lead singer Reg Presley, born Reginald Maurice Ball, 1941 - 2013. The quartet had two other Top 100 records "I Can't Control Myself" (peaked at #43 in 1966) and "Love Is All Around" (reached #7 in 1968). The B-side of the 'Atco' release was "A Girl Like You" and it also make the Top 100, it reached #29. Its three weeks outside the Top 10 were 1st week at #75, 2nd week at #47 then jumped to #6, and its 11th & final week it was at #31 and then fell completely off the chart.Īs already stated because of a label dispute it was released on the 'Atco' and 'Fontana' record label in the U.S.A. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 19th 1966, "Wild Thing" by the Troggs entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #75 and on July 24th it peaked at #1 (for 2 weeks) and spent 11 weeks on the Top 100 (and for amazing 8 of those 11 weeks it was on the Top 10).The quartet had one other Top 100 record, "Touch Me" it peaked at #19 in 1974. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 9th 1974, Fancy's covered version of "Wild Thing" entered Billboard’s Hot Top 100 chart at position #99 twelve weeks later on September 1st, 1974 it would peaked at #14 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart.
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Joe Cantello from GeorgiaThe version of Wild Thing by 'Senator Bobby' is available as a download from either Amazon or itunes.Michael from Vienna (austria)One of my favourite covers is the reggae version by Sister Carol, that is played at the end of the film "Something wild" by Jonathan Demme.Elmer Fudd from Barnstead Nhwhat key is this song in?.Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. THE TROGGS: (Singing) You make my heart sing, you make everything groovy, wild thing, come on, come on, wild thing, shake it, shake it, wild thing. Our theme music was written by our wild thing, B.J. SIMON: Chip Taylor, talking about "Wild Thing," released 50 years ago by The Wild Ones. When everybody shouts out, I want to know for sure, it's a nice - it's a nice feeling, you know? I think the Lord will let me skate with that one for that feeling. TAYLOR: I was sitting on the banks of Lake Maggiore in Italy and saw two little kids with their mothers, and I just started playing a little bit of "Wild Thing." And they left their mothers and came over to me and just started moving and feeling good. But "Wild Thing" holds a special place in his heart. He wrote the million-selling, 1981 Juice Newton single, "Angel In The Morning" and other tunes for Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare and Emmylou Harris. SIMON: Chip Taylor was no one-hit wonder. TAYLOR: And everybody who heard that demo thought it was an ocarina and so did The Troggs. So we overdubbed his whistle with his hands. I said, if I hum you something, can you try to match that? And he said, yeah, I can try. And Ron started doing something with his hands, but he did this little whistling sound. TAYLOR: It was a little open section I had, and I wasn't sure what to put in it. SIMON: But the original demo - that fluty sound - came from a man's bare hands, Ron Johnson's hands. (SOUNDBITE OF THE TROGGS SONG, "WILD THING") SIMON: The Troggs version of "Wild Thing" features what is undoubtedly the most famous ocarina solo in rock history. TAYLOR: After I say, come on, hold me tight. THE TROGGS: (Singing) Come on, hold me tight. TAYLOR: Now this is where I think the magic of the song is. THE TROGGS: (Singing) Wild thing, I think I love you. And so he did, and I sang whatever came to me, and there it was, "Wild Thing." And as soon as I sit down, have the microphone ready. The deadline was near, so he called his engineer Ron Johnson. SIMON: At the time, he was best known for country songs, but he got a call from a record producer who wanted some rock 'n' roll. Back in 1964, somewhere around there, I wrote a song called "Wild Thing." THE TROGGS: (Singing) You make everything groovy.ĬHIP TAYLOR: My name is Chip Taylor, originally James Wesley Voight. SIMON: Although most people these days consider the classic version to be the 1966 recording by The Troggs. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Kermit the Frog, singing) Wild thing, bum, bow, bom.
HANK WILLIAMS, JR.: (Singing) You make my heart sing. Originally performed by a New York band called The Wild Ones, the song's publisher has issued 7,500 licenses for recordings.
"Wild Thing" was released 50 years ago this month. SIMON: You were expecting another anniversary of the Magna Carta? We now observe an important historical milestone.
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