The Troggs
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In 1966, English band The Troggs turned their cover of “Wild Thing” into a #1 hit. The song was written by Chip Taylor—brother of Jon Voight and uncle to Angelina Jolie—who talked to Rolling Stone about demoing the song saying, “I was on the floor laughing when I was through.”
This song was origina...
[Intro]
[Chorus]
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
Come on, hold me tight!
I love you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
[Ocarina Solo]
[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...
Wild Thing was written by Chip Taylor.
Wild Thing was produced by Larry Page.
The Troggs released Wild Thing on Fri Apr 22 1966.
Gerry Granahan originally asked Chip Taylor to write the song for a house band called The Wild Ones. Taylor recalled
I started just chuggin' away on a couple of chords and within a couple of minutes of getting off the phone I had the chorus and I was kind of likin' it … I was a little afraid to pla...