"Wicked Garden" is a song by the American

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that appears on their debut studio album, ''

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''. The song was never released as a commercial single (only as a radio promo) but is still considered to be one of the band's biggest hits and appears on their

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compilation, ''

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''. The song's lyrics were written by

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and the music was written by brothers

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and Dean DeLeo.

Song meaning

Scott Weiland stated that "'Wicked Garden' is a song about people allowing all their innocence and purity to be lost from their lives."

Other versions

*An original version of "Wicked Garden" appeared on the ''Mighty Joe Young Demo'' in 1990. *STP performed an acoustic version of "Wicked Garden" on ''

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'' in 1993. The video of this version appears on ''Thank You'' DVD. *The band also performed the song on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' in 1993, and in 2013, during the KROQ Weenie Roast, as the surprise super-star band of the evening. *A live version of the song appears on the soundtrack for the 2001 Family Values Tour.

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References

1992 songs Stone Temple Pilots songs Songs written by Scott Weiland Songs written by Robert DeLeo Songs written by Dean DeLeo Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Atlantic Records singles Acid rock songs {{1990s-rock-single-stub