Wild Wild Life

Album: True Stories (1986)
Charted: 43 25
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: David Byrne
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 5

  • Jim from Gold CoastIt took me a while to make the connections but I'm pretty sure it's about cannabis.
  • Joe from Grand Haven, MiGreat movie. Great soundtrack. Great song. Great (wild) life.
  • Nate Cole from WolvesAnother great song from a very underrated world class band
  • Jodie from XxThe song is about cocaine, just listen to the lyrics.
  • Kelly from Richmond, VaThis song was originally written for the movie "Something Wild," which was released the same year as the song with another Byrne song, "Loco de Amor" instead. The movie was made by Jonathan Demme, who directed "Stop Making Sense" two years earlier. If you listen to the lyrics of "Wild Wild Life" they are a perfect match to the movie. In the movie, a businessman, played by Jeff Daniels, takes a detour on his way to work to get some wild life with Melanie Griffith. The line "Check out Mr. Businessman, he bought some wild, wild life; On the way to the stock exchange..." makes a perfect plot summary for the movie.
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