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((More citations needed|date=December 2009))
((Infobox song
| name       = Wild Wild Life
| cover      = Wild_Wild_Life.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Talking Heads]]
| album      = [[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]
| released   = August 1986<ref>((cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/808/|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=809 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles ))</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
* [[New wave music|New wave]]
* [[synth-rock]]<ref>((cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=Talking Heads - Talking Heads Brick |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8267-talking-heads-brick/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=16 February 2019))</ref>
| length     =
* 3:39 (album version)
* 5:30 (extended version)
| label      = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| writer     = [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]
| producer   =
* [[Andy Zax]]
* Talking Heads
| prev_title = [[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime (Live)]]
| prev_year  = 1986
| next_title = Love for Sale
| next_year  = 1986
| misc       = ((External music video|header=Official video|((YouTube|616-QGQyx-I|"Wild Wild Life"))))
))
"'''Wild Wild Life'''" is a song by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Talking Heads]], released as the lead single from their seventh [[studio album]] ''[[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]''. It was the band's third and last top 40 hit on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

==Critical reception==
''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' called it "quirky and typically fun."<ref name=cb>((cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-08-23.pdf|date=August 23, 1986|accessdate=2022-08-04|page=11))</ref>  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that Talking Heads "put a minimal post-new wave accompaniment to a bouncy singalong tune."<ref>((cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=August 23, 1986|accessdate=2022-08-04|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews))</ref>

==Music video==
The video for the song won "Best Group Video" at the [[MTV]] [[Video Music Awards]] in 1987. Taken from the film ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]'', with some additional content, it includes band member [[Jerry Harrison]] parodying [[Billy Idol]], [[Kid Creole]], [[Ralph Macchio]]'s character in ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. "My favorite T. Heads video, the most fun to make," Harrison recalled in the [[liner notes]] of ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]''. "I always wondered what Prince thought of it." The rest of the band also appears in various costumes.

The video is set in a 1960s ambienced [[cabaret]] bar, where a frantic series of unannounced performers [[lip sync]] to the song, imitating such singers as [[Madonna]] and [[Prince]] as disjointed images play across a wall of video screens behind them. Byrne wrote about this scene:
<blockquote>
The song itself becomes a vehicle that can say anything they want it to. Some gestures and movements are obviously derived from well-known sources: television shows ... movies ... and, most recently, rock videos. Odd to think that some lip-synchers are imitating characters in videos, who are really musicians imitating other characters.<ref>((cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBvphBClPGAC&q=%22Wild+Wild+Life%22+Sytze+Steenstra&pg=PA122 |title=Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to the Present |author=Sytze Steenstra |publisher=A&C Black |year=2010 |page=112|isbn=9780826441683 ))</ref>
</blockquote>

Actor [[John Goodman]], prior to his fame in the sitcom ''[[Roseanne]]'', appeared in both the film and MTV versions of the video. Goodman was also featured on the B-side's "People Like Us", a song that also appeared in the film.

== Track listing ==
=== 7-inch single ===
((Track listing
| headline        = 
| title1          = Wild Wild Life
| length1         = 3:39
| title2          = People Like Us
| note2           = movie version
| length2         = 4:23
))

=== 12-inch single ===
((Track listing
| headline        = 
| title1          = Wild Wild Life
| note1           = extended mix
| length1         = 5:30
| title2          = Wild Wild Life
| length2         = 3:39
| title3          = People Like Us
| note3           = movie version
| length3         = 4:23
))

* Vocals on "People Like Us" (movie version) by [[John Goodman]]

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Wild Wild Life"
! Chart (1986)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>((Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6 ))</ref>
|13
|-
! scope="row"| [[MegaCharts|Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref>((cite web | url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=Wild+Wild+Life&cat=s | title=Dutch Singles Chart | author=MegaCharts | publisher=Dutch Charts |date=October 4, 1986 | access-date=2009-05-17))</ref>
|42
|-
! scope="row"| [[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref>((cite web | author=Irish Recording Music Association | title=Irish Singles Chart | publisher=Irish Charts | date=September 7, 1986 | url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement | access-date=2009-05-17))</ref>
|9
|-
! scope="row"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="RIANZ charts">((cite web | url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=Wild+Wild+Life&cat=s | title=New Zealand Singles Chart | author=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand | publisher=New Zealand Charts | date=September 14, 1986 | access-date=2009-05-17))</ref>
|2
|-
! scope="row"| [[Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref>((cite web | url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=Wild+Wild+Life&cat=s | title=Swiss Singles Chart | publisher=Swiss Charts | date=September 28, 1986 | access-date=2009-07-14))</ref>
|20
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="UK charts">((cite web | url=http://www.everyhit.com/ | title=UK Albums Chart | author=The Official Charts Company | publisher=Every Hit | access-date=2010-05-17))</ref>
|43
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>[((BillboardURLbyName|artist=talking heads|chart=all)) Billboard Magazine]</ref>
|25
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Wild Wild Life"
! Chart (1986)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus86">((cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=[[Kent Music Report]]|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= January 24, 2023))</ref>
| 92
|}

==Use in media==
The song was covered by [[Wailing Souls]] for the 1993 movie ''[[Cool Runnings]]''.

The song was used in the trailers for ''[[Brother Bear]]'',<ref>((Citation|last=SaneelGB|title=Brother Bear Theatrical Trailer (2003)|date=2013-01-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCEXvKTcPHk|access-date=2016-07-14))((cbignore))((Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022))</ref> ''[[Over the Hedge (film)|Over the Hedge]]'',<ref>((Citation|last=cineAE|title=Over the Hedge Trailer|date=2006-12-08|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77igZczlI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BE77igZczlI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2016-07-14))((cbignore))</ref> and ''[[Zookeeper (film)|Zookeeper]]'', as well as the beginning of the 2006 animated film ''[[Open Season (2006 film)|Open Season]]'', for which it was included on the film's soundtrack. It was also used in the 2014 film ''[[United Passions]]'' as well as the aforementioned ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]''.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((discogs master|type=single|39400))

((Talking Heads))
((MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video))
((MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film))
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[[Category:Songs written by David Byrne]]
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[[Category:Electronic rock songs]]
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