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"Wicked Game" is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak, released from his third album, Heart Shaped World (1989). Released as a single in July 1989, it became a sleeper hit after being featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart , starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern .
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) [2] [3] is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. Noted for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range, he is popularly known for his breakthrough hit and signature song "Wicked Game"; as well as international hits such as "Blue Hotel", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", and "Somebody's Crying".
When Heart Shaped World was released in the summer of 1989, it was on the Billboard 200 for ten weeks, peaking at number 149; but in October 1990, after Lee Chesnut, music director of WAPW in Atlanta, played the song "Wicked Game" repeatedly over two weeks after hearing an instrumental version on the soundtrack from the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart.
In this excerpt from his new biography of Wilsey, author Michael Goldberg charts the way "Wicked Game" became an iconic hit — and how it both transformed and wrecked the lead guitarist behind it
Wicked Game is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Chris Isaak, released in 1991 by WEA on the Reprise Records label in the UK, Europe and Australia. The record contains 11 songs from his first three albums .
The sequel, Wicked: For Good, will hit theaters on Nov. 21, 2025 — and Erivo confirmed in addition to Elphaba's new song, the sequel will also feature another original song that will primarily ...
"Wicked Games" is the debut single by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, and serves as the fifth track from his debut mixtape, House of Balloons (2011). It was written by the Weeknd, Doc McKinney , and Illangelo with the latter two producing.
“Wicked,” based on a stage musical (deep breath) that premiered in 2003, which was based on a novel published in 1995, that was based on a movie released in 1939, that was based on a novel ...