Born to Be Wild

song written and composed by Mars Bonfire, originally recorded by Steppenwolf in 1967 and released in 1968
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q893936
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Born to Be Wild

Summary

Born to Be Wild is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Born to Be Wild's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Born to Be Wild's composer is recorded as Mars Bonfire[4].
  • Born to Be Wild's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Born to Be Wild's genre is proto-metal[6].
  • Born to Be Wild was produced by Gabriel Mekler[7].
  • Born to Be Wild was performed by Steppenwolf[8].
  • Among the performers on Born to Be Wild was Ebba Grön[9].
  • Among the performers on Born to Be Wild was Ebba Grön[10].
  • Born to Be Wild's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Born to Be Wild was released on 1968[12].
  • Born to Be Wild's lyricist is recorded as Mars Bonfire[13].
  • Born to Be Wild's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Born to Be Wild'}[14].
  • Born to Be Wild's derivative work is recorded as Rockmedley[15].
  • Born to Be Wild's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 89c91780-f1e4-39b2-9645-9802c102414b[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Steppenwolf[8] and Ebba Grön[9]. Born to Be Wild was produced by Gabriel Mekler[7].

Publication

Born to Be Wild was released on 1968[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include hard rock[5] and proto-metal[6].

Why It Matters

Born to Be Wild ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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