Isaak's music can be described as a blend of country, blues, rock'n'roll, pop and surf rock.
He signed a contract to Warner Brothers Records in 1984 for his first album "Silvertone". Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner moved him to their Reprise Records label.
His best-known song is "Wicked Game". Though released on the 1989 album "Heart Shaped World", an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the David Lynch film 'Wild at Heart' (and also years later in the 2000 film The Family Man). An Atlanta radio station DJ began playing the full version and it quickly became a nation-wide top ten hit. The music video for the song was directed by Herb Ritts and was a big MTV and VH1 hit; shot in black and white, it starred Isaak and model Helena Christensen rolling on the beach, embracing and whispering in each others' ears.
In 1999, Isaak's "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film 'Eyes Wide Shut', starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
In 2001, Chris Isaak starred in his own television show, 'The Chris Isaak Show'. It aired from March 2001 to March 2004 in the United States on the cable television network Showtime. This adult comedy show featured Chris Isaak and his band playing themselves with the episode plots based on fictional accounts of the backstage world of Chris Isaak - the rock star next door.
In 2004, his track "Life Will Go On" was featured on the 'Chasing Liberty' soundtrack, which starred Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode.
He hosted a talk show on the Biography cable channel in the United States in 2009 that offered a unique twist - each guest was a musical artist, and both Chris and the artist performed various songs throughout each show. Eight episodes aired in early 2009, featuring guests Trisha Yearwood, Stevie Nicks, Glen Campbell, Michael Buble, Chicago, The Smashing Pumpkins, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and Jewel.
Isaak has also appeared in numerous films, mostly playing minor cameo roles, though he starred with Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda in the 1993 Bernardo Bertolucci-directed 'Little Buddha', and also played a major role in David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me' (1992). Other motion pictures include 'Married to the Mob' (1988), 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991), 'That Thing You Do!' (1996), and 'A Dirty Shame' (2004). He also guest-starred on the Super Bowl Sunday (1996) edition of the television sitcom Friends and on the HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon (HBO).
Chris is also an amateur boxer, avid surfer and a former Golden Gloves champion.
Baby I did a bad thing
Chris Isaak Lyrics
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Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
You ever love someone so much you thought your little heart was gonna break in two?
I didn't think so
You ever tried with all your heart and soul to get you lover back to you?
You ever pray with all your heart and soul just to watch her walk away?
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Feel like crying
Feel like crying
You ever toss and turn your lying awake and thinking about the one you love?
I don't think so
You ever close your eyes your making believe your holding the one your dreaming of?
Well if you say so
I hurts so bad when you finally know just how low, low, low, low, low, she'll go
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Feel like crying
I feel like crying
Oh feel like crying
Feel like crying
Oh, feel like crying
Feel like crying
The lyrics to Chris Isaak's song "Baby I did a bad thing" speak about the emotions that a person experiences after being betrayed by their love. The song starts with the repeated phrase "Baby did a bad bad thing," which creates a sense of tension and guilt. Isaak then asks a series of rhetorical questions, each one highlighting the pain, frustration, and heartache that come with being in love with someone who doesn't reciprocate those feelings.
Isaak's questions build to a climax and culminate in the line "It hurts so bad when you finally know just how low, low, low, low, low, she'll go." This line is particularly powerful because it conveys a sense of both betrayal and disillusionment. The repetition of the word "low" emphasizes the depth of the singer's disappointment, as if the lover's actions have sunk them to new depths of depravity.
Throughout the song, there is a feeling of raw emotion and instability. The repeated phrase "feel like crying" emphasizes the singer's sense of vulnerability, and the final lines of the song suggest that they are still struggling to come to terms with the pain and heartache they have experienced. Overall, "Baby I did a bad thing" is a haunting and powerful exploration of love and betrayal.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby did a bad bad thing
The subject has done something wrong.
You ever love someone so much you thought your little heart was gonna break in two?
Asking if the listener has ever loved someone so deeply, it was overwhelming.
I didn't think so
Assuming that the listener has never loved someone that intensely.
You ever tried with all your heart and soul to get your lover back to you?
Asking if the listener has ever worked hard to get their love interest back.
I want to hope so
Expressing a desire for the listener to have experienced this themselves.
You ever pray with all your heart and soul just to watch her walk away?
Asking if the listener has ever put all their faith into someone who ultimately leaves them.
Feel like crying
Expressing a deep sadness.
You ever toss and turn your lying awake and thinking about the one you love?
Asking if the listener has ever lost sleep over their love interest.
I don't think so
Assuming the listener hasn't lost sleep over their love interest.
You ever close your eyes your making believe your holding the one your dreaming of?
Asking if the listener has ever pretended to hold their love interest in their dreams.
Well if you say so
Accepting the listener's response.
I hurts so bad when you finally know just how low, low, low, low, low, she'll go
Expressing pain after finding out how low the love interest would stoop to betray the subject.
Feel like crying
Repeating the expression of deep sadness.
Oh feel like crying
Repeating the expression of deep sadness.
Oh, feel like crying
Repeating the expression of deep sadness.
Feel like crying
Repeating the expression of deep sadness.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRIS ISAAK
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@sarahd100
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
You ever love someone so much you thought your little heart was gonna break in two?
I didn't think so
You ever tried with all your heart and soul to get you lover back to you?
I want to hope so
You ever pray with all your heart and soul just to watch her walk away?
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Feel like crying
Feel like crying
You ever toss and turn your lying awake and thinking about the one you love?
I don't think so
You ever close your eyes your making believe your holding the one your dreaming of?
Well if you say so
I hurts so bad when you finally know just how low, low, low, low, low, she'll go
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Baby did a bad bad thing
Feel like crying
I feel like crying
Oh feel like crying
Feel like crying
Oh, feel like crying
Feel like crying
@lyndrebonhomme5410
Thank you to "One of Us is Lying" for reviving such an iconic song👏🏾👏🏾
@CaKerBaKer101
Yep
@Itsonlyydot1
I got it from the series lol 😂😂
@leonelivanabella1429
Brownyn
@CaKerBaKer101
Bronwyn absolutely slayed this
@coolerthanuthinkc7471
Sameee here for Brownwyn
@raymondreid4987
Chris Isaak is so underrated. He has such a great range and any song he does is just epic rock or blues.
@FM-jg1yr
Never underrated
@dawnrooney1528
Wicked games
@Stacy55ish
Not all all. He has a long and illustrious career