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Slade – Born to Be Wild (1969) | Track profile | Dork

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Born to Be Wild

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Born to Be Wild

Release date: 8th May 1969

From Slade Alive!

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About This Track

"Born to Be Wild" is a track by Slade, from the album Slade Alive!, released 8th May 1969. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Slade

Slade

Lyrics

Born to Be Wild

Get your motor running

Head out on the highway

Looking for adventure

In whatever comes our way

You're not gonna make it happen

All the world is a loving place

Fire all of your guns at once then

Explode into space

I like streaking lightning

A heavy metal thunder

Wrestling with the wind

And the feeling that I'm under

Like a true nature's child

We were born, born to be wild

We were flyin' so high

I never wanna die

Born to be wild

Born to be wild

I like streaking lightning

A heavy metal thunder

Wrestling with the wind

And the feeling that I'm under

You're not gonna make it happen

All the world is a loving place

Fire all of your guns at once then

Explode into space

Like a true nature's child

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Track details

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1969

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Mars Bonfire
Producer: Ambrose Slade, Roger Wake