Album version 3:47 English 2000
Radio edit 3:36 English 2001
Vocal up promo version 3:33 English 2001

Liner notes

The day is a wild child. It is unpredictable, it is reckless, it offers you no security, it promises nothing. It is what you make it. So make it good.
notes by Roma Ryan
Only Time: The Collection, 2002

Trivia

The song was used as title music for the Japanese film ‘Calmi Cuori Appassionati’.

Single

‘Wild Child,’ the second single from the album, was released on February 21, 2001.

cover

01 Wild Child [radio edit] +
02 Midnight Blue *
03 Song of the Sandman (Lullaby) *

+ new version
* previously unreleased tracks


Music Video

The music video was directed by Graham Fink. The CBS special about Enya features scenes from the filming. There is also a second version featuring scenes from the ‘Calmi Cuori Appassionati’ movie.

Performances

Venue Date Details
Gold Disc Awards (Japan) Mar 14, 2001 Lip-synced
San Remo Festival (Italy) Mar 3, 2001 Lip-synced


 

Lyrics

Ever close your eyes
ever stop and listen
ever feel alive
and you’ve nothing missing
you don’t need a reason
let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down
everywhere around you
give into it now
let the day surround you
you don’t need a reason
let the rain go on and on

What a day
what a day to take to
what a way
what a way
to make it through
what a day
what a day to take
a wild child

Only take the time
from the helter skelter
every day you find
everything’s in kilter
you don’t need a reason
let the day go on and on

Every summer sun
every winter evening
every spring to come
every autumn leaving
you don’t need a reason
let it all go on and on

What a day
what a day to take to
what a way
what a way
to make it through
what a day
what a day to take to
What a day
what a day to take to
what a way
what a way to make it through
what a day
what a day to take to a wild child
What a day
what a day to take to
what a way
What a way
to make it through
what a day
what a day to take to
Da-da-da-
Da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da
what a way
what a way
to make it through
Da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da
what a way
what a way to make it through
what a day
what a day to take to a wild child
what a day
what a day to take to a wild child

lyrics by Roma Ryan
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, 2000