Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on, hold me tight
I love you

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing
I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing
Come on, come on wild thing
Shake it, shake it, wild thing


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Wild Thing Lyrics as written by Chip Taylor

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    the best one hit wonder of all time. The Troggs kick monster ass!!! this song, is about a chick that they dig

    njrockstarbanditon May 30, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    I love the fact that they play a recorder in the song...it's a classic song.

    OpinionHeadon January 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    njrockstarbandit: One hit wonder???? You need to hear more Troggs songs; they had many hits! :p

    chanceon March 08, 2005   Link
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    this cover of a song by chip taylor gave the troggs their FIRST OF MANY hits.

    this was the song i first learned to play on guitar. it doesn't matter how pissed you get, you can still play it.

    the troggs were quite punky in there minimalism i feel.

    Boss Manon July 05, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    This song means Jonathan Papelbon is making his way to the mound...which generally means the Red Sox will win.

    jhart617on May 07, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    I play this song on my guitar all the time. This song really never gets old. Great classic.

    Pink_Floyd_fanon May 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    some random trivia: it's actually an ocarina that they play in the song. it's a round, four-hole flute. but i agree with opinionhead. it sounds really cool.

    sam_forston May 30, 2007   Link
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    Well, I think the sound of this song is great, always have, but come on, folks! "You make Ev'ry - Thing. . . . . .groovy"? Doesn't that strike you as a little lame? I've always wondered if the song was a sendup of some sort.

    autopartson June 26, 2007   Link
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    so to speak, yes. The song is quite a sendup to quite a few people. not me. Well, that was the style in 60's. eh, who know's?

    Pink_Floyd_fanon June 27, 2007   Link
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    This is about a wild girl who is jittery and shaking from too many cups of coffee.

    Arachidamiaon March 19, 2010   Link

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