Born To Be Wild

"Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire (actual name Dennis Eugene McCrohan, born 21 April 1943 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; name changed to Dennis Edmonton in the early 1960s); it was made famous by the Canadian rock band, Steppenwolf. Often used in popular culture and in movie soundtracks, most notably in the soundtrack for the movie "Easy Rider" (1969), the song is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song ever written and is also said to have inspired the name of the emerging heavy metal genre; although these claims are disputed, the song's second verse (which refers to "heavy metal thunder," though it is a reference to the weight of the motorcycle) contains the first recorded reference to "heavy metal."

[Verse 1] Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way [Chorus] Yeah, darlin', go and make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space [Verse 2] I like smoke and lightnin' Heavy metal thunder Racing with the wind And the feeling that I'm under [Chorus] Yeah, darlin', go and make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space [Bridge] 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 [Guitar Solo] [Verse 1] Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way [Chorus] Yeah, darlin', go and make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space [Outro] 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