Talk:Wild Thing (The Troggs song)

Split
Note: This page was recently split from Wild Thing (song), which is now a redirect. For pre-split history, see --Rehcsif 04:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Composition Section
This section should be revised to be less superfluous and subjective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.210.69.23 (talk) 17:47, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Was it recorded in May of 1965 but not released till later? This is the story I'm familiar with from various musicians and it would be nice if the dates of composition and recording could be nailed down. 75.48.12.180 (talk) 00:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Location
The location for the video recorded by The Troggs is given as Olympic Studios, off Baker Street, but the venue is obviously a working surface or underground railway platform--most likely the latter. Does anybody know of a source that might pinpoint exactly where it was filmed? The copy I have seen doesn't give many clues because although notices are visible in shot they are illegible. There is a marked absence of London Transport roundels, and I don't see any of the sans serif text notices typical of modern British railway stations, but they may not have been so prominently displayed at the time as they are in recent decades. --TS 11:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

other Versions
in 1991 the german Rockband The ROXX (located in Munich, Bavaria) produced a Version on their LP/CD "Sex & Roxx & Rock'n'Roll - Part II" (# EXP 004-8, distributed by Hurricane Records) --  Hartmann Schedel  cheers  18:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Move. Consensus that this is a more intuitive disambiguator. Cúchullain t/ c 14:18, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song) → Wild Thing (The Troggs song) – I believe that the song is most notable as a cover version by The Troggs. It went to #1, after all, and is still the version most widely heard today. Hoops gza (talk) 19:40, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support. Songs of the recorded music era are usually disambiguated by performer not writer.  This is especially appropriate in this case where the Troggs version is so widely known vis-à-vis the original.  —  AjaxSmack   06:19, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Shouldn't the disambiguation be by the first group to record, as per say, Invisible (Jaded Era song), which would make the the title Wild Thing (The Wild Ones song). Actually I think the writer is a much better disambiguation, but I fully understand WP opposition. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 14:17, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The disambiguator should be as clear as possible to the most number of people. It's not a matter of giving credit to the original version or the author; the article does that.  —  AjaxSmack   22:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I understood that, which is why I raised a point rather than an opionion/!vote. What I am saying is at what point does this take predecence of timeline, the example being Invisible? --Richhoncho (talk) 14:19, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I think Invisible (Jaded Era song) should be moved to Invisible (Ashlee Simpson song). It was not notable before the Simpson cover and the only source for the entire Jaded Era article insinuates that the band's relevance is largely due to this cover.  —  AjaxSmack   00:23, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Then you would have opposed a community decision, which sets a precedent here. --Richhoncho (talk) 13:48, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support. I imagine most people associate the song with The Troggs rather than its composer (however fortunate or unfortunate that may be). 213.246.91.158 (talk) 06:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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heavy metal?
I don't really think its heavy enough to be considered heavy metal. It sounds quite proto-punk/hard rock more than heavy metal to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theunknown901921 (talk • contribs) 10:08, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Poprock, I would say. Not the least hard. --Oddeivind (talk) 16:32, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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Move back to Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)?
I don't really understand the move. If the article is about the song, it's a Chip Taylor song, recorded by several other artists, including The Troggs. It doesn't become a song by The Troggs simply because their version is the most famous. --Michig (talk) 07:35, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

I agree. The move makes no sense! IlSoupylI (talk) 18:06, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Looking at the move discussion, I can see that the move makes some sense, but I think that maybe it should be moved to Wild Thing (Wild Ones song). IlSoupylI (talk) 16:29, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Recording and release dates
The article claims that The Troggs' "Wild Thing" was both recorded and released on 22 April 1966. Almost certainly not true. Back then, if not now as well, records would never be recorded and released on the same date.98.149.97.245 (talk) 20:18, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Incorrect entrance themes
The section which reads, “Professional wrestlers Atsushi Onita and Jon Moxley[29] also use this version as their entrance themes, with Moxley using it as a tribute to Onita.” Is attributed to the wrong artist, as both wrestlers use the X version of the song, not the Divinyls version. 2601:281:C480:C340:2D1E:F05E:E981:3F30 (talk) 03:58, 24 March 2022 (UTC)