WILD THING. On connait tous la version de Jimi Hendrix of course. JUNE 1966 (48 YEARS AGO) The Troggs: Wild Thing b/w With A Girl Like You (Atco 45-6415) 45 single is released in the US. Wild Thing is a song written by New York City-born songwriter Chip Taylor. Originally recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965, Wild Thing is best known for its 1966 cover by the English band The Troggs, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. The song peaked at one position lower in Britain. As performed by The Troggs, Wild Thing is ranked #257 on the Rolling Stone magazines list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Troggs version was recorded in mono in one piece on the second take at Olympic Studios, which was then at Carton Street, off Baker Street in London, by engineer Keith Grant. Because of a distribution dispute, The Troggs single was available on two competing labels: Atco and Fontana. Because both pressings were taken from the identical master recording, Billboard combined the sales for both releases, making it the only single to simultaneously reach No. 1 for two companies. On the ATCO label, Wild Thing is credited to Reg Presley (Troggs lead vocalist) and With a Girl Like You (its flip side) to Chip Taylor. The author credits are reversed. On the Fontana label, Wild Thing is credited to Chip Taylor and the flip contains a different song, From Home, credited to Reg Presley. The Fontana label credits production to Page One Productions, England, while the ATCO label credits production as A Larry Page Production, Recorded in England.
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