26th February 1990 (Germany), 26th February 1990 (UK), 20th April 1990 (USA)
TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM
Wild!
CHART POSITIONS
3 (UK) / 13 (DE)
TRACKLISTINGS
UK & GERMANY
MUTE109 (UK) / INT 111.878 (DE)
• A – Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:20]
• B – Runaround On The Underground [3:20]
12″ SINGLES:
UK & GERMANY
12MUTE109 (UK) / INT 126.928 (DE)
• Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix) [6:55]
• Runaround On The Underground [3:25]
• No G.D.M. [4:07]
UK & GERMANY
L12MUTE109 (UK) / INT 126.929 (DE)
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• No G.D.M. (Unfinished Mix) [4:24]
• Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix) [6:38]
UK ONLY
XL12MUTE109 (UK)
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) [7:06]
USA
Sire 21428-0 (USA)
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) [7:06]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix) [6:38]
• Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix) [6:55]
• Supernature (William Orbit Remix) [6:59]
• No G.D.M. (Zeuss B. Held Mix) [4:24]
CASSETTE SINGLES:
UK
CMUTE109 (UK)
• Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:20]
• Runaround On The Underground [3:20]
USA
Sire 922721-4 (USA)
• Blue Savannah (7″ Edit) [3:45]
• 91 Steps [5:33]
USA
Sire 21428-4 (USA)
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) [7:06]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix) [6:38]
• Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix) [6:55]
• Supernature (William Orbit Remix) [6:59]
• No G.D.M. (Zeuss B. Held Mix) [4:24]
CD SINGLES:
UK & GERMANY
CDMUTE109 (UK) & INT 826.928 (DE)
• Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix) [6:55]
• Runaround On The Underground [3:20]
• No G.D.M. [4:07]
UK & GERMANY
LCDMUTE109 (UK) & INT 826.929 (DE)
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) [7:06]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix) [6:38]
USA
Sire 21428-2 (USA)
• Blue Savannah (Single Version) [3:51]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) [7:06]
• Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) [6:14]
• Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix) [6:38]
• Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix) [6:55]
• Supernature (William Orbit Remix) [6:59]
• No G.D.M. (Zeuss B. Held Mix) [4:24]
VIDEO
Directed by Kevin Godley for Media Lab.
NOTES
The second Limited Edition 12″ (L12MUTE109) was released in a numbered white envelope. The XL12″ (XL12MUTE109) was also bundled with early editions of the Wild! LP.
CREDITS
Written by Clarke/Bell.
Published by Musical Moments Ltd/Minotaur Music Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
‘No G.D.M.’ written by Kikoine, published by Troja Music.
Produced by Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders and Erasure.
Recorded at Swing and Church Studios.
‘Runaround On The Underground’ and ‘No G.D.M.’ produced by Erasure.
Recorded by Gareth Jones and Mark Saunders.
Engineered by Wendy.
‘Blue Savannah (Mark Saunders Mix)’ mixed by Mark Saunders.
‘Runaround On The Underground’ and ‘No G.D.M.’ mixed by Mark Saunders.
‘Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I)’ mixed by Gareth Jones and Fischerman’s Friend.
‘Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II)’ mixed by Gareth Jones and Fischerman’s Friend.
‘Runaround On The Underground (12″ Mix)’ mixed by Mark Saunders.
‘No G.D.M. (Unfinished Mix)’ mixed by Zeus B Held.
Design by Me Company.
Blue savannah song
Oh, blue savannah song
Somewhere ‘cross the desert
Some time in the early hours
In a restless world
On the open highway
My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you
Blue savannah song
Oh, blue savannah song
Racing ‘cross the desert
At a hundred miles an hour
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder
My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you
Well I’m on my way back and your love will bring me home (say that your love will bring me home)
I’m travelling fast and your love will bring me home (say your love will bring me home)
Will I discover that your love will bring me home? (dream away darlin’)
Will I discover that your love will bring me home? (yeah)
Somewhere ‘cross the desert
Some time in the early hours
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder
My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you
Home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only (sweet to surrender)
I send my love to you
Ooh, savannah song (sweet to surrender)
To you only
I send my love to you
Ooh, savannah song
To you only
To you only
RUNAROUND ON THE UNDERGROUND
I’m waiting at the bus stop for a double-decker ride
Supermarket checkout boy finds his way inside
A shady looking character, his beady eyes on me
I slip into a window seat, and then pretend to read
It’s a wild, it’s a wild, wild, wild world
The hardest thing is holding on
Holding on and take the strain
They’re coming at me at angles that I never knew existed
And they ain’t gonna get me
I’m building up my colours of resistance
It’s a runaround on the underground
A cybernetic shopper with a slight sadistic grin
Pulls a zipper on her sleeping bag; shuts herself within
A triple quilted chrysalis waiting for the sales
A bargain basement butterfly going off the rails
It’s a wild, it’s a wild, wild, wild world
The hardest thing is holding on
Holding on and take the strain
They’re coming at me at angles that I never knew existed
They ain’t gonna get me
I’m building up my colours of resistance
It’s a runaround on the underground
It’s a wild, it’s a wild, wild, wild world
The hardest thing is holding on
Holding on and take the strain
Take the strain
They’re coming at me at angles that I never knew existed
They ain’t gonna get me
I’m building up my colours of resistance
(The hardest thing is holding on)
(Holding on and take the strain)
They’re coming at me at angles that I never knew existed
But they ain’t gonna get me
I’m building up my colours of resistance
(The hardest thing is holding on)
(Holding on and take the strain)
NO G.D.M.
Wanna be a great dark man
Being but a lesbian
You are perfect, you are sheer
If you are a red-haired queer
That’s life, one dice
C’est la vie, ma cherie
But it really doesn’t matter
No G.D.M., no great dark man
No G.D.M., no great dark man
There won’t be a great dark man
If I am a red-haired queer
You are perfect, you are sheer
If you are a red-haired queer
C’est la vie, pale sniff
C’est la vie, ma cherie
But it really doesn’t matter
Yellow teeth between pink lips
Eye-line shadow with a crazy look
Jewel behind the lobe of ear
Rouge on my face hides my beard
Long violet fingernails
I adore those magic tails
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
No G.D.M., no great dark man
No G.D.M., no great dark man
SUPERNATURE
Once upon a time
Science opened up the door
We would feed the hungry fields
Til they couldn’t eat no more
But the potions that we made
Touched the creatures down below
And they grew up in a way
That we’d never seen before
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
They were angry with the man
Cause changed their way of life
And they take their sweet revenge
As they trample through the night
For hundred miles or more
You could hear the people cry
But there is nothing you can do
Even God is on their side
(God is on, God is on, God is on their side)
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Cars will break the light
Come flowing in the air
The creature will decide
Who goes where
How can I explain
Things are different today
Darkness all around
No one makes a sound
Such a sad affair
No one seems to care
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Better watch out
There’s no way to stop it now
You can’t escape
It’s too late
Look what you’ve done
There’s no place that you can run
The monsters made
We must pray
Maybe nature has a plan
To control the ways of man
He must start from scratch again
Many battles must he win
Til he earns his place on earth
Like the other creatures do
Will there be a happy end
Now that all depends on you
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature