“Everywhere we played, we noticed when it came to that song, people would pay attention”: How Chris Isaak’s chilling falsetto elevated Wicked Game into one of the greatest love songs of all time

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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.