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Iggy Pop included a cover of the song on his seventh studio album Blah-Blah-Blah (1986). Titled "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", [12] this became a No. 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1987. In Canada it charted for 20 weeks despite never peaking higher than No. 65 on the RPM Top Singles chart.
"Real Wild Child" reached No. 27 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts and became Pop's first Top 10 hit in the UK. [11] The song was featured on the soundtrack for the 1988 film Crocodile Dundee II and the 1990 film Pretty Woman , also both Problem Child films and has been the opening theme of the Australian ABC TV music block rage by using ...
[11] [12] Though his popularity has fluctuated, many of Pop's songs have become well known, including "Search and Destroy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by the Stooges, and his solo hits "Lust for Life", "The Passenger" and "Real Wild Child (Wild One)". In 1990, he recorded his only Top 40 U.S. hit, "Candy", a duet with The B-52s' singer Kate Pierson.
Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop is a compilation album by Iggy Pop. [3] ... "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Greenan, Dave Owens: Blah Blah Blah ...
All releases are credited to Iggy Pop as solo works unless stated otherwise. Year Title ... "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" 27 — 11 1 31 36 28 16 10 1987
"Wild One" was recorded originally by Jerry Allison with Buddy Holly backing on guitar in 1958 under the alias "Ivan", his middle name, after hearing O'Keefe perform it on tour. It reached No. 68 on the American Billboard singles chart and was revived in 1986 and recorded by Iggy Pop as "Real Wild Child".
A Million in Prizes: The Anthology is a 2-disc greatest hits collection of the music of Iggy Pop, released in 2005. It supersedes the compilation Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop . The title comes from the lyrics of " Lust for Life ".
Iggy Pop (then known as Jim Osterberg) began performing "Louie Louie", "a song nearly as old and unkillable as Iggy himself", [247] "with his own version of the dirty lyrics" [248] in 1965 as a member of the Iguanas. Later with the Stooges and as a solo performer, he recorded multiple versions of the song.