Song · Birds of Tokyo
“Wild at Heart” by Birds of Tokyo
From the album Birds of Tokyo (2010)
“Wild at Heart” by Birds of Tokyo appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2010. It was first released in 2010 on the album Birds of Tokyo. Its best result is #47 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #469 alternative song of 2010.
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Birds of Tokyo pulled "Wild at Heart" off their self-titled 2010 record as its third single, and it's the sound of an Australian alt-rock band getting sneaky. Adam Spark said the album came out of a Beach Boys-style phase of seeing how clever their writing could get, and this was one of the experiments: how big and ridiculous a key change could they slip in without anybody noticing, while keeping the melody easy enough for anyone to follow.
Ian Kenny and Spark are both credited on vocals, Spark also plays guitar and keyboards and co-produced with Scott Horscroft, Anthony Jackson is on bass and Adam Weston on drums, and all four split the writing credit; Michael Brauer mixed. It went gold, and at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards it lost Single of the Year to Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
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