Wild thing you make my heart sing
2007-06-30 16:41:07 · 15 answers · asked by PittBullBilly 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
the Troggs
2007-06-30 16:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by Dani G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually bothered to look it up.
One of the most popular of all the sports rock anthems started life as a demo by Chip Taylor, also author of "Angel in the Morning." The tune was originally recorded by a New York Chicano group called the Wild Things, sporting six-foot-high pompadours, but the record went nowhere. Picked up as a song demo, the tune was brought to international acclaim by a group called the Troggs. As a song, "Wild Thing" is little more than the same three-chord progression as "Twist and Shout" or "La Bamba" or "Louie Louie" with a deadpan vocal that belies its sexual message. The Troggs' hit version features the unlikely use of an ocarina in the middle for the instrumental solo. That the tune can be interpreted a variety of ways is obvious in its most famous cover by Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival where he uses the song as a guitar-smashing set closer. The song also sprouted legs as a continuing theme in the movie Major League. A true garage-punk classic, the simplicity of "Wild Thing" has given it life into the 21st century of popular song.
Besides that bit of information, bands that have covered the song include:
Jimi Hendrix
The Meteors
X (this is the version from the movie Major League)
Angry Samoans
Cheap Trick
5.6.7.8s
The Standels
Chip Taylor (a solo act)
Sam Kinison
(although there are actually many versions and rereleases by these and many others)
2007-06-30 18:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by сhееsеr1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs sing "Wild Thing"...But there is another version by Jimi Hendrix
2007-06-30 22:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by I Don't Owe You Any Vowels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs
2007-06-30 16:45:21 · answer #4 · answered by Zorlinda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs
2007-06-30 16:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by Dulos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs
2007-06-30 16:43:40 · answer #6 · answered by wallflower♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs
2007-06-30 16:43:24 · answer #7 · answered by Wanderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Song Wild Thing
2016-10-06 10:22:06 · answer #8 · answered by shalhoup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Troggs. Jimmy Hendrixs did a cover. Jimmy covered almost everything from wild thing to the star spangled banner. They didn't have sample machines back then.
2007-06-30 17:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by The Answer Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs, relised in 1966
2007-06-30 16:52:07 · answer #10 · answered by Slugga 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Troggs did the original version
2007-06-30 16:45:05 · answer #11 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋