Bonnie Tyler’s “It’s a Jungle Out There” portrays modern society as a wild, dangerous place hidden beneath the mask of civilization. Through images of nightlife, temptation, fashion, and hunting, the song suggests that people become both predators and prey while searching for love, desire, and survival in an unforgiving world.
It’s a Jungle Out There Lyrics
[Chorus]
I hear you call it civilization
It’s a jungle out there
It’s a jungle out there
Oh, unending nights of temptation
It’s a jungle out there
Oh, but you just don’t care
[Verse 1]
Each night you dress up to kill them, ha
Down at the watering hole
You stalk your prey with high fashion
With self control, you play the role, yeah
The lonely and the lonely heart hunters
The neon love life, oh, it cuts like a knife
[Chorus]
I hear you call it civilization
It’s a jungle out there
It’s a jungle out there
[Verse 2]
The sounds and shadows surround you
You’re swinging vine to vine
Below the nightmare, it gathers
It’s like a jungle at feeding time, yeah
[Verse 3]
Clawing through the crowd each night
Oh, you set your trap so carefully
A trophy for your wall
Hey, someone has you in their sights
You are both the hunter and the prey
No winners at all
[Chorus]
Yes, I hear you call it civilization
Well, it’s a jungle out there
It’s a jungle out there
Oh, oh, unending nights of temptation
It’s a jungle out there
Oh, and you just don’t care
Mm, oh
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oh, unending nights of temptation
It’s a jungle out there
It’s a jungle out there
You call it civilization
No, no, oh no
It’s a jungle out there
[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh no
It’s a jungle out there
It’s a jungle
It’s a jungle out there (It’s a jungle out there)
Yeah, oh yeah
Oh
Video of It’s a Jungle Out There Lyrics By Bonnie Tyler
Song Credits
- Song Name :– It’s a Jungle Out There
- Singer Name :–Bonnie Tyler
- Producer:- John Jansen & Jim Steinman
- Album:– Faster Than the Speed of Night
- Release Date :– April 8, 1983
Song Bio of It’s a Jungle Out There By Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler built her career on turning heartbreak into spectacle, and “It’s a Jungle Out There” proves she could stalk a metaphor just as fiercely. Released as part of her 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night, the track strips away the polish of modern life and exposes something feral underneath. Nightclubs become watering holes. Singles become hunters. Every outfit is camouflage, every glance a calculated move in a game where love and survival blur together.
Producers John Jansen and Jim Steinman, the mastermind behind Tyler’s biggest hits, gave the song a pulse that feels less like a ballad and more like a chase. Steinman’s theatrical instincts show up in every corner of the arrangement, turning a night out into a full-blown expedition through concrete wilderness.
What makes the track stick is its refusal to pick a side. Nobody walks away untouched here; everyone is chasing and being chased at once. Decades before dating apps turned romance into a numbers game, Tyler was already singing about a world where connection came with claws.
