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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

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The Troggs recorded their version in roughly at Olympic Studios in London. Their take added a gritty, unpolished edge and an iconic ocarina solo (imitating a hand-whistle from Taylor's original demo) that gave the song its signature primitive charm. Their take added a gritty, unpolished edge and

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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".