“David Lynch said, ‘I’m using this song in a movie. Hey, why don’t we have a video?’ I said, ‘David, because I don’t have any money'”: How Chris Isaak's Wicked Game could have been lost if not for David Lynch

Chris Isaak and David Lynch.

When it really comes down to it, there’s very few songs that we’d actually cite as legitimately spine-tingling. But, decades from its original release, there’s one song that retains the power to give us the shivers on every spin.

With its balance of intensity and vulnerability, Chris Isaak’s haunting, out-of-time masterpiece Wicked Game is still beguiling new listeners today.