https://u2be.ovh/videos/watch/b121c161-88e3-45d8-8100-1e41654c4520 Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” (featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider) captures the fuel-and-freedom spirit that turned a hard rock single into a counterculture anthem. Written by Mars Bonfire and first released as a Steppenwolf single in 1968, the track helped define heavy rock’s public image; it’s often cited for early “heavy metal” usage in popular rock conversation. Its chart impact was immediate and wide-ranging: it topped Canada’s RPM Top Singles and reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while also cracking the top 20 in Austria and Germany. In the UK it peaked at number 30, and it continued to reappear on European charts later, including a 1990–1991 resurgence in the Netherlands (peaking at number 4 on the Dutch Top 40) and a 1999 UK peak at number 18. 🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵: Get your motor runnin′ Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space I like smoke and lightnin′ Heavy metal thunder Racing with the wind And the feeling that I'm under Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space Like a true nature′s child We were born, born to be wild We can climb so high I never wanna die Born to be wild Born to be wild Get your motor runnin′ Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space Like a true nature′s child We were born, born to be wild We can climb so high I never wanna die Born to be wild Born to be wild Album Artist: Steppenwolf Album(s): Steppenwolf Written by: Mars Bonfire Music genre(s): Hard Rock, Proto-Metal Released: 1968 Decade for first release: #1960s #steppenwolf #born2bewild #bortobeWild #marsbonfire #easyrider #hardrock #promometal #rock #singles #1960s #counterculture Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:00:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://u2be.ovh https://u2be.ovh/lazy-static/avatars/9594ceba-92ef-4755-81ed-5e63bd3727e6.jpg https://u2be.ovh/videos/watch/b121c161-88e3-45d8-8100-1e41654c4520 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://u2be.ovh/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.