Wild Thing - The Troggs | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@tomtortolani8082]

"96 Tears" by "? & The Mysterians"

[@gailjohnson5950]

We've been requesting that for for a long time!!

[@aceridr50]

You beat me by a few minutes.

[@rundoetx]

I saw them several times at a bar in Austin, TX. Those guys could rock.

[@jamessweet5341]

@@JoaninFlorida Too many teardrops....

[@bobbybobbatunday9959]

It won't win a poll. To many people get turned off by the 'delicious dissonance' and miss out on the layers this song has.

[@maggiedub]

You owe it to yourselves to hit the Hendrix cover of this IMMEDIATELY. ❤

[@foxandscout]

Indeed!!

[@laredolassoo]

With video, on camera

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel to a much much better version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@richardkeegan9970]

Live Hendrix version from Monterey Pop Festival!

[@DorothyFarias]

Exactly.

[@markgrant5305]

Summer of 1966. I was 13. Now 71! There had NEVER been anything like this before… nor has there been anything like it since.

[@dianegardner7210]

I was 13 also-absolutely loved this song-so much good music

[@boxerpaws55]

the song was groovy . you had to upvote this-we're the same age. 4 yr later i graduated from h.s. went to Nashville to join a friend and protest the war

[@CharCanuck14]

Same age, same response to that groovy song.

[@Keith-if6zv]

Agree, same age same response

[@louiscanada2759]

I was the same age, I also remember The SEEDS “ Pushing too hard” at about that same time.

[@mnm2007]

Very Influential song. Hendrix even played it at Monterey Pop Festival.

[@JamesRea2]

Once Jimi takes over, he owns every song.

[@mrwomby5007]

IIRC he inserted a bit of Strangers In The Night into the instrumental break.

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel to a much much better version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@derkommissar785]

As a joke

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@JamesRea2 You should check out the Cold Chisel 9 minute jam from their "Last Stand" Concert 1983. I knew Jimi's back in the day, but Chisel wins it for me.

[@jamesreuter982]

Ah, memories of 66. In grammar school, we used to sing, "Wild thing. You make my thing spring..." The nuns were not amused.

[@scottingram7634]

As a Catholic school survivor, I can fully relate.

[@dkuhs]

That is so cool !! 😅😅😅good one !!👍

[@siamesevodka]

Hahahahaha you old folks were cool, I must admit.

[@wendyryder2708]

Oh James! Your comment made me laugh SO much, I started to cough! Not a good thing because I’ve been sick with throat infection and cough! LOVE this song! Peace and Blessings to you and yours from Australia.

[@ginarobinson4483]

😅😅😂😂

[@evillemike2009]

Not a flute - an ocarina played by the lead singer Reg Presley. One of the few 'minimalist' works I can actually get next to.

[@scottingram7634]

It sounds like he grabbed it mid recording and improvised the solo. Love that.

[@thequeendt]

I could tell it wasn't a flute but didn't know what it was. Thanks!

[@WoolyLoxodont]

I was going to say it had to be a Recorder, not a flute

[@pattyliedel6485]

Sometimes called a sweet potato.

[@IamLertimo]

I saw the Troggs live in the mid-Nineties. In addition to being one of the loudest bands I've ever heard, they were very fun, and Reg Presley produced an ocarina for the solo during Wild Thing.

[@becksullivan4796]

I’m telling you get a bunch of people my age (60s-70s) play this really loud and they will all be singing along ! Oh man I can’t stop smiling.

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

Nothing like a shredding ocarina solo!

[@Gira21Gramos]

I know everyone grows up in different circumstances with different influences, opportunities, etc. but somehow it still blows my mind when people have never heard a song this iconic..

[@BW-jv6jg]

Agreed..

[@orange222...]

I was at the grocery store waiting to get checked out and looked at the gossip mags and then the cashier said something to me and I said something about Betty Davis and she didn't know who it was and she looked at the bagger who shook his head no. I know musicians and actors back to the 20's. It's a shame. Some music now sounds like filth over stolen music, and I won't say sampled because the samples are getting longer and longer

[@AnthonyL0401]

I mean think about it... if you didn't grow up with a couple of 60s "oldies" radio stations on the radio dial, where would people born in late 1990s have heard these?

[@lorrilewis2178]

And then there's that moment the cashier and bagger talk about the 1990s being "the old days".

[@Gira21Gramos]

@@AnthonyL0401 I read somewhere that the older generations grew up with radio and everyone heard the main artists. Even if you didn't like, say, country music, you'd come across it at some point. Now people don't all have the same frame of reference and have to go seek things out, like Andy and Alex did here.

[@reginafromtexas2314]

I used to sing this to my daughter when she was a baby in her playpen. She couldn't walk yet, but she'd pull herself up and dance to it with a big grin. She's almost 36 now. Good times!! ❣

[@Couldnteventhink]

Aww. So sweet!

[@privatename123]

Wild Thing, Louie Louie, Rumble, Green Onions, You Really Got Me, all laid down the dirt for the filthy to follow. All S Tier to me.

[@jeffmartin1026]

(love that) Dirty Water.

[@jimmoore8951]

Along with being the first songs kids learned on guitar or keys in the 60s

[@noseeyou]

PSYCHO !

[@iznot2]

Rumble was banned for awhile in Boston. Probably not officially, but our elders felt that it was only proper for the them to protect us Yutes (youths)

[@6916dog]

Thumbs up to that list. Bangers each and every one

[@marygoodson4920]

I can't believe you or anyone has lived that long without hearing Wild Thing!!!

[@mapegatkinson92]

I'm 74 yrs old and was 12 when this came out. As a teenage girl in '62, I remember this playing non-stop on the radio.

[@charlesharris2749]

This song and "Gloria" by Them (Van Morrison) came out in '64 and '66 and were my intro to high school, lol.

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

My big brother used to lay me down in the living room and put stereo speakers on either side of my head! I think I was maybe 5 or 6 and clearly recall this song. Only because he called me 'wild thing' for a couple of years after and on occasion for ever... he is 13 yrs older than me. He played a lot of rock-n-roll for me.

[@bobnpcola]

This was like “garage band” every High school Rock Band, along with Gloria, Louie,Louie

[@karehelene]

Cubs fans will remember this from when Mitch Williams was a reliever. It was also used in the movie Major League.

[@Pops-km8xt]

Dude lost us the world series in 93 or 94 to the Jays. But he was fun to watch. Go Phillies.

[@karehelene]

@@Pops-km8xt He was fun and scary! I remember the Phillies catcher (I forget his name at the moment) coming out to the mound and threatening Mitch, who then battened down and struck out the side.

[@ShannonR1969]

We played it when he pitched in Houston, too.

[@mikephillips1043]

I was just going to say you play this at an Indians game you will get a huge fucking pop. The closest thing we ever get to seeing a cleveland baseball team winning is when Ricky Vaughn is on the mound throwing the heater.

[@dagmar.6954]

I remember this fun song. The Troggs are an English garage rock band formed in 1964. Their most famous songs were "Wild Thing", "With A Girl Like You" & "Love Is All Around".

[@maceomaceo11]

"Psychotic Reaction" - Count 5 is another ground breaking iconic mid 60's garage band song. There's enough of these to keep you fellas busy for years.

[@MaBer-67391]

I was a teenager in the 70s, and there were some teenagers in the neighborhood a couple of years older than me who decided to act like a garage band one night. They maxed up their speakers and played the tune from Wild Thing all night, cause they didn't know how to play anything else. The ENTIRE neighborhood got to enjoy this. I can STILL remember hearing that tune that night!

[@StatsJedi]

I was six when this came out. Another unique song also from 1966 is "96 Tears" by "? & The Mysterians".

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Detroit era

[@tomcookman7202]

The Troggs provide this great song for sure..and then Jimi takes it to the unbelievable potential! 🍻🎶

[@todvball]

The classic and the original !! Such a raw guitar and vocals . This could be one of the pioneer songs to hard rock .

[@michaelserrurier9392]

Not the original.

[@todvball]

@michaelserrurier9392 True...but The Wild Ones version didn't even chart . The Troggs gave it a reputation in my opinion.

[@michaelserrurier9392]

Jordan Christopher and The Wild Ones.

[@todvball]

@michaelserrurier9392 Love the harmonica, though!! I like most songs with harmonica or flute.

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel to a much much better version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@valelavidavivir5842]

It IS like the Kinks. Good call.

[@43cjd]

Saw Ray Davies and the Kinks twice. Once in Cleveland and once in WPB. The Kinks put on one hell of a s show and they have quite the library to pick from, all winners.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Both from England

[@thomasstambaugh5181]

This was the ORIGINAL three-chord banger that every garage band in every high school in America was covering by 1967. The only other 3-chord banger than comes close in its impact is "Gloria". Oh, and the instrument in the break is an Ocarina -- itself made hip and famous by this tune. In my childhood, a plastic Ocarina was a child's toy that all of us had and played when we were about 8. The instrument itself is incredibly old -- 12,000 years according to Wikipedia.

[@deborahjesser2028]

This song brings back a happy memory. Walking to school in the 8th grade with Leslie. She said that this was her new favorite song. Wherever she she is, I hope she had a great life.

[@alchemy-oi8xf]

You're so right--every garage band ABSOLUTELY had to have this in their repertoire, back in the day. Hadn't heard it in quite some time, but it still sounds amazingly fresh and cool.

[@valelavidavivir5842]

It was lightning in a bottle. And everything was GROOVY!

[@captainmoretokin2172]

On a sunday afternoon.

[@billybobc123]

LOL, a word I used to hear in songs and on the Brady Bunch, but never knew anyone who said it in real life. Later on, I'd use it, but only in a sarcastic way, as in "Oh groovy" (with an eyeroll).

[@davidbanachek7966]

Huge popular comedian in the 1980s and early 1990s, Sam Kinison, did a great remake of this song with an all-star band backing him. Really big names participated.

[@davidely7032]

How cool would it be to see someone hear this for the first time? They'll be on the front, smilin', man. Aww, beautiful. 😋

[@davidely7032]

S tier. One of the best garage band songs ... evah! 😝 Iconic.

[@susanryan2451]

Wild thing was everything to us in 66. And seriously covered, and seriously parodied and seriously used everywhere by everyone. It was actually just the thing❤❤

[@johnniekight1879]

Written by Chip Taylor who is actor Jon Vought's brother. He also wrote "Angel Of The Morning" a hit by a few artists. I've recorded this, "With A Girl Like You" (my favorite by them) and "Love Is All Around" in my home studio. A great version of "Wild Thing" was used in the movie "Major League".

[@foxandscout]

I love Angel In the Morning!

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel (great aussie band) do the definitive version of this song- kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@chrisvickers7928]

The original was a country tinged folk song.

[@Drummingvulture]

The version used in Major League was by my favorite "punk" band, X.

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

“With A Girl Like You” is my favorite Troggs tune as well, despite this incredibly iconic tune.

[@heartsamessgaultier8562]

I am 62 years old and was born and raised in Germany until I was 20. My Mom told me that I loved this song when I was 5 years old and sang it all the time, even though I didn't speak English at the time. She did try to teach me the words and I apparently entertained countless adults with my favorite song. I still sing along now whenever the song comes on.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

“Peak garage vibe”, exactly right every garage band practiced this song all of the day and all of the night.

[@spacecadet35]

From what I understand, the whole song took less than a couple of hours to write. And also, that is not a flute solo, that is an ocarina solo. The ocarina doesn't get much love in rock music, but here it shines.

[@DelmarLarue]

It's hard to tell you how hard this tune hit the local rock radio. It was literally everywhere and everybody sang it. It was at every party and blasting out of every kids bedroom window.

[@hammathguy3995]

At one time, this was just about the first song young guitarists learned right after learning what a barre chord is. A-D-E-D and back to A. And that's rock and roll.

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

It was mine, along with “Louie Louie”which is similar, and of course, a simplified version of “Smoke On The Water”.

[@seansersmylie]

I can't Control Myself is another fantastic Troggs classic. They had loads of great hits in Britain during the 60's.

[@macnichols7180]

Every jr. high and high school garage band played this song

[@mals4125]

I know I did. Just a staple.

[@johndoe-gt6gp]

It was required.

[@armadillotoe]

This song, Louie Louie, Gloria, and other easy songs people enjoyed were our bread and butter.

[@johndoe-gt6gp]

@@armadillotoe 1 4 5.

[@roncypert8255]

@@armadillotoe Same here. Jr. high garage band…..Heavy Ethyl..pretty cool band name for four 8th graders, don’t you think?

[@razorgee2873]

For our social circle of friends, this was our big cottage country song all summer long. We'd have a bonfire raging about 9 ft. high and when this song was played, everything stopped. All of us gathered around the fire, held hands and belted the song out at the top of our lungs. Truly a magical memory. Thanks guys!

[@jgsrhythm100]

Fantastic poll! Louie Louie & Mony Mony on same level. I also suggest best 60's garage psychedelic !! Status Quo- Pictures of Matchstick Men (68)

[@sibkiss2009]

60’s garage band basics include Gloria, in our neighborhood

[@jskit92380]

I'll add Wipeout to this list. ☮🖤🤘

[@astroworfcraig9164]

No room for Wooly Bully?

[@jgsrhythm100]

@@sibkiss2009 Gloria is 💯 essential

[@jgsrhythm100]

@@astroworfcraig9164 Did they do that in the roots of rock Livestream? Don't recall

[@jamesmichael5475]

The Kingsman "Louie Louie" It's a blast from the past, played at more Frat parties than probably any other tune in the late 60's- early 70's. They had the Garage Grunge sound down to perfection

[@rollon863]

I had the pleasure of seeing songwriter Chip Taylor play his big hit acoustically several times. And sit and have a drink with him. Cool, down to earth guy. And actor Jon Voights brother. -- Oh and I hope yall have heard Hendrix do this

[@43cjd]

Oh what a joy it was to be a kid growing up in the 60's with simple songs like wild thing. Reminds me of swimming at the quarries with all my friends. Nothing finer.

[@shemanic1]

So great to hear your comments. This was my home town band, aged 15 in the youth club with the 4 Troggs on makeshift stage, raw gritty music & Reg's sultry voice, & ocarina. Chris Britten's superb guitar work is noticed more on the flip side "From Home". Also try their "With a girl like you" or "Love is all around" .

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

What a time-travel gem this is. Don't we all feel about 15 again when we hear this?

[@yogarose255]

Not to brag, but I won first place in a karaoke contest with my gripping performance of this song. 🎤🏆

[@brettg274]

Very nice. “Johnny B Goode” is my go-to karaoke

[@sonomabob]

Hah. 😊

[@Grizazzle]

Don't worry, first place in karaoke is nothing to brag about. ;-)

[@fredinaz]

You killed it, congrats!!!

[@steveperkins8748]

WILD THING is a great karaoke song when under the infuence.

[@tristramcoffin926]

The perfect song to illustrate that it is the space between the notes that makes the sauce.

[@patrickquinlan3056]

Thanks guys. Dirty, simple and hard. This was the filthiest song I had ever heard at the age of eleven. This broke new ground.

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

"Wild Thing" songwriter Chip Taylor also wrote "Angel of the Morning"... possibly the two most opposite hits of all time.

[@gryphonvert]

Which is fascinating, listening to it now. Because really, there's nothing filthy in the lyrics ("you move me"?). You can spin up a Sinatra record and hear "hold me tight", too. But, the filthiness is in the vocal performance, and that simple, monster groove. Its lyrics aren't really explicit at all, but the song manages to make it all SOUND like pure sex.

[@hamiltonburger4574]

I appreciate how you rate according to the time, genera and what the artist was wanting to achieve.

[@Ldastro]

Thanks for covering A+A! Please cover Count 5's Psychotic Reaction soon for more garage band greatness.

[@hmichaelr1]

No music education can be complete without having heard that one! If Wild Thing earned an A+, Psychotic Reaction should get at least an A ++!

[@janetroberts3202]

Totally agree

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Every garage band needed this in their repertoire.

[@pgp72]

Cold Chisel performing this at their Last Stand concert is a must see. You need to watch the video, not just the audio.

[@markphillips3186]

I’ll second that recommendation 👍

[@grindhouseglitch]

My first band, when I was a teen back in the '80s, used to cover this and people ate it up - it was still a party song 20+ years later!

[@jasonralph4286]

There were a bunch of great tunes from this mid 60's period. most of the songs played on the radio consisted of International bands like the Beatles and Dave Clark Five etc., Motown like The Supremes and The Four Tops and then there were the regional hits from groups that ended up being labeled Garage bands. I lived in the Midwest until I turned 14. One of the groups in that part of the country during the mid 60's that got a lot of air play was called The Music Explosion They had a very cool song called Talk, Talk that I still cue up on Spotify. It might be fun for you guys to occasionally hit up some of these hidden gems that will bring back memories for many of your subscribers. You guys are great and always have a good show. Thanks for the tunes

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

I think you meant to say The Music Machine “Talk Talk”. Another one of my favorite mid-60’s rockers.. “Double Yellow Line” wasn’t too shabby either.

[@becksullivan4796]

Oh man! I was 12 when this came out. The BEST part! The best part! The best part was waiting four “I love you”! Oh man anyone could sing along with this one. Oh yeah And this part-“You move me.” It’s so great. One of a kind.

[@airbrushpower]

You have to watch the Cold Chisel LIVE version of this. EPIC is not overstating it!!!

[@susannehouse3857]

The Troggs......from Andover, Hampshire. UK......about 10 miles down the road from where I live.......classic.....

[@suzannebenton8329]

1966. Second grade and musically precocious. I was still reeling from the Beatles when this "new" sound T-boned me. The beginnings of the sex, drugs, and rock & roll vibe. "Green Onions, You Really Got Me, Good Lovin', Lightnin' Strikes, Wipe Out, Gloria, 19th Nervous Breakdown. All the elements of hard rock in it's infancy!

[@andychisarick6879]

I was in 2nd grade in '66 too, & my parents hated that I liked the Beatles. Little did they know it wouldn't be long till they missed the sound of Beatles tunes booming in my bedroom! Before long the Stones, Hendrix, Cream, etc, drove them crazier than the Beatles ever had!

[@lousmith1050]

rough and raw true rock and roll!!!

[@cathariney.3877]

My late dad’s favorite song! I played it for him on my phone at the hospice!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Andy and Alex! 💎

[@sherryheim5504]

This is such a flashback to hot sunny days on the beach with my transistor radio. There is something so catchy about that driving beat and chorus. Thank you.

[@davidnorth9390]

This makes my heart sing

[@michaelgray4964]

Garage eock classic. This, "Gloria", "96 Tears", Wooly Bully", and the Stones "The Last Time" are all stone garage rock classics.

[@jasonralph4286]

Stone's "Got Live if You Want It" was the first album I bought. The Last Time was the first song I learned on the guitar. Garage Bands were awesome back in the day

[@TheNoladrummer]

I’ve played this song in two of my bands in the 80s and 90s. Always a crowd pleaser. A nice sing-along. Thanks, fellas!

[@SavoyBRG]

In 1993 it became big again because it was the nickname and theme song of the Phillies closer, Mitch Williams. They got to the world series, and he gave up the series winning home run in the 9th inning of game 6. The Troggs are English, and loads of bands were doing the song back then.

[@jamesdeal5693]

The Phillies took the idea from the movie Major League

[@karehelene]

@@jamesdeal5693 Cubs did it with Mitch Williams before he went to Phillies.

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel to a much much better version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@ab7rs]

One of the first songs, a new rock guitar player learns

[@robbiesanford351]

I actually played a concert in 1993 outside of Berlin and they were the headliners!!!!

[@andyallan2909]

...and, 'I Can't Control Myself', brilliant ... so many memories of the sixties.

[@wats2729]

Hendrix live version in Monterey festival is unbelievable .........with an epic ending !!!

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@wats2729 I remember him setting fire to the guitar, but you gotta watch Cold Chisel's audacious blues/rock arrangement from the 1983 "Last Stand" concerts. Singer Jimmy Barnes dragging guitarist/vocalist Ian Moss all around the stage by the neck and he didn't miss a note.

[@gman7495]

My favorite parts are the pauses. When he sings..." you move me" and then there's a pause for about 2 beats and then the guitar comes in again. That's a perfect example of letting the notes (or moment in the song) breathe. Miles Davis and Keith Richard have said that's key to great songwriting. Know when to let the notes breathe...a song doesn't have to have a constant wall of sound from beginning to end. Great, classic, and ageless song...thanks for playing it guys!!

[@scottingram7634]

How about a 60s psychedelic banger? "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" by the Electric Prunes. The band name should be enough to get your curiosity up. Cool use of the tremolo too. AND it has parentheses!

[@rochlejeune5789]

The Troggs had several hit in the mid 60s. With A Girl Like You, I Can't Control Myself, and most significantly Love Is All Around Me which Bill Nighy turned into Christmas Is All Around Me in the movie Love Actually.

[@rundoetx]

You should see Jimi Hendrix cover this tune at the Monterey Pop Festival. Outta this world.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@rundoetx I was around back then, but for me, no one tops Cold Chisel's 9 minute jam from their 1983 "Last Stand" gigs. Brought the house down.

[@TheHogsEarReport]

A garage rock classic! Lot's people have done cover versions of this. Spirit used to do this live in concert. So did The Runaways. I have a vinyl bootleg live in 1976, and they rip thru a version of Wild Thing with Sandy West (their drummer) on lead vocal.

[@Drummingvulture]

Sandy West (RIP) gave me a big, deep kiss backstage in '78. Joan saw it and grabbed my girlfriend and gave her the same thing. Memories!

[@rogerdavenport9618]

You should have been around when this song was played on the radio and people singing and saying wild thing down the halls at school and saying that to girls, thanks guys.

[@kevinmauch5622]

I saw The Troggs in Dec. of 1966 in Lima Ohio....saw The Yardbirds at the same venue two weeks before.

[@kristinemckee9279]

Oozes groovy

[@ednieto05]

This is the first song I learned how to play with my garage rock band in high school in the 80s. Classic!

[@hmichaelr1]

Former Pentecostal preacher and stand-up comedian Sam Kinison (a wild thing in his own right) screamed his way through a cover of this song. Everyone should hear that at least once.

[@brianmiller1077]

Which featured Jessica Hahn, who was part of the downfall of televangelist Jim Bakker

[@bensteckler6698]

Okay, Alex. I would've found it hard to believe that you both made it all the way thru college (are you guys grad students now?) without EVER hearing this classic of Ocarina Rock!

[@Westsidejerome]

Before you hit the amazing Hendrix version, check out the video of Cold Chisel performing it live on the Last Stand Tour. If you like dirty rock and roll, you will not be disappointed. Better than original.

[@lawrencesmith6536]

1965!! 8th grade. We were ALL singing it! Only song i know of with a lead ocarina break. And, yeah....very Kinks influenced

[@apig4102]

Can't control Myself 1966 this is a Rocker✌️❤️

[@2dashville]

This song, Hanky Panky and Satisfaction were the top of my favorites in elementary school.

[@shmick6079]

You should check out Cold Chisel’s legendary live cover of this from the Last Stand tour.

[@glassontherocks]

I had this played at our wedding back a million years ago. She's still my wild thing.

[@kenhoyer8601]

Every kid back then that had a garage band back the played this along with Louie Louie.

[@platonicdescartes]

It has been covered many times, but probably the most iconic cover is the Hendrix performance at Monterey.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@platonicdescartes I remember that, but the 9 minute jam by Aussie band Cold Chisel from their 1983 "Last Stand" gigs takes the prize for me personally.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Incredibly influential

[@secolerice]

I had the 45 of this. I was probably 12 when I first heard it (late 60s). Love this song!

[@aliceclark9120]

Troglodytes ~ Troggs . Also Jimmy Hendrix covered it . Wayne Fontana and the mind benders , Game of Love

[@mals4125]

Cold Chisel (great aussie band) do the definitive version of this song- kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCoiKOvl7ariK8

[@meerkat1219]

A golden memory, hearing this on the car radio in sophomore year driver's ed 1966, thank you Mr. Redlinger, wherever you are.

[@rundoetx]

The Troggs have a lot of good tunes.

[@ExpectTheSpanishInquisition]

I SWEAR, just yesterday I was watching a YT video of the top hits of 1966 and the first song was 'WILD THING' and I thought, "I wonder if Alex and Andy have reacted to this" and here you are reacting to it!

[@JennieSaunders-py8bk]

Wild Thing cover by Cold Chisel live is something to behold. You must sample it

[@Drummingvulture]

A total rock and roll standard. Every garage band, every covers band, every bar band has had this song somewhere in their set. My band has been playing it for forty years. My lead guitarist / vocalist always does a Peter Wolf-type fast talk introduction to it, always making it as racy as possible without stepping over the line of "good taste". LOL! He always ends it with, "Wild thing, I think I love you!" That's the band's cue to start rocking.

[@katkrauze4250]

when songs were about love and good music with soul

[@johntroutonline]

Still holds up on first listen over 60 years later… that’s S tier my friends