Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 1968 [HQ[

- "Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular 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.

- "Born to Be Wild" was written by Mars Bonfire (who also wrote several other songs for Steppenwolf) as a slow ballad.] Writer Bonfire was previously a member of the Sparrows, the predecessor band to Steppenwolf, and his brother was Steppenwolf's 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 the All Music Guide'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."

- "Born to be Wild" was the band's third single off their debut album and became the most successful single, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed "Born to be Wild" at #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.

- 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 (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 and Nash to do the movie's soundtrack. Eventually, it became clear that the song was well suited for the movie.

- Other movies that have used the Steppenwolf version of Born to Be Wild include Coming Home, One Crazy Summer, Opportunity Knocks, Dr. Dolittle 2, Speechless, Armed and Dangerous, Mr Bean's Holiday, Wild America, and many others.

- The Super Nintendo video game Rock N' Roll Racing also used the song but without the lyrics (due to the console's hardware limitations) as an in-game tune that played during a race.

- In one of the levels of the video game Duke Nukem 3D there is a room which resembles a karaoke bar, complete with a microphone and a screen where an animation of a motorbike is being shown. If the player approaches the microphone and taps the action key, Duke sings the famous chorus of the song ("Born to be Wild!") in a raspy and out of tune voice.

- Professional wrestler Mick Foley used the Steppenwolf version during his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

- The video game Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party uses "Born to Be Wild" instrumentally (in Rabbid Boxing) and with vocals (during the 4-6 pm timeslot on the GrooveOn channel).

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[lureman100]

Classic song Thanks for the write up

[omega3490]

what a voice ! love this thank you very much!