Jungle (Dwight Twilley album)

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Jungle
Studio album by
Released1984
GenrePower pop, rock
LabelEMI America[1]
Dwight Twilley chronology
Scuba Divers
(1982)
Jungle
(1984)
Wild Dogs
(1986)

Jungle is an album by the American musician Dwight Twilley, released in 1984.[2][3]

The album reached No. 39 on the Billboard 200; "Girls" peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] Despite Jungle's success, Twilley left EMI America for the mob-connected Private Eye Records.[5]

A cover of "Why You Wanna Break My Heart", by Tia Carrere, appears on Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture.[6]

Susan Cowsill and Tom Petty contributed vocals to the album; Mike Campbell played guitar.[7][8] The intro to "Girls" contains an interpolation of some Maurice Chevalier music.[9]

The video for "Girls" was inspired by Porky's.[10]

Critical reception

Track listing

References

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