Wild Child (Enya song)

"Wild Child" is a single by Irish singer-songwriter Enya. It was released on 19 March 2001 as the second and final single from her fifth studio album, A Day Without Rain (2000).

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Release

In Germany, Japan, and Korea, the single was published only on Compact Disc; in the United Kingdom, it was also published on cassette. The B-side "Midnight Blue" was later reworked and included as the title track on Enya's 2008 studio album, And Winter Came ….

Live performances

Enya performed the song at the 2001 Japan Gold Disc Award, after receiving an award for Best International Pop Albums of the Year for A Day Without Rain.^[1]

Covers and remixes

Eurodance music duo CJ Crew recorded an uptempo dance mix of the song, which appeared on the compilation album Dancemania Speed 10 (2002).^[2]

Phillip Presswood recorded a cover of Wild Child on his album ENYA.^[3]

Track listings

Maxi-CD single

"Wild Child" (radio edit) – 3:33
"Midnight Blue" – 2:04
"Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)" – 3:40

Cassette single

"Wild Child" (edit) – 3:33
"Isobella" – 4:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–2002)	Peak position
Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)^[4]	52
Canada AC (Nielsen BDS)^[4]	13
Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)^[5]	10
Scotland (OCC)^[6]	84
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	72
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[9]	25

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	19 March 2001	CD cassette	WEA	^[10]
Japan	22 March 2001	CD	WEA	^[11]

References

^ "第15回日本ゴールドディスク大賞" [The 15th Japan Gold Disc Awards]. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ Dancemania Speed 10 at Discogs
^ "Phillip Presswood". phillippresswood.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lwin, Nanda (2003). The Essential 2002 Chart Yearbook. Music Data Canada. pp. 11, 56. ISBN 1-896594-15-8.
^ "Polish Airplay Charts – Lista krajowa 05/2001". PiF PaF Production. Archived from the original on 6 January 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Enya Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Most-Played AC Songs of 2002". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 10, no. 51. 20 December 2002. p. 19.
^ "New Releases – For Week Starting March 19, 2001: Singles". Music Week. 17 March 2001. p. 23.
^ "New Release" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. Archived from the original on 6 October 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

External links

"Wild Child" at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Enya
Discography
Studio albums	Enya Watermark Shepherd Moons The Memory of Trees A Day Without Rain Amarantine And Winter Came... Dark Sky Island
Singles	"Orinoco Flow" "Evening Falls..." "Storms in Africa" "Caribbean Blue" "How Can I Keep from Singing?" "Book of Days" "Marble Halls" "The Celts" "Anywhere Is" "On My Way Home" "Only If..." "Only Time" "Wild Child" "May It Be" "Amarantine" "It's in the Rain" "Trains and Winter Rains" "White Is in the Winter Night" "Echoes in Rain"
Compilations	Paint the Sky with Stars The Very Best of Enya
EPs	Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection
Box sets	A Box of Dreams Only Time: The Collection
Soundtrack albums	The Frog Prince: The Original Soundtrack Recording Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati
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