Sappy Song Department
“Wicked Game” by Chris Isaac (1989)
Chris got his break when an Atlanta radio station host, obsessed with David Lynch movies started playing the vocal track of “Wicked Game” from the soundtrack of “Wild at Heart”. I remember seeing the movie and not being very impressed. Slowly the requests built for the song and by early 1991 it was a top-ten hit.
In 1991 a compilation of previous songs was put out to capitalize on Chris new found success. It included the mournful “Blue Spanish Sky”, “Wrong to Love You”, and of course “Wicked Game”.
There is a twang of country and rockabilly on his albums and that continued with 1993’s “San Francisco Days”. This band often reminds me of Canada’s ‘Blue Rodeo’, but with flamenco flair.
