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The Troggs — Wild Thing
Album: Best of The Troggs
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Released: 1966
Length: 2:33
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Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Come on, come on, wild thing
Shake it, shake it, wild thing
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Wannabe axeman Johnny Depp plays this in the desert to advertise some perfume on TV. Just after he inexplicably empties a shovel full of sand over his head.
Posted 11 months ago by EffjayUK    [ Reply ]
Those are some tight tight trousers.
Posted 1 year ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Jon Snow - Wildling <3
Posted 2 years ago by anna_Redusa    [ Reply ]
It was fun then, and its still fun today.
Posted 2 years ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
 kwacka wrote:
My god, I'm getting old!
 
This was a hit 52 years ago. :shock:


55 years now..!!
Posted 2 years ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
 kwacka wrote:
My god, I'm getting old!
 
This was a hit 52 years ago. :shock:


Yes, yes, you are. As am I. Now 55 years ago. Shock! Memories are what sort of defines us. No? This song resonates along with all those insipid Canadian centenary jingles from '67. Good memories of  times gone by.  Call me a boomer but call me, hopefully, enlightened. Just trying to enjoy the the precious time given all of us without pissing off too many people. Those I have pissed off deserved it. Ha! Cheers. 
Posted 2 years ago by farmersdotter2    [ Reply ]
Schmaltz.  The dictionary definition thereof.
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
the first chord instantly makes me think of  The Hollies "Air That I Breathe"...
quite different after that, isn't it? I used to dance unabashedly to the neighbor's 45s on their front porch when I was very young - where did that person go?
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
I was Today year's old when I learned about the band that sings this song.  
For the Life of Me, I thought it was an early Kinks song.
Posted 2 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
Saw the Troggs at my Uni in the UK early 70's.  The opened with Wild Thing, did an extended version of WT half way and the encore was a bonkers version of  Wild Thing.  They did do Love is all around as well, but only once. It became a massive hit in the 90s for Wet Wet Wet. A fun evening
Posted 3 years ago by Cricketer    [ Reply ]
iconic!!! 
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 zenhead wrote:

When I was a youngster, I heard "you make my horse sing," which made no sense to me.




Oh ah for us it was "Wild Thing, You make my **** spring"
Posted 3 years ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
 kwacka wrote:
My god, I'm getting old!
 
This was a hit 52 years ago. :shock:



Try 55 years ago.  And we're not getting old.  We're just older.
Posted 3 years ago by BobHeisler    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:

Gotta love those Beatles haircuts on that album cover.


In 1966 Britain that was long hair!
Posted 3 years ago by kwacka    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

CFRA AM 580 radio used to play this song all the time in the mid-60s.    Sounded edgy, even in mono.  :-)

RP plays this just to make some of us feel old, very old.  


CFRA, man. Just mentioning that makes me feel old. Big time AM top-40 station in Ottawa, Canada, until it went all talk in the late 80s. The Troggs must have sounded edgy on CFRA, even in the 60s (before I was listening to anything). Sadly, CFRA was the type of radio station many of us abandoned for FM in the 70s, eventually abandoning even FM for -- RP. 

What goes around comes around!
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
When I was a youngster, I heard "you make my horse sing," which made no sense to me.
Posted 3 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 bruceandjenna wrote:

Didn't need this song.  
 
...to feel old?
Posted 4 years ago by derhey9416    [ Reply ]
Grooves man
Posted 4 years ago by dauerweck    [ Reply ]
 kwacka wrote:
My god, I'm getting old!
 
This was a hit 52 years ago. :shock:
 
From the year I was born.
And it still sounds groovy.
Posted 4 years ago by GustaafJHeinh    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Finally! A fun tune. Thanks RP.
Posted 4 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
CFRA AM 580 radio used to play this song all the time in the mid-60s.    Sounded edgy, even in mono.  :-)

RP plays this just to make some of us feel old, very old.  
 
Didn't need this song.  
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
This song is a wild thing!
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
ritmo inconconfondibile appena ascoltato questa musica li conosco e sono loro ed avevo 12 anni!!! Incredibile.
Posted 4 years ago by mario_1954    [ Reply ]
Damn another overplayed song from back in the day
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
CFRA AM 580 radio used to play this song all the time in the mid-60s.    Sounded edgy, even in mono.  :-)

RP plays this just to make some of us feel old, very old.  
 

LOLOL -but inside we are all still wild things.
Posted 4 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
CFRA AM 580 radio used to play this song all the time in the mid-60s.    Sounded edgy, even in mono.  :-)

RP plays this just to make some of us feel old, very old.  
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Don't you just want to caper around a campfire in the dead-heat of  a summer's night, howling these lyrics? An 8 for atavistic appeal!
Posted 5 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
I crack up every time I hear the solo...on nose flute!
Posted 5 years ago by CatsAreGods    [ Reply ]
 apd wrote:
Jimi's version makes these guys sound like a bunch of pasty English boys.

Which, actually...
 
I have a soft spot for Sam Kinison's cover of this.
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
:)  grooving here in Canada.   and Hey! The new website looks good, even though I haven't figured it all out just yet.

 
Posted 5 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
Just because
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

 apd wrote:
Jimi's version makes these guys sound like a bunch of pasty English boys.

Which, actually...
 
I lived pretty near their origins in the UK and used to spend quite a bit of time with them, even bought their old group van (!), but pasty? Having had a few drinking sessions in their company, umm ... no.
Posted 6 years ago by trekker308    [ Reply ]
My god, I'm getting old!
 
This was a hit 52 years ago. :shock:
Posted 6 years ago by kwacka    [ Reply ]
The beautiful primitiveness of Rock'n Roll. Or was it the other way round?
Posted 6 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
I heard this and loved it 3,000 times as a 12 year old. 
But this is my first roll of this classic on RP. Kudos. Let's go for the daily double and spin Love Is All Around. 
 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 peter.gerzner wrote:
The good old Troggs
 
{#Yes}
Posted 6 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
The good old Troggs
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
My nickname in highschool! Wish I was still in highschool.
Posted 6 years ago by sandymac2010    [ Reply ]
A rare 10 - one of the all-time greats!
Posted 6 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Gotta love those Beatles haircuts on that album cover.
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Trog.jpg
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Jimi's version makes these guys sound like a bunch of pasty English boys.

Which, actually...
Posted 6 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
shake it shake it Wild Thing
Posted 6 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Absolutely the best. AM radio was wonderful during the 1960s.
Posted 6 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
 matt832 wrote:
I don't know, my hunch is that this really doesn't belong on RP.

 
So also no Iggy Pop, no Lou Reed, and no Ramones? Right?

I disagree.
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
yeah !
Posted 6 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Shagadelic.
Posted 6 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I had hunch for lunch and it really was a Wild Thing! matt832 wrote:
I don't know, my hunch is that this really doesn't belong on RP.
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
matt832 wrote:
I don't know, my hunch is that this really doesn't belong on RP.
Ah, but we are talking roots here.
Posted 18 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
I don't know, my hunch is that this really doesn't belong on RP.
Posted 18 years ago by matt832    [ Reply ]
Which one was the guy who had a part in 'Love Actually' and "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?'
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
classic - wild thing ! yeah ! and then the ocarina solo comes in ... doo dooo-dooo doo doo do-doo.. ha ha ha always makes me laugh
Posted 18 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
grooovy
Posted 18 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
w00t!
Posted 18 years ago by celt    [ Reply ]
Oh Yeah!!!
Posted 18 years ago by moonbat    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
I can still see why this was a hit in it's day. BTW Bill, I like the Troll-Troggs link!!
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Can't decide if this song takes me on a wonderful trip back to the 60s, or reminds me of Charlie Sheehan trying to pitch in Major League. Doesn't matter, both are good!
Posted 18 years ago by Rob_S    [ Reply ]
greg6494 wrote:
dinosaur-iffic!
Posted 18 years ago by mafe    [ Reply ]
i don't care how old this is or how many times i've heard it, it's still cool.
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
dinosaur-iffic!
Posted 18 years ago by greg6494    [ Reply ]