Wild at Heart

"Wild at Heart"
Album track by Weezer
Album	SZNZ: Spring
Released	March 20, 2022
Recorded	2021-2022
Length	2:54
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s)	Jake Sinclair, Ethan Gruska, Suzy Shinn
Status	Officially released
Stream	Spotify
SZNZ: Spring track listing
	8 tracks "Opening Night"; "Angels on Vacation"; "A Little Bit of Love"; "The Garden of Eden"; "The Sound of Drums"; "All This Love"; "Across the Meadow" (vinyl-only); ; / 8. "Wild at Heart";
	8 tracks "Opening Night"; "Angels on Vacation"; "A Little Bit of Love"; "The Garden of Eden"; "The Sound of Drums"; "All This Love"; "Across the Meadow" (vinyl-only); ; / 8. "Wild at Heart";
This song is part of the "Wild at Heart" lineage of songs "So You Sense It's a Sad Situation" (1999); "Wild at Heart" (2022);

"Wild at Heart" is the seventh (or eighth, on vinyl releases) and final track from Weezer's 2022 EP, SZNZ: Spring.

Appearances

SZNZ: Spring (2022)

Overview

The intro riff featured in "Wild at Heart" was first written by Rivers Cuomo in 1998. The song's verse melody is lifted from a demo written by Cuomo in late 1999 titled "So You Sense It's a Sad Situation."

Personnel

Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
Scott Shriner — bass
Patrick Wilson — drums
Ethan Gruska — producer
Jake Sinclair — producer
Suzy Shinn — producer
John Sinclair — mixing
Bernie Grundman — mastering

Audio

Lyrics

Wakin' up at the dawn of a new day
On the open road
And not a care on my mind, I got no time
For any misanthrope

Changing up this lullaby
Into my own battle cry

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like we used to be
And like we're meant to be

Lollygag in the lee of a highland
'Til my ghost takes flight
In the sky I'm as high as a titan
Feeding on the fire

Shattering those iron bars
Through the sky like shooting stars

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like we used to be
And like we're meant to be

Changing up this lullaby
Into my own battle cry

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like we used to be
And like we're meant to be

Five o'clock, got a hot cup of coffee
A quiet place to work
Fountain pens and a graph paper notebook
How I love to learn

I don't need the Viper Room
'Cause this is what I like to do

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like they used to be
In the 1970s

Chillin' out on a day off in Texas
Sitting 'round the fire
I take a walk with my girl by the river
This is all I require

You can take your hamster wheel
'Cause I finally figured out the deal

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like they used to be
In the 1970s

You can take your hamster wheel
'Cause I finally figured out the deal
Now I know, this time, that it's for real
'Cause I love the way you make me feel

Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Wild at heart
You've got me wild at heart
Like they used to be
In the 1970s

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo		`84 interesting rave-up feel _ I.mp3`	1998		0:18	Alone VI: The Black Room	Intro riff from "Wild at Heart"
Rivers Cuomo	So You Sense It's a Sad Situation	`So You Sense It's A Sad Situation.mp3`	1999		0:40	Alone VI: The Black Room	Verse melody from "Wild at Heart"
Rivers Cuomo		`casual groove on piano.mp3`	2006—2010		2:42	Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years ~~Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years~~	Guitar solo melody from "Wild at Heart"
Rivers Cuomo		`rave up.mp3`	2006—2014		2:11	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Intro riff from "Wild at Heart"
Rivers Cuomo		`rave up 3.mp3`	2006—2014		2:27	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Intro riff from "Wild at Heart"
Rivers Cuomo		`rave up 4 @117.mp3`	2006—2014		0:49	Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years	Intro riff from "Wild at Heart"^[a]
Rivers Cuomo	Wild at Heart	`Wild At Heart 2021-04-19.mp3`	April 19, 2021		3:27	Leaked online
Rivers Cuomo	Wild at Heart	`Wild At Heart l=12 2021-09-15 16.39.mp3`	September 15, 2021		3:00	Leaked online
Weezer	Wild at Heart		2022	United Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA The Village Studios, West Los Angeles, CA 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA	2:54	SZNZ: Spring

Footnotes

↑ The presence of the fourth "Rave Up" demo appears in the Alone X demo bundle, while previous numbered demos appear in the Alone XI demo bundle. It is unknown which demos are placed anachronistically.

[1] The presence of the fourth "Rave Up" demo appears in the Alone X demo bundle, while previous numbered demos appear in the Alone XI demo bundle. It is unknown which demos are placed anachronistically.

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Rivers Cuomo Patrick Wilson Brian Bell Scott Shriner
	SZNZ: Spring	"Opening Night" "Angels on Vacation" "A Little Bit of Love" "The Garden of Eden" "The Sound of Drums" "All This Love" "Across the Meadow" "Wild at Heart"
	SZNZ: Summer	"Lawn Chair" "Records" "Blue Like Jazz" "The Opposite of Me" "What's the Good of Being Good" "Cuomoville" "Portia" "Thank You and Good Night"
	SZNZ: Autumn	"Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me" "Get Off on the Pain" "What Happens After You?" "Francesca" "Should She Stay or Should She Go" "The Way I Hate You Now" "Tastes Like Pain" "Run, Raven, Run"
	SZNZ: Winter	"I Want a Dog" "Iambic Pentameter" "Basketball" "Sheraton Commander" "Dark Enough to See the Stars" "The One That Got Away" "Why Don't You Get Me" "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep"
	Other songs	"Good Morning" "Spell It Out" "Bitter Moon"
	Related articles	Physical Release Catalog pages Spring Summer Autumn Winter Alone XIV: The Pandemic Years Jake Sinclair Ethan Gruska Daniel Omelio Tyler Cole James Flannigan Suzy Shinn
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