Wild (Troye Sivan song)

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"Wild"
Single by Troye Sivan
from the EP Wild and the album Blue Neighbourhood
Released3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
Genre Synth-pop [1]
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hope
Troye Sivan singles chronology
"Papercut"
(2015)
"Wild"
(2015)
"Youth"
(2015)
Music video
"Wild" on YouTube

"Wild" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan from his fourth extended play (EP), Wild (2015). It was written by Sivan and Alex Hope, and a revised version features a contribution from Alessia Cara. The song was released on 3 September 2015 and promoted as its lead single. It is also featured on Sivan's debut studio album, Blue Neighbourhood (2015).

Contents

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was directed by Tim Mattia and released as part of Sivan's "Blue Neighbourhood" music video trilogy. The trilogy made up of "Wild", "Fools" and "Talk Me Down" was filmed in the Sydney suburb of Kurnell, New South Wales.[ citation needed ]

Chart performance

The song reached number 16 on the ARIA Charts, [2] becoming his second top 20 single and peaking within the top 40 in New Zealand.

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 16
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 72
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [4] 49
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 62
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 29
Scotland (OCC) [7] 50
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [8] 50
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 62
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [11] 4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] 3× Platinum210,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [14] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Wild"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Australia4 September 2015 Digital download EMI Australia [15]

Alessia Cara re-release

"Wild"
Wild (featuring Alessia Cara) (Official Single Cover) by Troye Sivan.png
Single by Troye Sivan featuring Alessia Cara
from the album Blue Neighbourhood
Released23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)
Genre
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hope
Troye Sivan singles chronology
"Talk Me Down"
(2016)
"Wild"
(2016)
"Heaven"
(2016)
Alessia Cara singles chronology
"Wild Things"
(2016)
"Wild"
(2016)
"Scars to Your Beautiful"
(2016)
Digital download [16]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild" (featuring Alessia Cara)3:39

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [20] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [21] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [22] 50
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [23] 4
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [24] 30

Radio and release history

Release dates and formats for "Wild (Remix)"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United States23 June 2016Digital downloadEMI Australia [16]
28 June 2016 Top 40 radio Capitol [17]

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