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from the Easy Rider movie
from the Easy Rider movie
song infoBorn To Be Wild by Steppenwolf is a classic rock song. Song Title: Born To Be WildArtist: Steppenwolf Album: Steppenwolf Genre: rock classic, hard rock, proto-metal, rock Composer: Copyright © 1967 Mars Bonfire Lead Vocals: John Kay Guitar: John Kay, Michael Monarch Organ: Goldy McJohn Bass Guitar: Rushton Moreve Drums: Jerry Edmonton Producer: Gabriel Mekler Recorded: Fall 1967 Released: June 1968 Format: 7" 45-rpm vinyl single B-side: Everybodys Next One Label: Dunhill RCA #D-4138 Number of listens: 20933 Current rank: 749 (updated weekly) Highest rank: 658 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song) |
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Summary quotation from Wikipedia:
Born to Be Wild is a song first performed by the band Steppenwolf, written by Mars Bonfire. The song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. It is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric heavy metal thunder marks the first use of this term in rock music (although not as a description of a musical style).
Composition
Born to Be Wild was written by Mars Bonfire (who also wrote several other songs for Steppenwolf) as a ballad. Writer Bonfire was previously a member of the Sparrows, the predecessor band to Steppenwolf, and his brother was Steppenwolfs drummer. Although he initially offered the song to other bands The Human Expression, for one Born to Be Wild was first recorded in 1967 by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and rearranged version, that AllMusics Hal Horowitz described as a roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock and a timeless radio classic as well as a slice of 60s revolt that at once defines Steppenwolfs sound and provided them with their shot at AM immortality.
Release and reception
Born to Be Wild was the bands third single off their 1968 debut album Steppenwolf and became their most successful single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed Born to Be Wild at No. 129 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. In 2009, it was named the 53rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1.
Cultural references
The song was initially released in 1968, but it was subsequently included in many compilation albums and soundtracks. The first of these was the soundtrack for the movie Easy Rider, released in 1969. Unlike the album or single version, the song on this soundtrack is accompanied by the sounds of motorcycles as an introduction (another Steppenwolf song from their first album, The Pusher, was also used in the film). When the movie was in production, Born to Be Wild was used simply as a placeholder, since Peter Fonda had wanted Crosby, Stills & Nash to do the movies soundtrack. Eventually, it became clear that the song was well suited for the movie.
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