It was originally recorded and released by the American rock band the Wild Ones in 1965, but it did not chart. The most hilarious part is when Indians owner Rachel Phelps annoyed says “I hate this *beep*ing song." Wild Thing" is a song written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by the English rock band the Troggs. The song was used as a walk-up song for Rick Vaughn, played by Charlie Sheen, as he entered the field from the bullpen. That link only came when the movie Major League was released. Originally the song did not have any relation to baseball. Next to “Wild Thing” the Troggs had another hit in the UK with “With a Girl Like You.” The garage rock band from Andover, Hampshire, was formed in 1964. Originally, the Troggs were named the Troglodytes. Eventually, the song stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks. The song then rose to number two where it stayed for the next two weeks (July 16 and July 23). Two weeks later (July 9), it leaped from number 47 to number six. The song entered the chart on June 25, 1966. Both pressings were taken from the original master recording, so Billboard combined both sales and the song reached no. It has also been performed by many other musicians.Īs the Troggs had a distribution dispute, two record labels released the song. 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. The Troggs’ single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1966.
Voight was approached by the Wild Ones to write a song for them but the song never took off with them.
The song was written by American songwriter Chip Taylor, whose real name is James Wesley Voight. Only when the song was released by the Troggs, it became an instant hit. The song originally dates from 1965 as it was performed by the Wild Ones but it wasn’t a hit. In today’s episode of Baseball Related Songs, we pay attention to the song “Wild Thing” performed by the Troggs.
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