Wild Wood (Paul Weller song)

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"Wild Wood"
Single by Paul Weller
from the album Wild Wood
B-side"Ends of the Earth"
Released23 August 1993 (1993-08-23)[1]
Length3:22
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)Paul Weller
Producer(s)Brendan Lynch
Paul Weller singles chronology
"Sunflower"
(1993) 		"Wild Wood"
(1993) 		"Hung Up"
(1994)
Music video
"Wild Wood" on
YouTube

"Wild Wood" is a song by British singer-songwriter

UK Singles Charts and being certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). A music video directed by Pedro Romhanyi[2] was produced to promote the single. Portishead
remixed the song for the 1999 re-release.

Critical reception

David Beran from the

the Small Faces, feeding off Weller's own startling rebirth."[6]

A reviewer from

NME felt it "sets the tone" of its parent-album, "suggesting a pastoral take on Nick Drake's "Chime of the City Clock", all strummed guitars and world-weary melancholia."[8] Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel wrote, "The haunting "Wild Wood" combines a sort of jazz-folk acoustic guitar style with bluesy organ and arty Mellotron while Weller's vocal has a country-soul-gospel feel. Weller's lyrics aren't as complex as his music, but his voice can make a line as ordinary as "Now you're gone, I feel so alone" resonate."[9] Uncut ranked it as Weller's ninth best ever song and the best of his solo career in 2015, with the Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke praising it as a "very easy, kicking-back sort of song".[10]

Track listings

  • 7-inch single, UK (1993)
  1. "Wild Wood"
  2. "Ends of the Earth"
  • CD single, Europe (1993)
  1. "Wild Wood" — 3:22
  2. "Ends of the Earth" — 2:27

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Europe (
Eurochart Hot 100)[11]
 51
UK Singles (OCC)[12]
 14
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Europe (
Eurochart Hot 100)[13]
 84
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 35
Scotland (OCC)[16] 22
UK Singles (OCC)[12]
 22

References

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 21 August 1993. p. 23.
  2. ^ "Wild Wood (1993) by Paul Weller". IMVDb. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ Beran, David (6 May 1994). "Gavin Alternative — New Releases" (PDF). Gavin Report. No. 2003. p. 52. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (17 September 1993). "Music: Squeezing out familiar sparks – Rock/Pop". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (25 November 2021). "Paul Weller's 30 greatest songs -- ranked!". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Parkes, Taylor (25 September 1993). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 32. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Paul Weller: Wild Wood (Island CID734)". Music Week. 26 December 1998.
  8. NME
    . p. 32. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  9. ^ Gettelman, Parry (3 June 1994). "Paul Weller". Orlando Sentinel.
  10. ^ "Paul Weller's 30 Best Songs". Uncut. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 37. 11 September 1993. p. 13. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Paul Weller: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 1–3. 16 January 1999. p. 7. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 22, 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Paul Weller – Wild Wood" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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