"I Go Wild" is a song by English rock band

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from their 1994 studio album, ''

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''. Credited to

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and

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, "I Go Wild" is largely a Jagger composition. "I Go Wild" was released as the fourth and final single from ''Voodoo Lounge''. Following its UK release on 3 July 1995, it reached number 29 on the

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. A music video for the song was shot at Ex-templo de San Lázaro in

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immediately before the Stones' 14-stadium tour of South America. The song was performed throughout the 1994–1995

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; a live version from 1994 appeared on the maxi-single, and a 1995 live performance was released in 2016 on '' Totally Stripped''.

Background and composition

On its creation, Jagger said in 1994, "'I Go Wild', I suppose, is the one I play (guitar) on most. I mean, I just created it on guitar with Charlie

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as a groove. And we more or less had the whole song down before we took it to anyone else." On the song overall, Jagger said, " I like that song. I really got into the lyrics on that one. One of the wordy ones." A straightforward rock song, "I Go Wild"'s lyrics tell of the singer's relationship with an unnamed "femme fatale"; "I Go Wild" was recorded between July and August 1993 and between November and December 1993 at Sandymount Studios, Ireland and A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles. With Jagger on lead vocals and electric guitar, Richards and

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accompany him on electric guitars. Charlie Watts performs drums while

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performs bass. Chuck Leavell performs the song's organ while Phil Jones incorporate percussion. Jagger, Richards, Bernard Fowler, and Ivan Neville perform backing vocals."I Go Wild"
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Charts

Release history

References

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