Wild Women (song)

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"Wild Women"
Single by Michael Learns to Rock
from the album Colours
B-side "Complicated Heart"
Released1993
RecordedJuly 1993
Genre
Length3:53(Album Edit)
Label Cleveland International
Songwriter(s) Jascha Richter
Producer(s)
  • Oli Poulsen
  • Michael Learns to Rock
Michael Learns to Rock singles chronology
"Sleeping Child"
(1993)
"Wild Women"
(1993)
"25 Minutes"
(1994)

"Wild Women" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, released as the second single from the 1993 album Colours . [1]

Contents

Chart performance

"Wild Women" reached number 52 on the German charts, [2] making it their greatest success in Germany. [3]

Live

During live performances, singer and keyboardist Jascha Richter often performs "Für Elise" on a classical piano before fading into the leitmotif of "Wild Women".

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References

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  3. "Swedishcharts.com - Michael Learns To Rock - Colours".