"Wicked Garden" is a song by Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....

 that appears on their debut studio album, Core

Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)

The album was released on September 29, 1992 on Atlantic, the same day Alice in Chains released Dirt, another important album of the grunge era. Despite high sales, the album received mixed to negative reviews. Critics blasted the band as "rip-offs" of grunge bands such as Pearl Jam and Alice in...

. 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 greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 compilation, Thank You

Thank You (Stone Temple Pilots album)

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. The song's lyrics were written by Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist, most notable for his work with Grammy Award-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Weiland is also known for his five-year career with supergroup Velvet Revolver as well as his own solo career...

 and the music was written by brothers Robert

Robert DeLeo

Robert Emile DeLeo is an American bass player, songwriter, and harmony vocalist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He has also played in Talk Show and Army of Anyone...

 and Dean DeLeo

Dean DeLeo

Dean DeLeo is an American guitarist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots.He is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone, which featured his younger brother Robert DeLeo, Filter frontman Richard Patrick, and session drummer Ray Luzier...

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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."http://belowempty.com/Discography/index.php

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 MTV Unplugged
  MTV Unplugged
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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.
• A live version of the song appears on the soundtrack for the 2001 Family Values Tour
  Family Values Tour
  The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual rock & rap tour.The tour began in 1998 and would take the year off in 2000, due to heavy competition from other tours, such as the Anger Management Tour and the Summer Sanitarium Tour. After a four year hiatus, the Family...
  
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Chart positions

Chart	Position
U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	11
U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	21