Wicked Game

"Wicked Game" is a song that was originally introduced by Chris Isaak in 1989. It can be found on his Heart Shaped World album.

Related Topics:
Chris Isaak - 1989 - Heart Shaped World

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The "wicked game" is played by a woman who appears to have tricked the singer into loving her: "What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way / What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you".

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The song also featured top model Helena Christensen rolling on the beach with Isaak.

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http://chrisisaak.online.fr/english/us-screencaps-wg.htm

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The Finnish band HIM remade this song, first using it in their demo, then their EP , then another recording on their first album Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666, and lastly on their the British and American versions of their sophmore album Razorblade Romance. The last recording they made of it then reappeared on their compilation album And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004. With "Wicked Game" on their EP and first album, HIM gained quite a bit of fame in their native Finland. HIM frontman/singer/songwriter Ville Valo had this to say about "Wicked Game": "I went to Pasila's library and borrowed the soundtrack-vinyl of Wild At Heart and recorded it on tape. So with Linde we tried to 'learn' the song from the tape. It was kind of funny, that we learnt the song a bit wrong. We didn't hear the guitar parts well enough from that 'bad quality' tape. We also heard the lyrics wrong, and when the song was later recorded to our first EP, there were a few funny mistakes in the lyrics."

Related Topics:
Finnish - HIM - Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666 - British - American - Razorblade Romance - And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 - Ville Valo

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The video artist Pipilotti Rist also recorded a version of this song and made a video shot in the interior of a european cafe.

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