Youth Gone WIld

Youth Gone Wild is the debut single by Skid Row and the lead single from their 1989 eponymous debut album. Its music video received heavy airplay on MTV; however, while the album itself was a major hit and went multi-platinum in the U.S. and other countries, "Youth Gone Wild" as a single only reached #99 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song was re released in 1992 on the B-Side Ourselves album with Delivering the Goods single The song is played at many sports arenas including at the United Center when the Chicago Blackhawks hit the ice. The State College Moose of the Nittany Hockey League also use it as their theme song during warm-ups. "Youth Gone Wild" is also featured as one of the songs on the Guitar Hero: On Tour game for the Nintendo DS.

[Intro] Whoa, yeah [Verse 1] Since I was born they couldn't hold me down Another misfit kid, another burned out of town I never played by the rules I never really cared My nasty reputation takes me everywhere [Pre-Chorus 1] I look and see it's not only me So many others have stood where I stand We are the young, so raise your hands [Chorus] They call us problem child, we spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile, we are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall, we're one and one for all The writing's on the wall, we are the youth gone wild [Verse 2] Boss screaming in my ear about who I'm supposed to be "Get a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me." I said "Hey man, there's something that you ought to know I tell you Park Avenue leads to Skid Row." [Pre-Chorus 2] I look and see it's not only me We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt We are the young, so shout it out [Chorus] They call us problem child, we spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile, we are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall, we're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall, we are the youth gone wild We are the youth gone wild Well let me hear you get wild [Chorus] They call us problem child, we spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile, we are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall, we're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall, we are the youth gone wild [Outro] Whoa, whoa Whoa, we are the youth gone wild Whoa, whoa Whoa, we are the youth gone wild Yeah, yeah Yeah, we are the youth gone wild Whoa, whoa Whoa, we are the youth gone wild