Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"

Chris Isaak packed yearning, angst, and conflict -- not to mention an incredible bassline -- into "Wicked Game".  I remember first hearing this song in commercials for the soap opera Days of Our Lives in the mid-90s, but the tune was originally released in 1990.  Isaak can credit David Lynch, who used it in his film Wild at Heart, for helping launch the song on the radio and ultimately landing in the Top 10 in 1991.  Wild at Heart never went on to greatness, but the other project he was working on at the time did -- that project was Twin Peaks.