Chris Isaak, except where noted.

Wicked Game is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Chris Isaak, released in 1991 by WEA International Inc. on the Reprise Records label in the UK, Europe and Australia. The record contains 11 songs from his first three albums.

1991 release on Reprise featuring 12 of the best tracks fromhis first three albums, including his top 10 1990 hit 'Wicked Game' and an instrumental version of it that is exclusive to this release. Also includes his cover of the Yardbirds' 'Heart Full Of Soul' and early faves like 'You Owe Me Some Kind Of Love', 'Blue Spanish Sky', 'Heart ShapedWorld', 'Blue Hotel', 'Nothing's Changed' and 'Voodoo'.

Music videos!

Chris Isaak ~ Blue Hotel '87

Chris Isaak ~ Wicked Game '89

The music video of the song was directed by Herb Ritts, shot in Hawaii and featured top model Helena Christensen rolling and frolicking on the beach with Isaak. It was filmed in black and white. Christensen was topless and Isaak was shirtless through most of the video, although clever camera angles concealed any actual nudity. Viewers still reacted to Christensen's sexually suggestive performance, and the video was later featured on MTV's Sexiest Video of All-Time countdown.
The video won the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video, Best Cinematography and Best Video from a Film. A previous version of the video was commissioned for the Wild at Heart soundtrack, and was directed by David Lynch.

The video was ranked #13 on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos and was also ranked #4 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Video Moments. The video was ranked #73 on Rolling Stone magazine's "The 100 Top Music Videos". The video ranked #1 on Fuse's "40 Sexiest Videos" in 2010.

Chris Isaak

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak was born on June 26, 1956, is an American rock musician and occasional actor. Isaak was born in Stockton, California, the son of Dorothy (née Vignolo), a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak, a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa. Isaak's father is German American. Isaak signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone. The tracks "Gone Ridin'" and "Livin' for Your Lover", from this album, were featured in David Lynch's cult classic Blue Velvet. Isaak's second self-titled album Chris Isaak was photographed by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label. His best-known song is "Wicked Game". Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart.

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Lyrics!

♫ Blue Hotel ♫
Written by Chris Isaak

Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.

Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.
I wait alone each lonely night.
Blue Hotel...
Blue Hotel...

Blue Hotel, every room is lonely,
Blue Hotel, I was waiting only.
The night is like her lonely dream.
Blue Hotel...
Blue Hotel...

Blue Hotel, on a lonely highway,
Blue Hotel, life don't work out my way.
I wait alone each lonely night.
Blue Hotel...
Blue Hotel...

♫ Wicked Game ♫
Written by Chris Isaak

The world was on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't want to fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you

What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
And I don't wanna fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)
And I don't want to fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)

World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No I don't wanna fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)
No I don't wanna fall in love
(This love is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you