Wild at Heart (Birds of Tokyo song)

"Wild at Heart"
Single by Birds of Tokyo
from the album Birds of Tokyo
Released	17 December 2010
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2010
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4"00
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Birds of Tokyo (Anthony Jackson, Ian Kenny, Adam Spark, Adam Weston)
Producer(s)	Scott Horscroft, Adam Spark
Certification	gold (ARIA)
Birds of Tokyo singles chronology
"Plans" (2010) "Wild at Heart" (2010) "Circles" (2011)

"Wild at Heart" is the third single from Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo's self-titled third album, Birds of Tokyo. The song peaked at #50 on the Australian Singles Chart in February 2011 and was certified gold. It was voted #47 in Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown of 2010.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011, the song was nominated for ARIA Award for Single of the Year, but lost to "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Goyte and Kimbra.^[1]

Band member Adam Spark said: "We were going through this real Beach Boys sort of how-clever-can-we-get-writing-phase through this record, and "Wild At Heart" was one of those ones “how much can you get a big ridiculous key change in there without anybody kind of noticing it?” The idea with things like that is to be able to sort of move a song around in such a crazy sort of way that gives you an interest but without anybody being able to tell, or not being able to sing it. You can sort of follow the lyric and melody quite easily having no musical knowledge, so we're a little bit proud of that."^[2]

Track listing

Digital Download

1. "Wild at Heart" - 4:00
2. "Broken Bones" (The iTunes Sessions)  – 4:03
3. "Wayside" (The iTunes Sessions)  – 4:29
4. "Plans" (The iTunes Sessions)  – 3:46

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	50
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[4]	6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[5]	Gold	35,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Australia	17 December 2010	Digital download[6]

References

1. "2011 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 June 2012.
2. "Birds Of Tokyo Wrote Us An Exclusive Track-By-Track For Tomorrow's 'Playlist' Release". themusic.com.au. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Birds of Tokyo – Wild at Heart". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
4. "ARIA Australian Artists – Week Commencing 21st February 2011" (PDF). ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
5. "ARIA Singles Accreds 2011". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
6. "Wild at Heart - by Birds of Tokyo". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2016.