Songwriter Chip Taylor composed "Wild Thing" in late 1965 after being asked by a band called the to write a single. Taylor ad-libbed the lyrics and demoed the song with a raw, stream-of-consciousness feel, even using a tambourine and hand-claps to create a "sexual-kind-of-feeling".
Ranked #257 on Rolling Stone’s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," it is cited as a foundational influence on hard rock, garage rock, and proto-punk. Legendary Interpretations Wild Thing
The song's simplicity made it a perfect canvas for other artists to project their own "wild" energy: Songwriter Chip Taylor composed "Wild Thing" in late