Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. ^ 'The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500)'.^ The Human Expression: Love at Psychedelic Velocity (Media notes).Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. The brilliant soundtrack, including the Byrds' 'Wasn't Born to Follow', Steppenwolf's proto-metal 'Born to be Wild', and Jimi Hendrix's 'If Six Was Nine', helped to set the film in a kind of outlaw-rock'n'roll context. Waiting for the Sun: The Story of the Los Angeles Music Scene. Steppenwolf's 'Born To Be Wild', a gritty, hard rock song that quickly became an anthem for defiant individualism. List of number-one singles of 1968 (Canada).Other artists that covered this song include Hinder, Etta James, Link Wray, Slade, The Cult, INXS, Ozzy Osbourne with Miss Piggy, Bruce Springsteen, Slayer, Blue Öyster Cult, Status Quo, Fanfare Ciocărlia, Krokus, Wilson Pickett, La Renga and Jess Greenberg. Tanja Dexters also covered the song in 2002. In 2002, it was covered by Kim Wilde and released as a non-album single. In 1985, the song was covered by Australian band Rose Tattoo. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.Ĭover versions 'Born to Be Wild' ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. You can hear it on 2 trailers Recess: School's Out and Alpha and Omega Charts Weekly charts In 2018, the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a new category for singles. In 2009, it was named the 53rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. 29 on AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

129 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed 'Born to Be Wild' at No. 1 spot by ' People Got to Be Free' by the Rascals. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. 'Born to Be Wild' was the band's third single off their 1968 debut album Steppenwolf and became their most successful single, reaching No. Although he initially offered the song to other bands - The Human Expression, for one - 'Born to Be Wild' was first recorded by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and rearranged version that AllMusic's 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 Steppenwolf's sound and provided them with their shot at AM immortality'. Bonfire was previously a member of the Sparrows, the predecessor band to Steppenwolf, and his brother was Steppenwolf's drummer. 'Born to Be Wild' was written by Mars Bonfire as a ballad.

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