Wild Thing May 2026
Songwriter Chip Taylor composed "Wild Thing" in late 1965 after being asked by a band called the to write a single. Taylor ad-libbed the lyrics and demoed the song with a raw, stream-of-consciousness feel, even using a tambourine and hand-claps to create a "sexual-kind-of-feeling".
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The Wild Ones released the first version in November 1965, but it failed to gain traction. It wasn't until a year later that an English band from Hampshire would turn those three chords into history. Songwriter Chip Taylor composed "Wild Thing" in late
In 1989, the song was reinvented as a massive rap hit. Produced by Matt Dike and Michael Ross, it sampled Van Halen's "Jamie's Cryin'" and became the first rap single to go platinum. It wasn't until a year later that an
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