"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. Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began playing the song, and it quickly became an American top-10 hit in January 1991, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
Internationally, the single became a number-one hit in Belgium and reached the top 10 in several other nations.
"Wicked Game" has been covered by many other artists and been featured in numerous movies and television series and advertisements, so much so that Dazed magazine questioned whether it might be the most influential love song in modern music.
It has subsequently received retrospective critical acclaim, being listed in the 2010 book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and noted by Dave Marsh in an updated edition of his 1989 book The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.
We were on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you
What a wicked game to 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 wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
And I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
And I wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
And I wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you
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We were on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you
What a wicked game to 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 wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
And I don't want to fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
And I wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
And I wanna fall in love
(This girl is only gonna break your heart)
With you
With you