Song · Dio
“Wild One” by Dio
From the album Lock Up the Wolves (1990)
“Wild One” by Dio appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1990 on the album Lock Up the Wolves. Its best result is #598 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,690 hard rock song of all time.
"Wild One" comes from Lock Up the Wolves, the fifth Dio album, released in May 1990 with an entirely new band around Ronnie James Dio, the only holdover from Dream Evil. He wrote this one with his new guitarist, Rowan Robertson, who was all of 18, and the rest of the lineup was fresh too: Teddy Cook on bass, Jens Johansson on keyboards and Simon Wright on drums. Dio co-produced with Tony Platt, who engineered and mixed with Nigel Green.
It was a rough season for the band. The album did less business and drew cooler notices than the four before it, and by that September the Los Angeles Times was reporting a quick fade on the charts and half-empty halls on the tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 598 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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