Released 1983 Genre Pop rock Label Modern Records | Recorded 1983 Length 6:12 Writer(s) Stevie Nicks | |
"Wild Heart" is a 1983 song by the American singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was the third single from her second solo album, The Wild Heart. The song was written in 1981 and first performed during a Rolling Stone photo shoot with her to-be sister in law Lori Perry-Nicks. The original demo features the music of Fleetwood Mac's song Can't Go Back.
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Background
Nicks said the following about the song in a Jim Ladd interview in 1983
The song the Wild Heart is kind of an abstract song, that was written in Long Island, New York. I mean at the same time that Enchanted was written. A long, long time ago, right at the same time that Bella Donna came out.
Video
The famous video was recorded during a Rolling Stone photo shoot in 1981. It starts with Nicks singing a rendition of Love In Store, a song by Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie. The video ends with a version of McVie's "Wish You Were Here". The video has been viewed over a million times on YouTube. The backing music was written by Lindsey Buckingham found in a demo which can also be found on YouTube.
Album version
Nicks wrote the music of "Wild Heart" for the album version of the song which gave her full writing credits for the song. She made several lyric changes to the song, such as an intro dedicated to her recently deceased friend Robin Anderson. When Nicks played the song to her friend Tom Petty he said the song was "epic" The song runs for over 6 minutes long.
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Video personnel
Album version personnel