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.
You Took My Heart
Chris Isaak Lyrics
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You talk of love and the happiness it brings.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
Under the sky there are many pretty girls.
But there's not one that can help me in this world.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
Wondering if it's wrong or right to be dreaming about you.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
I'm sitting here alone tonight, and I'm thinking about you.
Wondering if it's wrong or right to be dreaming about you.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
There will be no love for me, there will be no love for me.
No love for me, no love for me, no love for me.
The lyrics of Chris Isaak's song You Took My Heart convey a feeling of heartbreak and longing for lost love. The opening lines imply that there are many beautiful and attractive things in the world, but the singer's heart has been taken by their former love interest. The second stanza suggests that while there may be many other women, none of them can fill the void left by the loss of the singer's heart to their former lover. The repetition of the line "You took my heart, you took my heart from me" underscores the depth of the singer's emotional pain over the loss of love.
The chorus of the song reinforces this sense of heartbreak and loneliness. The singer is sitting alone, thinking about their lost love and wondering if it's right to dream about them. The final line, however, suggests that the singer has given up hope of finding love again. There will be "no love for me" - a haunting and sad conclusion to the song.
Overall, You Took My Heart is a poignant and moving exploration of the pain of lost love. The lyrics use simple, powerful language to convey the depth of the singer's emotions, and the repetition of key lines reinforces the sense of heartbreak.
Line by Line Meaning
Under the sun there are many pretty things.
There are a lot of attractive things in the world.
You talk of love and the happiness it brings.
You speak of the joy that love can bring.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
You stole my heart from me.
Under the sky there are many pretty girls.
There are a lot of beautiful girls in the world.
But there's not one that can help me in this world.
None of them can help me overcome the pain of losing you.
I'm sitting here alone tonight, and I'm thinking about you.
I am reflecting on you while spending this lonely evening.
Wondering if it's wrong or right to be dreaming about you.
Questioning the morality of having dreams about you.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
You snatched away my heart from me.
You took my heart, you took my heart from me.
You took my heart, never to return it back.
There will be no love for me, there will be no love for me.
I do not think that I will ever be able to find love again.
No love for me, no love for me, no love for me.
I am convinced that there will never be any love for me again.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRIS ISAAK
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