Wild Wild Life
E497185
"Wild Wild Life" is a 1986 new wave song by Talking Heads, known for its playful lyrics, catchy rhythm, and a music video featuring the band and others lip-syncing in a variety of humorous personas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wild Wild Life canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | True Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | People Like Us NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 25 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSDanceClubSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSMainstreamRock | 10 ⓘ |
| composer | David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBySingle | Love for Sale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | “Wild, wild life” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
catchy rhythm
ⓘ
playful lyrics ⓘ |
| hasTempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | True Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFromBandAlbumNumber | 7 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:40 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoFeature | lip-sync performances ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle | humorous personas ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | True Stories (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Road to Nowhere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Eric Thorngren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EMI
ⓘ
Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1986-08-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitars ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| writer | David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
True Stories