The week of July 26, 1966, found English rock band The Troggs atop the Billboard Hot 100 with their classic hit ‘Wild Thing.’ This was one of two top ten hits for the band in the U.S., with the following year’s ‘Love is All Around’ reaching #7.
‘Wild Thing’ was written by Chip Taylor for the American band The Wild Ones. Their version, released six months earlier, failed to make a splash. It’s not dissimilar from The Troggs’ recording, but lacks its swagger and immediacy.
Among the many notable covers of ‘Wild Thing’ is Jimi Hendrix’s Monterey Pop Festival performance, which he ended by setting his guitar on fire. Now that’s wild!
Old songs. Great memories.
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Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
[Verse 1]
Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you
[Chorus]
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
[Verse 2]
Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So, come on, and hold me tight
You move me
[Chorus]
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
[Outro]
Come on, come on!
Wild thing
Shake it! Shake it!
Wild thing
I love you
Wild…
Meet Me In Montauk 
The Troggs definitely had the better version of this song and deserved the hit.
I just noticed a new search section on your deep dives. Maybe it’s been there and I didn’t notice it. It’s great to make that available. Just wondering if your Watertown posts would be considered a deep dive? Think you did the whole album in 10 posts maybe? Asking for all the Sinatra fans 😉
Great catch… I’ll add a section for album deep dives. 🙂
Great!