Wild, Wild West (song)

**Wild, Wild West** (listed as **Wild, Wild West (Theme Song)** on *WildSide: Wild Trax!*) is the theme song to the television series *WildSide*. It is a cover of a song by the British rock band *The Escape Club*, originally released in 1988. The new full version, performed by *WildSide Cast*, was released as a single in April 2012 before releasing again on the WildSide soundtrack *WildSide: Wild Trax!* on July 27, 2012.

The show's main actress Sierra McCormick performs the main vocals for the song, with costars Chloe Moretz, Kyle Massey, Zachary Gordon, and Rebecca Graham performing back up vocals. Although uncredited, Kathy Najimy performs the bridge portion in the full version.

## Censorship

Due to the controversial subject matter in The Escape Club's original song, many lyrics for the WildSide version was changed to suit the show's tween demographic. For example, "dead beats" was changed to "heart beats", "safe sex" was changed to "safe sense", and names in the song's second verse were changed to names of WildSide characters.

The gun shot sound effects heard throughout the song were also edited to make it sound "less gun-like".

## Lyrics

* Theme Song Version
* Full Version
* Original Version

[KEY: Sierra McCormick/Kathy Namijy, *Rebecca Graham (backup)*, **Kyle Massey**, ***All (backup)***]

Forty seven heart beats, livin' in the back streets

North east west south, all in the same house

Turn to the left, turn to the right

I don't care as long as she comes tonight

*She's so mean*, ***but I don't care***

*I love her eyes and her* ***wild wild hair***

*Dance to the beat that* ***we like best***

Headin' for the nineties

***Livin' in the wild, wild west***

***The wild, wild west***

***Livin' in the wild, wild west***

***The wild, wild west***

**(Wild west!)**

[KEY: Sierra McCormick/Kathy Namijy, *Rebecca Graham (backup)*, **Kyle Massey**, ***All (backup)***]

Forty seven heart beats, livin' in the back streets

North east west south, all in the same house

Sittin' in the back room, waitin' for the full moon

I'm in the bedroom waiting for the party

*She's so mean*, ***but I don't care***

*I love her eyes and her* ***wild wild hair***

*Dance to the beat that* ***we like best***

Headin' for the nineties

***Livin' in the wild, wild west***

***The wild, wild west***

**(Wild west)**

Well April's in the back room handing out lollipops

Justice's on her cell phone talking to her Mojo

Forty seven heart beats beatin' like a drum

Gotta *live it up! Live it up!*

Gary's got a new girl

*She's so mean*, ***but I don't care***

*I love her eyes and her* ***wild wild hair***

*Dance to the beat that* ***we like best***

Headin' for the nineties

***Livin' in the wild, wild west***

***The wild, wild west***

**(Wild west)**

Yeow!

Now put your flags in the air and launch them up and down

Gotta *live it up! Live it up!*

All over the town oh

Turn to the left, turn to the right

I don't care as long as she comes tonight

*She's so mean*, ***but I don't care***

*I love her eyes and her* ***wild wild hair***

*Dance to the beat that* ***we like best***

Headin' for the nineties

***Livin' in the wild, wild west'***

***The wild, wild west (x2)***

**(Wild west)**

Yeow wild west!

Brrrr, here come a musical disc

'Cause some people them a-keep waitin' for

This one's called the outlaw, wow

They want me

Ride the rhythm like me ridin' a bike

Shine on me

Murder me chatter when me chat on the mic

Shorties thought this could keep them rockin' 'til the broad daylight

And here comes WildSide to rock it all night, say

***(Livin' in the wild wild west!)***

***(The wild wild west!)***

**(Wild west!)**

Headin' for the nineties, livin' in the eighties

Screamin' in the back room waitin' for the full moon

Gimme gimme wild west, gimme gimme safe sense

Gimme love, gimme love, gimme time to live it up

*She's so mean*, ***but I don't care***

*I love her eyes and her* ***wild wild hair***

*Dance to the beat that* ***we like best***

Headin' for the nineties

***Livin' in the wild, wild west'***

***The wild, wild west (x2)***

**(Wild west)**

Yeow wild west!

Forty seven dead beats living in the back street

North, east, west, south, all in the same house

Sitting in a back room, waiting for the big boom

I'm in a bedroom waiting for my baby

She's so mean but I don't care

I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair

Dance to the beat that we love best

Heading for the nineties

Living in the wild, wild west

The wild, wild west (wild west)

Well, Mandy's in the backroom, handing out Valium

Sheriff's on the airwaves, talking to the D.J.'s

Forty seven heartbeats beating like a drum

Got to live it up, live it up, Ronnie's got a new gun

She's so mean but I don't care

I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair

Dance to the beat that we love best

Heading for the nineties

Living in the wild, wild west

The wild, wild west (wild west) Yeow

Now put your flags in the air and march them up and down

You can live it up, live it up all over the town

And turn to the left, turn to the right

I don't care as long as she comes tonight

She's so mean but I don't care

I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair

Dance to the beat that we love best

Heading for the nineties

Living in the wild, wild west

The wild, wild west

The wild, wild west (wild west)

Yeow, wild west

Brrrr, here come a musical disc

'Cause some people them a-keep waitin' for

This one's called the outlaw, wow

They want me

Ride the rhythm like me ridin' a bike

Shine on me

Murder me chatter when me chat on the mic

Shorties thought this could keep them rockin' 'til the broad daylight

And here comes the Escape Club to rock it all night, say

Live it up, live it up

Live it up, live it up

Living in the wild, wild west

The wild, wild west

The wild, wild west

The wild, wild west

(Wild west)

Heading for the nineties, living in the eighties

Screaming in a back room, waiting for the big boom

Give me, give me wild west, give me, give me safe sex

Give me love, give me love, give me time to live it up

Now put your flags in the air and march them up and down

You can live it up, live it up all over the town

And turn to the left, turn to the right

I don't care as long as she comes tonight

She's so mean but I don't care

I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair

Dance to the beat that we like best

Heading for the nineties

Living in the wild, wild west

The wild, wild west

The wild, wild west (wild west)

Yeow, wild west

## Dance Remix

Sometime during the production of the third season, an eight minute version of the song, simply titled "**Wild, Wild West (Dance Remix)**" was recorded by the cast and was released on the media sharing platform Soundcloud by Kenwood Delay in September 2013. While the original audio has since been deleted, the remixed version can be found on other sharing sites like YouTube.

## Wild Luck Charlie Version

Another version of the song, entitled **Wild, Wild West (Wild Luck Charlie Version)** was released on *WildSide: Wild Trax! 2* and was performed by Sierra McCormick. It was performed to the same melody and music to the theme song to *Good Luck Charlie*, *Hang in There Baby*.

### **Lyrics**

A forty seven heart beats

Living in the back streets

North east west south allinthesamehouse

Sitting in the backroom

Waiting for the full moon

I'm in the bedroom waiting fortheparty

She's so mean I don't care

I love her eyes and wild wild hair

Dance to the beat, that we like best

Headin' for the n-i-i-i-ties

Livin' in the wild wild w-est

Living in the wild wild w-est

April's in the back room, handing out lollipops

Justice's on her cell phone, talking to her Mo-jo

A forty seven heart beats beatin' like a dream

Gotta live it up, live it up

Gary's got a newgirl

She's so mean I don't care

I love her eyes and wild wild hair

Dance to the beat, that we like best

Headin' for the n-i-i-i-ties

Livin' in the wild wild w-est

Dance to the beat, that we like best

Headin' for the n-i-i-i-ties

Livin' in the wild wild w-est

Dance to the beat, that we like best

Headin' for the n-i-i-i-ties

Livin' in the wild wild w-est

Livin' in the wild wild west

Wild wild w-est

## Re-recording and Music Video

The theme song version was re-recorded each season due to the cast's significant voice changes. For unknown reasons, Rebecca Graham isn't featured in season 4's version.

The full song was re-recorded in late 2013 in order to promote the show's TV movie, *WildSide: Journey to New Jersey*. A music video, with events paying homage to The Escape Club's original video, was also released in March 2014.

## Trivia

* This song is the show's theme song and is featured at the beginning of every episode with the exclusion of Wild Celebration and Wild Luck Charlie.
* A rock version of the song is featured as the theme song to Wild Dream Come True.
* Rachel and April appear to be fans of the song in-series, shown on two separate occasions:
	+ April is shown listening to it in Rachel's car in Wild Ride, while she was waiting for her friends to return to her.
	+ Rachel plays an instrumental and is shown singing to it in the shower in WildSide Joins the E.G.G. Plant.
* The song was mashed together with the the theme song to *E.G.G. Plant*, *Fanastic* (see Fantastic Wild West).
* The friends are shown square dancing to a slightly sped up instrumental version of the song in Wild, Wild West (an episode that was named after the theme song).
* It features as the first song on the soundtrack *WildSide: Wild Trax!*.
* Sierra, being a fan of eighties rock music growing up, was the only cast member who had heard of the song before it was used as the theme song. Apparently, her grandmother played it on vinyl often whenever Sierra and her family visited her house. Sierra recalls singing and air guitaring to it with her grandmother when she was as young as five.
* The full version of the song wasn't recorded until during the production of Wild School, when Comedies for Kids secured the rights to it.
* In 2012, The Escape Club filmed a response video to the new version, where they mentioned that it was better than their version.
* In late 2012, Sierra recorded a Wild Luck Charlie version of the theme song to the tune of "Hang in There Baby" that was released on *WildSide: Wild Trax! 2*. It only uses two verses and repeats certain lines of the chorus.
* Despite "WildSide Cast" being credited for performing the song, Sierra is the only one who is singing lead vocals. The others only sing back up.

## Navigation

"Dean's Rap"
"Money, Money, Money"

"Do What's Right"
"Love is a Generation"
"Showtime"

"Time in Colorado"
"Good Night"
"Fantastic Wild West"