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I removed the line "It was also featured on the soundtrack of Herbie Fully Loaded." simply because the song has been featured in far too many movies and TV shows -- listing only one seems unfair, and attempting to list them all seems arduous. --McDohl 21:48, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Didn't anyone know that there was a movie by the same name? Shouldn't there be a disambiguation page?--124.43.193.255 14:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

There is a movie called Heavy Metal; I don't know of one called "Born to be Wild". Shocking Blue (talk) 16:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

blue oyster cult

Does anyone think it worthy to mention that Blue Oyster Cult also released this song, and have performed it live every time I have seen, and heard them play live. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Donb316 (talk • contribs) 14:09, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

I added Blue Oyster Cult as a band that has covered it. They have covered it numerous times, once on a studio album. --76.203.1.50 18:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 08:00, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

AC/DC cover?

I haven't gotten to research it, but have heard that AC/DC covered Born to Be Wild. However, every "AC/DC" version turns out to just be the Steppenwolf one. Can someone look into it?

User:RebDrummer61 via 68.46.173.137 (talk) 01:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Interesting knockoff

Bored... tubby... mild - about baby boomers growing old 68.32.48.59 (talk) 14:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Slade

covered the song for their 1969 "beginnings" album. Probably worth mentioning in the article, seeing as slade pretty much invented glam rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.163.138.8 (talk) 15:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Heavy Metal

Correct me if im wrong but I allways thought that the lyrics of this song were the first to use the phrase "Heavey Metal". Could someone look into this for me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nukeguy04 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

You are right, although it is already referenced in the opening paragraph of the article that way. However, it is really not a heavy metal song – and certainly not the first one. Shocking Blue (talk) 16:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Name

This article jumps all over the place with whether it should be spelled "Born to Be Wild", "Born to be Wild", or even "BORN TO BE WILD". It should be standardized.192.249.47.177 (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Proto-metal, not heavy metal

"Born to Be Wild" is not a heavy metal song for many reasons :

1) It's not because the lyrics of this song talk about a "heavy metal thunder" that it's a heavy metal song. Lyrics can't be used to describe or define genre (and even less the birth of a new genre)

2) "For all its status as America's rebellion soundtrack of choice, heavy metal was largely a British creation. The first seeds of heavy metal were sown in the British blues movement of the '60s, specifically among bands who found it hard to adjust to the natural swing of American blues. The rhythms became more squared-off, and the amplified electric instruments became more important, especially with the innovations of artists like the Kinks, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and the Jeff Beck Group. Arguably the first true metal band, however, was Led Zeppelin." (from this reliable source)

→ This reference shows "heavy metal" was not created by an American or a Canadian band such as Steppenwolf

→ "the first true metal band (...) was Led Zeppelin", and Led Zeppelin carreer began in 1969, one year after Steppenwolf had released "Born to Be Wild". It means "Born to Be Wild" is not a true heavy metal song, and was not recorded by a true heavy metal band.

3) This book reference describes "Born to Wild" as a "proto-metal" song (1)

4) This book reference talks about "proto-metal" too (2)

5) "The third single released from Steppenwolf's debut album (behind the pop "The Girl I Knew" and a raucous cover of Don Covay's R&B "Sookie Sookie," which the band performed in their first incarnation as Sparrow), the group hedged their bets on "Born to Be Wild," not identifying it as an A-side on the initial radio station 45 which paired it with "Everybody's Next One." Regardless, it didn't take long for program directors to get swept up in that nasty opening guitar riff and chugging organ that practically screamed to be blasted out of car radios while driving at radar-triggering speeds. Written as a slower ballad by Dennis Edmonton -- a former member of Sparrow and Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton's brother -- under the pseudonym Mars Bonfire, the rearranged song entered the charts at number 70 and in the course of seven weeks motored straight to number two in August of 1968, held from the top spot by the Rascals' "People Got to Be Free." Not quite the precursor to heavy metal music some claim even though it coined the term in the lyrics "I like smokin' lightening, heavy metal thunder," the song found even a wider biking audience when Dennis Hopper used it prominently (along with "The Pusher," another track from the group's debut) in his popular 1969 counterculture film Easy Rider. A roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock led by John Kay's growling vocals, it remains 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." (from "Born to Be Wid" Allmusic review)

This song review doesn't qualify the song as a heavy metal song, which is "not quite the precursor to heavy metal music" either. It is only described as a "roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock" which features a "nasty opening guitar riff" (which doesn't mean "heavy metal" because "turbo-charged riff rock" can perfectly describes the "hard rock" genre of the late-60's).

So I conclude saying "Born to Be Wild" is not a heavy metal song, but a proto-metal song which features heavy riffs which look like a beginning of heavy metal music. 86.214.54.113 (talk) 15:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Sample clip?

Can we provide a sample clip? It would be great for those to have a sample clip of the song born to be wild, and meaning of the song if there is not already an agreed upon meaning. -Unknown.

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