The answer: it's a tie. A tie between Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight" and... "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak. Sexy, mysterious, seductive, and quietly intense, "Wicked Game" is something of a modern musical classic. Its evocative and provocative harmony and lyrics are now iconic and near-legendary. "Wicked Game" made its film debut on the soundtrack of David Lynch's WILD AT HEART in 1991, but has since made appearances in many other films and TV shows. That's how hypnotic and memorable this song is.
There's another reason we've chosen "Wicked Game" as our Movie Music Track Of The Week: On July 24, the Italian pop opera band IL DIVO (composed of four very handsome and talented Italian men) will be playing live at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle - and their version of "Wicked Game" is the best one since Chris Isaak's original. In fact, IL DIVO's new album is also titled "Wicked Game". The only way this beautiful song could be made even lovelier is to sing it in Italian. You don't have to be psychic to figure out that we've got killer seats for the concert. Cannot wait. And cannot wait to hear their version of "Wicked Game" - live.
Without further ado, I present to you my # 1 favorite song of all time from WILD AT HEART's soundtrack: "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak.
And IL DIVO's equally sensual Italian version from their album "Wicked Game":
Please expect the movie reviews to resume posting after the Sounders vs. Chelsea international friendly on Wednesday night. Ciao ciao...
