Wild Wild Wonderland

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Wild Wild Wonderland
Saara aalto wild wild wonderland.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 April 2018
Genre Pop, dance-pop
Length42:31
Label Warner
Producer
Saara Aalto chronology
Tonight
(2015)
Wild Wild Wonderland
(2018)
Fairytale – Joulun taikaa
(2019)
Singles from Wild Wild Wonderland
  1. "Monsters"
    Released: 9 February 2018
  2. "Domino"
    Released: 16 February 2018
  3. "Queens"
    Released: 23 February 2018
  4. "DANCE!!!"
    Released: 19 June 2018 [1]
  5. "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"
    Released: 1 February 2019 [2]

Wild Wild Wonderland is the sixth studio album and the major-label international debut studio album from the Finnish singer Saara Aalto, released under Warner Music. The album was released on 27 April 2018, prior to Aalto's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Monsters"3:02
2."HÄN"
  • Aalto
  • J. Deb
  • L. Deb
  • The Family
2:58
3."DANCE!!!"
  • Aalto
  • L. Deb
  • Matias Keskiruokanen
  • The Family
3:17
4."Queens"
  • Arto Ruotsala
3:05
5."Half a Heart"
  • Ruotsala
3:02
6."Dance Like Nobody's Watching"
  • Ruotsala
3:53
7."Sirens"
  • Aalto
  • Richard Stannard
  • Emma Rohan
  • Carl Ryden
  • Ryden
3:35
8."Don't Deny Our Love"
3:08
9."My Touch"
3:47
10."Walking on Nails"
  • Märta Grauers
3:25
11."Domino"
3:02
12."Wild Wild Wonderland"
  • Aalto
  • Daniel "Utters" Radclyffe
  • Olivia Sebastianelli
  • Utters
3:14
13."No Fear" (bonus track)
  • Aalto
  • Teemu Roivainen
  • Tommi Vainikainen
  • Riku Kantola
  • Roivainen
  • Keskiruokanen
3:03

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 2

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References

  1. "SONG: Saara Aalto – 'DANCE!!!'". Scandipop.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. @SaaraAalto (28 January 2019). "@saaraaalto: 'Dance Like Nobody's Watching' is a song so close to my heart ❤️ I hope it empowers you to be the person you are meant to be. The UK Radio Edit is released on Fri Feb 1st & Music Video at 5:30pm on Sun Feb 3rd.😍 You can listen to the original version now: spoti.fi/2Dn0UBx" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2019 via Twitter.
  3. "Saara Aalto: Wild Wild Wonderland" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2018.