Wild Thing ( the Troggs song ) - wikipedia Wild Thing ( the Troggs song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) `` Wild Thing '' Single by the Troggs B - side `` From Home '' ( UK ) `` With a Girl Like You '' ( US ) Released 22 April 1966 ( 1966 - 04 - 22 ) Format 7 - inch single Studio Olympic Sound, London Genre Garage rock hard rock proto - punk Length 2 : 30 Label Fontana ( UK ) Atco & Fontana ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Chip Taylor Producer ( s ) Larry Page The Troggs UK singles chronology `` Lost Girl '' ( 1965 ) `` Wild Thing '' ( 1966 ) `` With a Girl Like You '' ( 1966 ) The Troggs US singles chronology `` Wild Thing '' ( 1966 ) `` I Ca n't Control Myself '' ( 1966 ) `` Wild Thing '' is a song written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by the English rock band the Troggs. It was originally recorded and released by the American rock band the Wild Ones in 1965, but it did not chart. The Troggs ' single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1966. Their version of `` Wild Thing '' was ranked at number 257 on the Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has also been performed by many other musicians. Contents 1 Background 2 The Troggs ' version 2.1 Charts 3 Other versions 4 In popular culture 5 References Background The Wild Ones were the house band at the New York City nightclub Arthur, set up by socialite Sybil Christopher, who had married the band 's former lead singer Jordan Christopher. Although they had issued an album, it was not as successful as the band had hoped, and their producer Gerry Granahan contacted Chip Taylor to ask him to write a song for them to release as a single. Taylor later explained : I started just chuggin ' away on a couple of chords and within a couple of minutes of getting off the phone I had the chorus and I was kind of likin ' it. I did n't really know what I was going to say in between but I was thinking there was something cool and sweaty about this. So I went to the studio... Because it was a sexual - kind - of - feeling song, I did n't want to be embarrassed, I wanted to let myself sing it, so I asked ( producer ) Ron ( Johnson ) to turn the lights out when I got there and have my stool ready and have my microphone ready and when I got there, I said, `` Put the tape in record and just let it go and let me just keep playin '... And then I stomped on a board, just to give a cool little edge to it and I banged on a tambourine and then Ron was foolin ' around. As the track was playing back, he was doing this little thing with his hands, like when you put a blade of grass in there and you get a whistling sound ? Only he was able to it without the blade of grass in it. It sounded cool... I listened back and I thought it sounded great. I was a little afraid to play it for people because it was so different than anything I 'd done before ; it was n't one of those pretty little country songs. And it was very sexy. Granahan approved the song and produced the Wild Ones ' recording, with vocals by Chuck Alden. However, on its release in November 1965, the record failed to sell, and Alden later said that he regretted not performing the song in the same way as Taylor 's demo. The Troggs ' version Due to a distribution dispute, the Troggs ' single was available on two competing labels : Atco Records and Fontana Records. Because both pressings were taken from the identical master recording, Billboard combined the sales for both releases, making it the only single to simultaneously reach number one for two companies. On the Atco label, the author credits of both sides are reversed as `` Wild Thing '' is credited to Reg Presley ( Troggs ' lead vocalist ) and its B - side, `` With a Girl Like You '', to Chip Taylor. On the Fontana label, `` Wild Thing '' is correctly credited to Chip Taylor and the flip contains a different song, `` From Home '', by Reg Presley. The Fontana label credits production to Page One Productions, England, while the Atco label credits production as `` A Larry Page Production, Recorded in England ''. One further difference between the two singles is that there is a noticeable `` click '' on the Atco single after Presley says `` You move me '' and just before the music starts again ; this click is edited out of the Fontana version. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart on issue date June 25, 1966. Two weeks later ( July 9 ), it leaped from number 47 to number six. The song then rose to number two where it remained for the next two weeks ( July 16 and July 23 ), while `` Hanky Panky '' by Tommy James and the Shondells occupied the top spot. On issue date July 30, 1966, `` Wild Thing '' hit number one where it remained for two weeks. The song ultimately logged eleven weeks on the chart, with eight of those weeks in the Top 10. In Canada, the single ( Fontana 1548 ) reached number two on the RPM magazine charts on August 8, 1966. The Troggs recorded a new version of the song in 1993, which peaked at number 87 in the UK Singles Chart. Charts Chart ( 1966 ) Peak position Austria 5 Belgium 15 Germany 7 Netherlands 5 UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 Other versions `` Wild Thing '' has remained popular ever since the Troggs ' hit single and has been recorded many times : The Jimi Hendrix Experience gave a dramatic performance of the song, at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. The performance was captured in the 1967 documentary Monterey Pop. Hendrix recorded the song live, as heard on the compilation album The Ultimate Experience. Hendrix lit his guitar on fire at the song 's conclusion. In 1967, the novelty team of Senator Bobby released a version of `` Wild Thing ''. Sung by comedian Bill Minkin in the verbal style of Democratic Senator Bobby Kennedy while a recording engineer is heard giving instructions, the stammering single charted at number 20 in the United States. The flip side featured `` Senator Everett McKinley '' ( an impression of Republican Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen ) doing the same song ; the initial voiceover by the recording engineer encourages Senator Bobby to respond to his `` hit single '' ( the Senator Everett McKinley version also had some radio airplay at the time ). The songs were credited to The Hardly - Worthit Players, and the Senator Bobby version was included as a bonus track on reissues of their 1966 Parkway LP called The Hardly - Worthit Report ( the rest of the album is a comedic takeoff on the NBC national news broadcast The Huntley - Brinkley Report ). The British group Fancy recorded a version of the song in 1974, which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Los Angeles - based punk band X released their cover of the song in 1984. It was later used in the 1989 film Major League and its 1994 sequel, Major League II. French singer Amanda Lear recorded `` Wild Thing '' for her 1986 album Secret Passion and released as a single in 1987. Comedian Sam Kinison recorded a novelty version in 1988 which reached number 18 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The music video featured cameos from many well - known rock musicians including Rodney Dangerfield, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N ' Roses, Billy Idol, C.C. DeVille of Poison, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby from Ratt, and Tommy Lee. The video also featured a raunchy `` roll on the mat '' dance with Jessica Hahn. Kinison 's version changed the song to a blistering condemnation of the title subject, with lines such as `` Why did n't you tell me you were a demon from Hell '' and `` The only thing that gets you off is to see me in pain. '' A version by Cheap Trick appeared in the 1992 film Encino Man and its soundtrack album. Australian rock duo Divinyls covered the song in 1993 for the soundtrack to the film Reckless Kelly. It peaked at number 39 on the Australian Singles Chart. In popular culture This section indiscriminately collects miscellaneous information. Please compress this material to remove any irrelevant or unimportant information. ( December 2017 ) From 1992 to 2000 this was used as Wolf 's Walk - on Theme on Gladiators, In 1994, the Troggs ' version was used in the film D2 : The Mighty Ducks and appears on the soundtrack album. The 1989 baseball film Major League used `` Wild Thing '' recorded by L.A. punk band X as the theme song for Rick Vaughn, the team 's erratic starting / relief pitcher. Life soon imitated art, when the Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch Williams adopted the song for his entrances from the bullpen, including in the 1993 World Series. During the late 2000s, the song was played at Fenway Park when Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon would come in from the bullpen. The Troggs ' version appears in a 2018 TV commercial for Applebee 's. Preceded by `` Hanky Panky '' by Tommy James And The Shondells Billboard Hot 100 number one single `` Wild Thing '' by The Troggs July 30, 1966 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Summer in the City '' by The Lovin ' Spoonful References Jump up ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. `` The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time ''. Paste. Retrieved 15 May 2016. Jump up ^ Nick Talevski ( April 7, 2010 ). Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven 's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 342. ISBN 978 - 0 - 85712 - 117 - 2. Jump up ^ Peter Doggett ( 27 August 2015 ). Electric Shock : From the Gramophone to the iPhone -- 125 Years of Pop Music. Random House. p. 421. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4481 - 3031 - 3. Jump up ^ Dylan Jones ( 14 August 2014 ). Elvis Has Left the Building : The Day the King Died. The Overlook Press. p. 68. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4683 - 1042 - 9. Jump up ^ Original United Artists press release for `` Wild Thing '' by the Wild Ones Jump up ^ `` Rolling Stone : The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. www.rollingstone.com. 2006. 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The Troggs Chris Britton Pete Lucas Dave Maggs Chris Allen Reg Presley Ronnie Bond Pete Staples Tony Murray Richard Moore David Wright Colin Fletcher Jo Burt Studio albums From Nowhere Wild Thing Trogglodynamite Cellophane Love Is All Around Mixed Bag Contrasts Troggs The Troggs Tapes Black Bottom AU Athens Andover Live albums Trogglomania Live at Max 's Kansas City Compilations Best of The Troggs Best of The Troggs Volume II With a Girl Like You Vintage Years The ( Original ) Troggs Tapes Hit Single Anthology Archaeology ( 1967 -- 1977 ) The EP Collection Singles and EPs `` Lost Girl '' `` Wild Thing '' `` With a Girl Like You '' `` I Ca n't Control Myself '' `` Any Way That You Want Me '' Troggs Tops `` Give It to Me '' `` Night of the Long Grass '' `` Hi Hi Hazel '' `` Love Is All Around '' Troggs Topps Volume 2 `` Little Girl '' `` Surprise Surprise '' `` You Can Cry If You Want To '' `` Hip Hip Hooray '' `` Evil Woman '' `` Easy Lovin ' '' `` Lover '' `` The Raver '' `` Lazy Weekend '' `` Everything 's Funny '' `` Listen to the Man '' `` Strange Movies '' `` Good Vibrations '' `` Summertime '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' `` I 'll Buy You an Island '' `` Feeling for Love '' `` Just a Little Too Much '' `` I Love You Baby '' `` Black Bottom '' `` Every Little Thing '' `` Do n't You Know ? '' Amanda Lear Discography Filmography Studio albums I Am a Photograph Sweet Revenge Never Trust a Pretty Face Diamonds for Breakfast Incognito Tam - Tam Secret Passion Uomini più uomini Tant qu'il y aura des hommes Cadavrexquis Alter Ego Back in Your Arms Heart Tendance With Love Brief Encounters I Do n't Like Disco My Happiness EP AL Brand New Love Affair Compilations Ieri, oggi Poet Amanda Lear Super 20 Forever Glam ! Sings Evergreens The Sphinx -- Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976 -- 1983 Singles `` La Bagarre '' `` Blood and Honey '' `` Tomorrow '' `` Blue Tango '' `` Alphabet '' `` Queen of Chinatown '' `` Follow Me '' `` Run Baby Run '' `` Enigma ( Give a Bit of Mmh to Me ) '' `` The Sphinx '' `` Fashion Pack '' `` Lili Marleen '' `` Fabulous ( Lover, Love Me ) '' `` Diamonds '' `` When '' `` Solomon Gundie '' `` Egal '' `` Hollywood Is Just a Dream When You 're Seventeen '' `` Red Tape '' `` Fever '' `` Incredibilmente donna '' `` Love Your Body '' `` No Regrets '' `` Assassino '' `` Ritmo Salsa '' `` No Credit Card '' `` Women '' `` Wild Thing '' `` Tomorrow ( Voulez - vous un rendez - vous ) '' `` Métamorphose '' `` Do You Remember Me ? '' `` I 'll Miss You '' `` From Here to Eternity '' `` Love Boat '' `` I Just Wanna Dance Again '' `` Beats of Love '' `` Paris by Night '' `` Copacabana '' `` Someone Else 's Eyes '' `` I 'm Coming Up '' `` Chinese Walk '' `` La Bete et la Belle '' Other works My Life with Dalí Live in Concert 1979 Sam Kinison Albums Louder Than Hell ( 1986 ) Have You Seen Me Lately ? ( 1988 ) Leader of the Banned ( 1990 ) Live from Hell ( 1993 ) Songs `` Wild Thing '' Related Texas Outlaw Comics Charlie Hoover Bad Medicine Kickstart my Heart Divinyls Chrissy Amphlett Mark McEntee Bjarne Ohlin Jeremy Paul Richard Harvey Rick Grossman Frank Infante Charley Drayton Charlie Owen Jerome Smith Clayton Doley Studio albums Desperate What a Life ! Temperamental Divinyls Underworld Compilation albums Essential The Collection Make You Happy Greatest Hits The Essential Singles `` Boys in Town '' `` Science Fiction '' `` Siren ( Never Let You Go ) '' `` Casual Encounter '' `` Good Die Young '' `` In My Life '' `` Pleasure and Pain '' `` Sleeping Beauty '' `` Heart Telegraph '' `` Back to the Wall '' `` Hey Little Boy '' `` Punxsie '' `` I Touch Myself '' `` Love School '' `` Make Out Alright '' `` I 'm On Your Side '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore '' `` Wild Thing '' `` Love Is the Drug '' `` I 'm Jealous ' `` Human on the Inside ' `` Hard On Me '' `` For a Good Time '' `` Do n't Wanna Do This '' Related Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wild_Thing_(The_Troggs_song)&oldid=833249583 '' Categories : 1965 songs 1966 singles 1987 singles 1993 singles Amanda Lear songs Atco Records singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Carrere Records singles Divinyls songs Fontana Records singles Hansa Records singles The Jimi Hendrix Experience songs Songs written by Chip Taylor The Troggs songs Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Articles needing additional references from August 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Articles with trivia sections from December 2017 All articles with trivia sections Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Svenska 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 13 : 36. 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Question: who sang wild thing in the movie major league
Answer: Los Angeles-based punk band X