Real wild child christopher otcasek2/18/2023 ![]() The song was again covered in 1986 when Iggy Pop included a version on his album Blah Blah Blah. A further version, "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" was recorded by British guitarist, Albert Lee, on his 1982 self-titled album. It was recorded and released as "Real Wild Child" by Jet Harris, former bassist with The Shadows, in 1962 on Harris' self-titled EP. His version also appears in the 1989 motion picture and soundtrack album for Great Balls of Fire and Nowhere Boy. "Wild One" was also recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1958 but was not released until 1974 on Lee's album, Rockin' and Free. Retitled "Real Wild Child," the song became a moderate hit, peaking at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1958 the song was released as a single by Jerry Ivan Allison, a member of The Crickets, using the name Ivan. The song was the first Australian rock recording to reach the national charts, peaking at #20. at the time, it did finally appear on a local compilation LP in the 70's and is now commonly available on various JOK CDs." Tony Watson Ignoring the crowd overdub at the start, both versions have a different intro and JOK's vocal on the foreign versions is noticeably wilder than on the EP version issued here… As far as I know, the US/UK single version which, IMHO, is markedly superior to our version, was never issued in Australia. "Festival liner notes have always put forward that the crowd overdub was the only difference. ![]() This version, ostensibly recorded live at the Sydney Stadium, was in fact a studio recording, overdubbed with the sound of a real audience.Īn alternate version was recorded and released outside Australia: in the USA (as "Real Wild Child") on Brunswick and in the UK on Coral. O'Keefe was the first artist to record it, on his debut EP Shakin' at the Stadium, released on the Festival label. The Living End performed the song at the 2008 APRA Awards also to mark the anniversary. ![]() The Jet and Iggy Pop cover was released to mark the 50th anniversary of the original release. The release date of the single, 5 July 1958, is considered the birthday of Australian rock n' roll music. Some of the dance patrons came to blows with wedding guests in the men's toilets, and within minutes the brawl had become a full-scale riot that spilled out into the street, with police eventually calling in the Navy Shore Patrol to help restore order. According to Casch, as O'Keefe and the Dee Jays played at an upstairs venue, an "Italian wedding" reception was taking place downstairs. Sydney disc jockey Tony Withers was credited with helping to get radio airplay for the song but writer credits on subsequent versions often omit Withers, who later worked in the United Kingdom on pirate stations Radio Atlanta and, as Tony Windsor, on Radio London.Īccording to O'Keefe's guitarist, Lou Casch, the song was inspired by an incident at a gig in Newtown, Sydney, in about 1957. While most sources state that O'Keefe was directly involved in composing the song, this has been questioned by others. It always gets me going." Wild One" or " Real Wild Child" is an Australian rock and roll song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. She told Spinmagazine: “It’s the last song I play before I walk onstage and the first song I play when I get off stage. Other cover versions include “Real Wild Child” by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (1993), “Wild One” by Status Quo (2003) and Christian pop band Everlife’s “Real Wild Child,” which appears as the theme song in Disney’s The Wild (2006). > ![]() Iggy Pop’s version has featured in the movies Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Problem Child 2 (1991).Ī cover by Christopher Otcasek featured in Pretty Woman (1989). In Australia this has been used as the theme music for the ABC’s all-night music video show Rage for over 20 years. The lyrics are about youngsters wanting to be cool and wild. Often referred to by his nickname, “The Wild One,” O’Keefe was the first Australian Rock star. Johnny O’Keefe (1935-1978) was a pioneering Australian Rock singer whose career began in the 1950s and ended with his early death in the late 1970s of barbiturate poisoning. The album Blah Blah Blah peaked at #75 in the Billboard Album Charts, #61 in Canada, #43 in the UK, and #19 in New Zealand in 1986. The song peaked at #1 in New Zealand, #10 in the UK, #65 in Canada, and #27 in the Mainstream Rock Billboard Charts. ![]() Released as a single, it became his only UK Top 10 hit. Iggy Pop covered it for his Blah Blah Blah album. The song was an immediate hit and made Johnny O’Keefe the first Australian rocker to reach the national charts. This song was originally recorded by Australian rocker Johnny O’Keefe with The Deejays in 1958 as “Wild One.” Deejays saxophonists Johnny Greenan and Dave Owens drafted the song over drinks after a particularly wild concert and Johnny O’Keefe later chipped in. This is probably the first song I remember by Iggy Pop back in the 80s. ![]()
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