Songs That Were Covers: Wild Thing

About this episode

In this episode, Jumpin' John discusses the song 'Wild Thing' first popularized by the Troggs in 1966.

Welcome all of you time travelers to Rock and Roll Flashback! I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode of Songs That Were Covers I will discuss the song "Wild Thing". Please note that I am referring to the song first popularized by the Troggs in 1966, and not Tone Loc's song from 1989. We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast are produced by ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jumpin' John, Bill Price

Topics covered

• music history
• cover songs
• song analysis
• 1960s music
• Rock and Roll

Keywords

• Wild Thing
• Troggs
• cover songs
• 1966
• music history
• Rock and Roll

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Troggs

Books & works: Wild Thing

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