who sang the lyrics, wild thing,you make my heart sing?

TAYLOR: After I say, come on, hold me tight. THE TROGGS: (Singing) Come on, hold me tight. TAYLOR: Now this is where I think the magic of the song is. THE TROGGS: (Singing) Wild thing, I think I love you. And so he did, and I sang whatever came to me, and there it was, 'Wild Thing.' And as soon as I sit down, have the microphone ready. The deadline was near, so he called his engineer Ron Johnson. SIMON: At the time, he was best known for country songs, but he got a call from a record producer who wanted some rock 'n' roll. Back in 1964, somewhere around there, I wrote a song called 'Wild Thing.' THE TROGGS: (Singing) You make everything groovy.ĬHIP TAYLOR: My name is Chip Taylor, originally James Wesley Voight. SIMON: Although most people these days consider the classic version to be the 1966 recording by The Troggs. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Kermit the Frog, singing) Wild thing, bum, bow, bom. HANK WILLIAMS, JR.: (Singing) You make my heart sing. Originally performed by a New York band called The Wild Ones, the song's publisher has issued 7,500 licenses for recordings. 'Wild Thing' was released 50 years ago this month. SIMON: You were expecting another anniversary of the Magna Carta? This sound was subsequently imitated by the Troggs in their version using an ocarina.We now observe an important historical milestone. The solo in the middle of the song was performed by the recording engineer using his hands as a whistle. However, on its release in November 1965, the record failed to sell, and Alden later said that he regretted not performing the song in the same way as Taylor's demo. Producer Gerry Granahan approved the song and then produced the Wild Ones' recording, with vocals by Chuck Alden. On his demo version, Taylor banged on a tambourine while producer Ron Johnson 'was doing this little thing with his hands', as Taylor related it.

Taylor composed it very quickly: within a couple of minutes, he had the chorus and a 'sexual-kind-of-feeling song' emerged. They had contacted composer Chip Taylor to ask him to write a song for them to release as a single.

The first studio version was recorded by the Wild Ones, a band based in New York and set up by socialite Sybil Christopher. It has also been performed by many other musicians.

It was originally recorded and released by the American rock band the Wild Ones in 1965, but it did not chart. ' Wild Thing' is a song written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by the English rock band the Troggs.

Who sang the lyrics, wild thing,you make my heart sing?