| "I Go Wild" | ||||
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| Single bythe Rolling Stones | ||||
| from the albumVoodoo Lounge | ||||
| Released | 3 April 1995 (1995-04-03) | |||
| Recorded | July–August, November–December 1993 | |||
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| Length | 4:23 | |||
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| Songwriter | Jagger/Richards | |||
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"I Go Wild" is a song by English rock bandthe Rolling Stones from their 1994 studio album,Voodoo Lounge. Credited toMick Jagger andKeith Richards, "I Go Wild" is largely a Jagger composition.[1] "I Go Wild" was released as the fourth and final single fromVoodoo Lounge. Following its UK release on 3 July 1995, it reached number 29 on theUK Singles Chart.
A music video for the song was shot at Ex-templo de San Lázaro inMexico City immediately before the Stones' 14-stadium tour of South America. The song was performed throughout the 1994–1995Voodoo Lounge Tour;[1] a live version from 1994 appeared on the maxi-single, and a 1995 live performance was released in 2016 onTotally Stripped.
On its creation, Jagger said in 1994, "'I Go Wild', I suppose, is the one I play (guitar) on most. I mean, I just created it on guitar with Charlie [Watts], as a groove. And we more or less had the whole song down before we took it to anyone else."[1] On the song overall, Jagger said, "I like that song. I really got into the lyrics on that one. One of the wordy ones."
A straightforward rock song, "I Go Wild"'s lyrics tell of the singer's relationship with an unnamed "femme fatale";
And the doctor says you'll be okay, And if you'd only stay away; From femme fatales and dirty bitches, And daylight drabs and nighttime witches, And working girls and blue stockings, And dance hall babes and body poppers,
And waitresses with broken noses, Checkout girls striking poses,
And politicians' garish wives, With alcoholic cunts like knives
I go wild when you're in my face; I go wild when I taste your taste;
I go wild and I go insane; I get sick - somebody stop this pain
"I Go Wild" was recorded between July and August 1993 and between November and December 1993 at Sandymount Studios, Ireland andA&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles.[1] With Jagger on lead vocals and electric guitar, Richards andRon Wood accompany him on electric guitars.Charlie Watts performs drums whileDarryl Jones performs bass.Chuck Leavell performs the song's organ while Phil Jones incorporate percussion. Jagger, Richards, Bernard Fowler, andIvan Neville perform backing vocals.[2]
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| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 57 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 44 |
| Germany (GfK)[5] | 61 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 48 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 29 |
| USMainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] | 20 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref(s). |
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| Australia | 3 April 1995 |
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| Japan | 17 May 1995 |
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| United Kingdom | 3 July 1995 |
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