Born to Be Wild




1968 song written by Mars Bonfire

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Born to Be Wild (disambiguation).










































"Born to Be Wild"
Born to-be wild-steppenwolf-45.jpg

Single by Steppenwolf
from the album Steppenwolf
B-side "Everybody's Next One"
Released 1968
Format 45-single
Genre


  • Hard rock[1][2]


  • proto-metal[3][4]
Length

  • 3:30

  • 3:02 (7")
Label

  • Dunhill

  • RCA
Songwriter(s) Mars Bonfire
Producer(s) Gabriel Mekler

Steppenwolf singles chronology





"A Girl I Knew"
(1967)
 "Born to Be Wild"
(1968)
 "The Pusher"
(1968)


"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf, The song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. It is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" marks the first use of this term in rock music (although not as a description of a musical style).[5]




Contents






  • 1 Composition


  • 2 Release and reception


  • 3 Charts


    • 3.1 Weekly charts


    • 3.2 Year-end charts




  • 4 Cover versions


    • 4.1 Charts


      • 4.1.1 Rose Tattoo version


      • 4.1.2 Kim Wilde version


      • 4.1.3 Tanja Dexter version






  • 5 In popular culture


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Composition


"Born to Be Wild" was written by Mars Bonfire as a ballad.[6] Bonfire was previously a member of the Sparrows, the predecessor band to Steppenwolf, and his brother was Steppenwolf's drummer. Although he initially offered the song to other bands — The Human Expression, for one[7] — "Born to Be Wild" was first recorded by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and rearranged version that AllMusic's Hal Horowitz described as "a roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock" and "a timeless radio classic as well as a slice of '60s revolt that at once defines Steppenwolf's sound and provided them with their shot at AM immortality."[6]



Release and reception


"Born to Be Wild" was the band's third single off their 1968 debut album Steppenwolf, and became their most successful single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. It was kept from the No.1 spot by "People Got to Be Free" by the Rascals.[8] In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed "Born to Be Wild" at No. 129 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[9] Also in 2004, it finished at #29 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In 2009, it was named the 53rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[10] In 2018, the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a new category for singles.[11]



Charts











Year-end charts















Chart (1968)
 Rank
Canada (RPM Top Singles)[22]
 14
US Billboard Hot 100[23]
 31


Cover versions








































"Born to Be Wild"
Born to be Wilde Kim Wilde.jpg

Single by Kim Wilde
B-side "All About Me"
Released 2002
Format CD single
Length
3:23 (Radio Mix)
Label Edel
Songwriter(s) Mars Bonfire
Producer(s) Ricki Wilde

Kim Wilde singles chronology





"Loved"
(2001)
 "Born to Be Wild"
(2002)
 "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime"
(2003)

Music video

"Born to Be Wild" on YouTube


In 1985, the song was covered by Australian band Rose Tattoo. Their version peaked at No. 25 in Australia.[24] In 2002, it was covered by Kim Wilde and released as a non-album single. Her cover reached No. 84 in Germany[25] and No. 71 in Switzerland.[26]Tanja Dexters also covered the song in 2002. Her version peaked at No. 21 in Belgium.[27]


Other artists that covered this song include Hinder,[28]Etta James,[29]Link Wray,[29]Slade,[30]The Cult,[31]INXS,[29]Ozzy Osbourne with Miss Piggy,[32]Bruce Springsteen,[29]Slayer,[33]Blue Öyster Cult,[29]Status Quo,[29]Fanfare Ciocărlia,[34]Krokus,[35]Wilson Pickett,[29]La Renga[36] and Jess Greenberg.[37]



Charts



Rose Tattoo version











Chart (1985)
 Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[24]
 25


Kim Wilde version















Chart (2002)
 Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[25]
 84
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]
 71


Tanja Dexter version











Chart (2002)
 Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27]
 21


In popular culture


The song was initially released in 1968, but it was subsequently included in many compilation albums and soundtracks. The first of these was the soundtrack for the movie Easy Rider, released in 1969. Unlike the album or single version, the song on this soundtrack is accompanied by the sounds of motorcycles as an introduction (another Steppenwolf song from their first album, "The Pusher", was also used in the film). When the movie was in production, "Born to Be Wild" was used simply as a placeholder, since Peter Fonda had wanted Crosby, Stills & Nash to do the movie's soundtrack. Eventually, it became clear that the song was well suited for the movie.



See also


  • List of number-one singles of 1968 (Canada)


References





  1. ^ Inglis, Ian (2003). Popular Music and Film. Wallflower Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-903364-71-0. Steppenwolf's 'Born To Be Wild', a gritty, hard rock song that quickly became an anthem for defiant individualism..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  4. ^ Hoskyns, Barney (1996). Waiting For the Sun: The Story of the Los Angeles Music Scene. Viking. p. 172. The brilliant soundtrack, including the Byrds' 'Wasn't Born to Follow', Steppenwolf's proto-metal 'Born to be Wild', and Jimi Hendrix's 'If Six Was Nine', helped to set the film in a kind of outlaw-rock'n'roll context.


  5. ^ Walser, Robert (1993). Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6260-9.


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  7. ^ The Human Expression: Love at Psychedelic Velocity (Media notes). Collectables Records. 1994.


  8. ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. 24 August 1968. Retrieved 16 December 2018.


  9. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500)". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006.. Rolling Stone. RealNetworks.


  10. ^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Spreadit.org. January 1, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.


  11. ^ Graff, Gary (April 14, 2018). "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Songs for the First Time, Including 'Born to Be Wild' & 'Louie Louie'". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2018.


  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 2, 2013.


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  37. ^ Marano, Francesco (September 24, 2015). ""Stairway To Heaven" Jess Greenberg (Led Zeppelin Cover) [YouTube Official Music Video]". Zumic. Retrieved November 17, 2017.




External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics










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