Song

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak

Key: E major
Camelot: 12B
BPM: 112.2

Key confidence high · relative C# minor (12A) · BPM confidence high · half-time 56.1 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13

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As of 2026-11-02, "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak has charted in 70 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #4 (MX) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E major (12B) at 112.2 BPM.

Markets: 70
First seen: 2026-06-15
Latest chart date: 2026-11-02
Peak: #4 mx

Started in 2 markets, now in 70.

Why it's moving

vault release: registered 2006, first charted 2026-09-24
Plays up 10% in Cyprus, with gains in 17 countriesOct 21–24
#11 on Shazam in 36 countriesOct 29
Climbed #95 → #74 in Tajikistan on Apple MusicOct 22–29
Climbed #48 → #32 in Argentina on ShazamOct 22–29
Climbed #39 → #24 in Brazil on ShazamOct 22–29

Signal breakdown

Velocity54.9

Play growth79.4

Breadth58.0

Acceleration66.1

Discovery73.5

New entry0.0

Sources moving4

Score 64.4

Why it's here

"Wicked Game" was released on Chris Isaak's 1989 album Heart Shaped World and only became a hit after David Lynch used it in his 1990 film Wild at Heart, after which Atlanta radio music director Lee Chesnut put it into rotation. [1] The song has continued to re-enter the UK Official Singles Chart as a catalogue title, logging chart weeks as recently as the 22 January 2026 and 5 February 2026 charts against an original peak of No. 25. [2] Social Distortion recorded a cover of "Wicked Game" for their 2026 album Born To Kill, with frontman Mike Ness telling Noise11 he wanted to bring a "dusty, dirty" version of it to the public. [3]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.45

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Written by Chris Isaak source
Covered Mr. Bungle source
Covered R.E.M.source
Covered HIM source
Covered The Hangovers source
Covered Giant Drag source
Covered Girl Crisis source
Covered Peter Jöback source
Covered James Vincent McMorrow source
Covered Emika source
Covered P!nk source
Covered Mac DeMarco source
Covered Tobias Hoffmann Trio source
Remixed by Chris Isaak feat. Seren, Wicked Game (Chillion Remix)source
Sampled by Slide vs. Healey, Wicked Behaviour source
Remixed by Chris Isaak feat. Seren, Wicked Game (Chillion Remix)source
Sampled by Slide vs. Healey, Wicked Behaviour source
Remixed by Chris Isaak feat. Seren, Wicked Game (Chillion Remix)source
Sampled by Slide vs. Healey, Wicked Behaviour source
Written by Chris Isaak source
Covered Mr. Bungle source
Covered R.E.M.source
Covered HIM source
Covered The Hangovers source
Covered Giant Drag source
Covered Girl Crisis source
Covered Peter Jöback source
Covered James Vincent McMorrow source
Covered Emika source
Covered P!nk source
Covered Mac DeMarco source
Covered Tobias Hoffmann Trio source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Switzerlandch · shazam spotify2026-06-152026-11-02#11196#59
#111
Swedense · shazam spotify2026-06-152026-11-02#181103#62
#181
Latvialv · deezer spotify2026-06-182026-10-31#13586#32
#135
Lithuanialt · applemusic deezer spotify2026-06-182026-10-31#11893#35
#118
Mexicomx · shazam · 6 cities2026-07-202026-11-02#11591#4
#115
Brazilbr · shazam · 3 cities2026-07-202026-11-02#5192#8
#51
Portugalpt · deezer shazam spotify2026-07-202026-10-29#19562#10
#195
Estoniaee · deezer spotify2026-07-202026-10-31#15877#14
#158

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-11-02#392#1
#3
Global feedglobal · spotify2026-09-202026-10-28#18531#96
#185

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

us 18 cities · best #17 fresno
gb 9 cities · best #30 manchester
it 6 cities · best #30 florence
mx 6 cities · best #6 mexico city
br 3 cities · best #10 rio de janeiro
de 2 cities · best #35 munich
es 2 cities · best #20 sevilla
ar 1 city · best #19 buenos aires
ca 1 city · best #39 london
cl 1 city · best #23 santiago
il 1 city · best #38 tel aviv
ru 1 city · best #33 moscow
ua 1 city · best #40 kyiv

Listen

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Elsewhere

Editions

Identity

ISRC: USRE10601455
Slug: chris-isaak__wicked-game
Sources: applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify

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